Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)
NYSE
Market Cap
$10.22B
Sector
Utilities
Industry
Regulated Water
Rank in Sector
21 of 75
Rank in Industry
5 of 12
Largest Insider Buys in Sector
WTRG Stock Price History Chart
WTRG Stock Performance
About Essential Utilities, Inc.
Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, or natural gas services in the United States. It offers water services through operating and maintenance contract with municipal authorities and other parties. The company also provides non-utility raw water supply services for firms in the natural gas drilling industry; and water and sewer line protection solutions, and repair services to households through a third-party. It serves approximately 7.5 million residential water, commercial water, fire protection, industrial water, wastewater, and other water and utility customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky under the Aqua and Peoples brands. The company was formerly known as Aqua America, Inc. and changed its name to Essential Utilities, Inc. in February 2020. Essential Utilities, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Insider Activity of Essential Utilities, Inc.
Over the last 12 months, insiders at Essential Utilities, Inc. have bought $108,559 and sold $634,931 worth of Essential Utilities, Inc. stock.
On average, over the past 5 years, insiders at Essential Utilities, Inc. have bought $708,814 and sold $1.5M worth of stock each year.
Highest buying activity among insiders over the last 12 months: Amato Elizabeth B (director) — $217,118.
The last purchase of 3,100 shares for transaction amount of $108,559 was made by Amato Elizabeth B (director) on 2024‑03‑05.
List of Insider Buy and Sell Transactions, Essential Utilities, Inc.
| 2024-05-01 | Sale | RUBIN ROBERT A | Chief Accounting Officer | 2,023 0.0007% | $36.56 | $73,961 | +1.42% | |
| 2024-04-01 | Sale | RUBIN ROBERT A | Chief Accounting Officer | 5,565 0.0021% | $37.21 | $207,074 | +0.63% | |
| 2024-03-11 | Sale | RUBIN ROBERT A | Chief Accounting Officer | 3,551 0.0013% | $36.00 | $127,836 | +2.22% | |
| 2024-03-05 | Sale | RUBIN ROBERT A | Chief Accounting Officer | 6,350 0.0024% | $35.60 | $226,060 | +6.25% | |
| 2024-03-05 | Amato Elizabeth B | director | 3,100 0.0011% | $35.02 | $108,559 | +6.25% | ||
| 2023-06-14 | Sale | Arnold Colleen | President | 1,244 0.0005% | $41.84 | $52,049 | -11.26% | |
| 2023-03-08 | Franklin Chris | Chief Executive Officer | 37,245 0.0135% | $40.70 | $1.52M | -11.02% | ||
| 2022-11-28 | Sale | Ruff Ellen T | director | 8,560 0.0033% | $47.96 | $410,503 | -11.89% | |
| 2021-12-08 | Sale | RUBIN ROBERT A | Chief Accounting Officer | 1,954 0.0008% | $51.00 | $99,654 | -5.41% | |
| 2021-08-30 | Sale | SCHULLER DANIEL | Executive Vice President | 2,000 0.0008% | $50.00 | $100,000 | -4.23% | |
| 2021-08-05 | Sale | Franklin Chris | Chief Executive Officer | 44,183 0.0167% | $50.00 | $2.21M | -5.94% | |
| 2021-06-21 | Sale | RUBIN ROBERT A | Chief Accounting Officer | 2,200 0.0009% | $47.00 | $103,400 | +1.06% | |
| 2021-05-27 | Sale | RUBIN ROBERT A | Chief Accounting Officer | 349 0.0001% | $48.00 | $16,752 | +0.98% | |
| 2020-12-23 | Sale | RUBIN ROBERT A | Chief Accounting Officer | 1,300 0.0005% | $46.00 | $59,800 | +5.24% | |
| 2020-11-09 | Sale | FOX RICHARD SCOTT | Chief Operating Officer | 5,310 0.0021% | $45.70 | $242,651 | +6.05% | |
