Essential Utilities Inc (NYSE: WTRG) is 3.67% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $32.07 and a high of $41.78 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The WTRG stock was last observed hovering at around $38.33 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.39%.
Currently trading at $38.72, the stock is -0.01% and -1.68% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.76 million and changing 1.02% at the moment leaves the stock 3.12% off its SMA200. WTRG registered 17.58% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 7.47%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $39.3462 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $37.555.
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The stock witnessed a -1.00% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 5.39%, and is 1.71% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 1.46% over the week and 1.62% over the month.
Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG) has around 3258 employees, a market worth around $10.60B and $1.94B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 18.97 and Fwd P/E is 18.14. Profit margin for the company is 28.74%. Distance from 52-week low is 20.74% and -7.32% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.22%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 4.41% this year
853.0 institutions hold shares in Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG), with institutional investors hold 83.49% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 273.30M, and float is at 273.07M with Short Float at 1.70%. Institutions hold 83.33% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is BLACKROCK INC. with over 30.83 million shares valued at $1.15 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 11.2767 of the WTRG Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is VANGUARD GROUP INC with 27.82 million shares valued at $1.04 billion to account for 10.177 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD which holds 21.66 million shares representing 7.9235 and valued at over $808.61 million, while T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. holds 5.2474 of the shares totaling 14.35 million with a market value of $535.51 million.
Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by RUBIN ROBERT A, the company’s Chief Accounting Officer. SEC filings show that RUBIN ROBERT A sold 2,342 shares of the company’s common stock on Jul 01 ’24 at a price of $37.43 per share for a total of $87661.0. Following the sale, the insider now owns 53391.0 shares.
Essential Utilities Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on May 01 ’24 that RUBIN ROBERT A (Chief Accounting Officer) sold a total of 2,023 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on May 01 ’24 and was made at $36.56 per share for $73961.0. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 13358.0 shares of the WTRG stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 01 ’24, RUBIN ROBERT A (Chief Accounting Officer) disposed off 5,565 shares at an average price of $37.21 for $0.21 million. The insider now directly holds 57,756 shares of Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG).
