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Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)

36.09 -0.48 (-1.31%)
At close: April 26 at 4:00 PM EDT
36.39 +0.30 (+0.83%)
After hours: April 26 at 6:12 PM EDT

Earnings Estimate

CURRENCY IN USD Current Qtr. (Mar 2024)Next Qtr. (Jun 2024)Current Year (2024)Next Year (2025)
No. of Analysts 751010
Avg. Estimate 0.770.371.982.12
Low Estimate 0.670.341.972.08
High Estimate 0.860.4322.18
Year Ago EPS 0.720.341.861.98

Revenue Estimate

CURRENCY IN USD Current Qtr. (Mar 2024)Next Qtr. (Jun 2024)Current Year (2024)Next Year (2025)
No. of Analysts 3377
Avg. Estimate 750.08M458.23M2.33B2.48B
Low Estimate 745M450M2.14B2.27B
High Estimate 757M462.9M2.52B2.7B
Year Ago Sales 726.45M436.7M2.05B2.33B
Sales Growth (year/est) 3.30%4.90%13.30%6.70%

Earnings History

CURRENCY IN USD 3/31/2023 6/30/2023 9/30/2023 12/31/2023
EPS Est. 0.710.340.290.5
EPS Actual 0.720.340.30.49
Difference 0.0100.01-0.01
Surprise % 1.40%0.00%3.40%-2.00%

EPS Trend

CURRENCY IN USD Current Qtr. (Mar 2024)Next Qtr. (Jun 2024)Current Year (2024)Next Year (2025)
Current Estimate 0.770.371.982.12
7 Days Ago 0.750.371.982.13
30 Days Ago 0.740.361.982.12
60 Days Ago 0.730.362.012.13
90 Days Ago 0.730.371.992.13

EPS Revisions

CURRENCY IN USD Current Qtr. (Mar 2024)Next Qtr. (Jun 2024)Current Year (2024)Next Year (2025)
Up Last 7 Days --------
Up Last 30 Days 11----
Down Last 7 Days --------
Down Last 30 Days 1--1--

Growth Estimates

CURRENCY IN USD WTRGIndustrySectorS&P 500
Current Qtr. 6.90%----5.40%
Next Qtr. 8.80%----10.90%
Current Year 6.50%----4.50%
Next Year 7.10%----13.10%
Next 5 Years (per annum) 5.20%----10.94%
Past 5 Years (per annum) 3.84%------

Research Analysis

Analyst Price Targets

39.96
44.00 Average
36.09 Current
60.00 High

Analyst Recommendations

  • Strong Buy
  • Buy
  • Hold
  • Underperform
  • Sell
 

Earnings

Consensus EPS
 

Upgrades & Downgrades

Maintains Evercore ISI Group: Outperform to Outperform 3/4/2024
Upgrade Edward Jones: Hold to Buy 11/3/2023
Maintains UBS: Buy to Buy 10/4/2023
Upgrade Northcoast Research: Neutral to Buy 9/28/2023
Downgrade Northcoast Research: Buy to Neutral 5/18/2023
Maintains Wells Fargo: Overweight 5/10/2023

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