| 2020-11-09 | Sale | Franklin Chris | Chief Executive Officer | 34,001.33 0.0136% | $45.78 | $1.56M | +6.05% | |
| 2020-08-07 | Sale | Franklin Chris | Chief Executive Officer | 21,869 0.0085% | $46.50 | $1.02M | -1.47% | |
| 2020-07-22 | Sale | FOX RICHARD SCOTT | Chief Operating Officer | 1,000 0.0004% | $45.00 | $45,000 | +1.28% | |
| 2020-07-01 | Sale | FOX RICHARD SCOTT | Chief Operating Officer | 2,000 0.0008% | $42.24 | $84,480 | +5.92% | |
| 2020-06-04 | Sale | Rhodes Matthew | EVP, Strategy & Corp Dev | 3,000 0.0012% | $45.55 | $136,650 | +2.13% |
Insider Historical Profitability
11.41%
| RUBIN ROBERT A | Chief Accounting Officer | 55733 0.0256% | $37.35 | 0 | 18 | |
| Amato Elizabeth B | director | 16103 0.0059% | $37.35 | 1 | 0 | |
| SMELTZER DAVID | Executive VP & CFO | 71397 0.0261% | $37.35 | 0 | 21 | |
| STAHL ROY | Chief Administrative Officer | 70265 0.0257% | $37.35 | 0 | 19 | |
| SCHULLER DANIEL | Executive Vice President | 41684 0.0153% | $37.35 | 1 | 1 | +22.43% |
| Luning Christopher Paul | Sr. VP, General Counsel & Sec | 41885 0.0153% | $37.35 | 0 | 5 | |
| Franklin Chris | Chief Executive Officer | 37245 0.0136% | $37.35 | 2 | 14 | +5.7% |
| KYRISS KARL | Exec. VP/ Pres. Cap Ventures | 32308 0.0118% | $37.35 | 3 | 4 | +7.55% |
| Ruff Ellen T | director | 26972 0.0099% | $37.35 | 0 | 1 | |
| COULTER MORRISON | PRESIDENT, PSW | 22174 0.0081% | $37.35 | 0 | 1 | |
| FOX RICHARD SCOTT | Chief Operating Officer | 21424 0.0078% | $37.35 | 1 | 6 | +20.68% |
| RIEGLER RICHARD | SR. VICE PRESIDENT-OPERATIONS | 18088 0.0066% | $37.35 | 0 | 3 | |
| Hilferty Daniel J III | director | 17752 0.0065% | $37.35 | 4 | 0 | +6.06% |
| Rhodes Matthew | EVP, Strategy & Corp Dev | 15468 0.0057% | $37.35 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ross William C | Sr. VP Engineering and Environ | 15239 0.0056% | $37.35 | 0 | 12 | |
| Pape Kathy L | Sr. VP Treasurer and Rates | 14217 0.0052% | $37.35 | 0 | 2 | |
| GREENBERG LON R | director | 12200 0.0045% | $37.35 | 1 | 0 | +13.37% |
| STEWART LEE C | director | 10544 0.0039% | $37.35 | 1 | 0 | +22.43% |
| Arnold Colleen | President | 7796 0.0029% | $37.35 | 0 | 1 | |
| Mele Mario | director | 7000 0.0026% | $37.35 | 1 | 0 | +20.77% |
| Kropilak Mark | SR VP Corporate Development | 6885 0.0025% | $37.35 | 0 | 2 | |
| CARROLL MARY | director | 6660 0.0024% | $37.35 | 1 | 3 | +0.3% |
| GLANTON RICHARD H | director | 2207 0.0008% | $37.35 | 1 | 13 | +21.98% |
| LIPTAK ROBERT G | Aqua America Northern Oper. | 0 0% | $37.35 | 0 | 6 | |
| DEBENEDICTIS NICHOLAS | director | 0 0% | $37.35 | 3 | 33 | +12.19% |
Institutional Investor Ownership
Top Shareholders
Top Buyers
Top Sellers
New Shareholders
Sold-Out Shareholders
| BlackRock | $1.15B | 11.35 | 31.03M | +0.08% | +$927,806.09 | 0.03 | |
| The Vanguard Group | $1.03B | 10.2 | 27.91M | -0.29% | -$3.04M | 0.02 | |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | $802.54M | 7.92 | 21.66M | 0% | +$0 | 0.82 | |
| T Rowe Price Investment Management Inc | $513.2M | 5.06 | 13.85M | +236.14% | +$360.53M | 0.31 | |
| State Street | $493.49M | 4.87 | 13.32M | -1.22% | -$6.11M | 0.02 | |
| Amundi | $296.32M | 2.95 | 8.08M | -15.39% | -$53.91M | 0.12 | |
| Fidelity Investments | $164M | 1.62 | 4.43M | +128.64% | +$92.27M | 0.01 | |
| Geode Capital Management | $152.69M | 1.51 | 4.13M | +5.21% | +$7.57M | 0.01 | |
