WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc.
Stock · NYSE · United States · Utilities · US29670G1022
Price
45.13 USD
+2.48%
52-week range
45.13
Low36.11High45.05
Dividend yield3.26%
Market cap12.5B
NowoTrade score
37 Grade A
Price history
Daily prices in USD.
Updated 05 Nov 2026 07:33. Information, not advice.
Key data
- Previous close
- 44.04 USD
- Market cap
- 12.5B
- Dividend yield
- 3.26%
- 5-year average yield
- 2.92%
- Payout ratio
- 70%
- Last dividend
- 0.3610 USD · 10 Nov 2026
- Next ex-dividend date
- 10 Nov 2026
- Exchange
- NYSE
- Country
- United States
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Utilities - Regulated Water
- Currency
- USD
Dividends
| Ex-dividend date | Per share |
|---|---|
| 11 Aug 2026 | 0.3610 USD |
| 12 May 2026 | 0.3430 USD |
| 09 Feb 2026 | 0.3430 USD |
| 12 Nov 2025 | 0.3430 USD |
| 12 Aug 2025 | 0.3430 USD |
| 13 May 2025 | 0.3260 USD |
| 10 Feb 2025 | 0.3260 USD |
| 12 Nov 2024 | 0.3260 USD |
| 12 Aug 2024 | 0.3260 USD |
| 09 May 2024 | 0.3070 USD |
| 08 Feb 2024 | 0.3070 USD |
| 09 Nov 2023 | 0.3070 USD |
Why this score
- Yield 13.6 / 25
- Dividend safety 6.7 / 25
- Dividend growth 14.3 / 15
- Quality 9.1 / 15
- Valuation 3.0 / 10
- Analysts 0.2 / 5
- Heavy debt: net debt is 6.3× EBITDA
- Total debt has risen three years in a row
- Yield of 3.3% on today's price
- Dividend uses 70% of earnings
- Dividend up 13 years in a row, 7.3% a year
- ROE of 8%
- P/E 22.6 against 21.2 for its sector
- Analysts' target is -9% from the price
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