| Invesco | $151.93M | 1.5 | 4.1M | +8.38% | +$11.74M | 0.03 | |
| Legal & General | $136.72M | 1.35 | 3.69M | +5.94% | +$7.66M | 0.03 | |
| Nordea Investment Management Ab | $126.16M | 1.25 | 3.43M | +17,553.71% | +$125.44M | 0.15 | |
| Morgan Stanley | $119.67M | 1.18 | 3.23M | -12.82% | -$17.6M | 0.01 | |
| Northern Trust | $110.29M | 1.09 | 2.98M | -10.82% | -$13.38M | 0.02 | |
| DUFF & PHELPS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO | $104.06M | 1.03 | 2.81M | -8.49% | -$9.66M | 1.25 | |
| BNY Mellon | $101.68M | 1 | 2.74M | -1.2% | -$1.23M | 0.02 | |
| Tandem Investment Advisors, Inc. | $74.48M | 0.74 | 2.01M | +7.72% | +$5.34M | 2.96 | |
| First Trust | $64.48M | 0.64 | 1.74M | +14.57% | +$8.2M | 0.07 | |
| Macquarie Group | $64.08M | 0.63 | 1.73M | +1.92% | +$1.2M | 0.05 | |
| Ubs Asset Management Americas Inc | $61.77M | 0.61 | 1.67M | +3.2% | +$1.92M | 0.02 | |
| Charles Schwab | $57.79M | 0.57 | 1.56M | -19.23% | -$13.76M | 0.01 | |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | $46.88M | 0.46 | 1.27M | -1.24% | -$590,539.92 | 0.01 | |
| CalPERS | $46.42M | 0.46 | 1.25M | +191.59% | +$30.5M | 0.03 | |
| Epoch Investment Partners Inc | $46.28M | 0.46 | 1.25M | New | +$46.28M | 0.21 | |
| Fil Ltd | $46.31M | 0.46 | 1.25M | +25% | +$9.26M | 0.05 | |
| Bank of Montreal | $43.02M | 0.42 | 1.16M | -39.45% | -$28.03M | 0.01 | |
| Bank of America | $39.69M | 0.39 | 1.07M | +142.22% | +$23.3M | <0.01 | |
| APG Asset Management | $36.14M | 0.39 | 1.05M | +14.05% | +$4.45M | 0.06 | |
| Franklin Templeton Investments | $36.6M | 0.36 | 987,832 | -29.66% | -$15.43M | 0.01 | |
| Deutsche Bank | $35.9M | 0.35 | 968,843 | +35.01% | +$9.31M | 0.02 | |
| Ensign Peak Advisors Inc | $34.58M | 0.34 | 933,363 | +579.06% | +$29.49M | 0.06 | |
| Millennium Management LLC | $34.08M | 0.34 | 919,759 | +108.61% | +$17.74M | 0.02 | |
| ProShares | $31.86M | 0.31 | 859,854 | -6.42% | -$2.18M | 0.08 | |
| RhumbLine Advisers | $30.46M | 0.3 | 822,187 | -0.87% | -$266,500.53 | 0.03 | |
| Swiss National Bank | $28.81M | 0.28 | 777,600 | -0.66% | -$192,660.00 | 0.02 | |
| Energy Income Partners, LLC (EIP) | $26.92M | 0.27 | 726,500 | New | +$26.92M | 0.55 | |
| JPMorgan Chase | $25.04M | 0.25 | 675,829 | +0.93% | +$230,339.87 | <0.01 | |
| Nuveen | $23.91M | 0.24 | 645,285 | -5.01% | -$1.26M | 0.01 | |
| CalSTRS | $22.63M | 0.22 | 610,667 | +11.79% | +$2.39M | 0.03 | |
| Aviva | $21.82M | 0.22 | 588,842 | +287.17% | +$16.18M | 0.07 | |
| Gabelli Funds Llc | $20.75M | 0.21 | 559,950 | +11.56% | +$2.15M | 0.16 | |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings | $20.7M | 0.2 | 558,821 | +4.84% | +$956,334.60 | 0.01 | |
| GW&K Investment Management | $20.35M | 0.2 | 549,223 | +219,589.2% | +$20.34M | 0.18 | |
| Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt Sys | $18.65M | 0.18 | 503,328 | +9.74% | +$1.66M | 0.13 | |
| UBS | $18.57M | 0.18 | 501,323 | -59.1% | -$26.84M | 0.01 | |
| Colorado PERA | $17.72M | 0.18 | 478,273 | -0.82% | -$147,458.88 | 0.08 | |
| Goldman Sachs | $17.53M | 0.17 | 473,252 | -44.8% | -$14.23M | <0.01 | |
| Ameriprise Financial | $15.93M | 0.16 | 429,938 | +1.81% | +$283,358.22 | <0.01 | |
| Thematics Asset Management | $15.81M | 0.16 | 426,726 | -25.39% | -$5.38M | 0.66 | |
| Wells Fargo | $15.58M | 0.15 | 420,561 | +19.72% | +$2.57M | <0.01 | |
| Credit Suisse | $14.9M | 0.15 | 402,188 | +1.06% | +$156,388.05 | 0.01 |