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No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 07 Mar 2024.
Essential Utilities, Inc.: what insiders have been doing
Headquartered in Bryn Mawr, United States, Essential Utilities, Inc. belongs to the Energy sector and traces its origins to 1968. Filings by its managers are published through SEC (Form 4). From 18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026, the disclosure feed for Essential Utilities, Inc. logged 33 filings by 13 insiders.
There is no open-market purchase to report; the filings show 1 sale worth €98k by 1 insider. At €98k, the sale published on 11 August 2026 by Arnold Colleen is the largest of the period (0.0010% of market cap).
Across the 5,458 companies tracked on its exchange, the median is 22 filings; at 33 filings, this issuer sits above that mark. Since 2016, the database holds 2 purchases and 14 sales by insiders of the company. For the fiscal year to 31 December 2025, the annual 10-K puts revenue at 2.47 bn USD and net income at 616.4 m USD, and the dividend at 1.34 USD per share.
Typically, a trade is published a median of 4 days after it takes place. For comparison, the SEC allows two business days to file a Form 4. A sale on its own says little: insiders also sell to pay tax, fund a purchase or diversify.
Elsewhere in the same sector, our signals recently picked up insider purchases at AXIA Energia S.A. and RGC Resources Inc. Every figure here comes from the filings published by SEC (Form 4) and describes the past, not future prices; it is not investment advice.
Insider Decl.
181
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€2M
2 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€4M
14 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleChris Franklin1 sale
Colleen Arnold1 sale
Since the insiders bought
- +14.4%Entry US$35.45 · Close at T+365 US$40.57
- -13.6%Entry US$41.68 · Close at T+365 US$36.00
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate Essential Utilities, Inc. Hold (neutral), based on 5 analysts. Average price target: US$42.20.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 12,130 of 24,158 companies
51.5
score / 100
Value44
Quality59
FCF yld-3.8%
Earn yld5.6%
EV/EBITDA14.2x
ROE8.1%
Gross mgn58%
Net mgn25%
Debt/EBITDA6.1x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$38.96
Analyst consensus
5 analystsHold
US$38.00Target US$42.20(+8%)US$49.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$2.5B
Gross profitUS$1.4B58% margin
EBITDAUS$1.4B55% margin
Net incomeUS$616.4M21.6% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)20.3x
PER (forward)16.4x
P/Book1.6x
Beta0.63
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$11.1B
Total debtUS$8.3B
Free Cash Flow-US$419.5M
Debt / Equity122%
Profitability & ownership
ROE8.1%
ROA3.0%
% insiders0.2%
% institutions82.0%
Last declaration on 11 August 2026
Declarations181 total
2,855 shares@ US$39.550.0010% mcap58.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000078128-26-000078:0
2,885 shares@ US$41.000.0010% mcap100.0% of flowCommonSEC144:0001628280-26-054745
3,666 sharesCommon StockSEC:0000078128-26-000074:0
3,666 sharesCommon StockSEC:0000078128-26-000075:0
3,666 sharesCommon StockSEC:0000078128-26-000069:0
3,666 sharesCommon StockSEC:0000078128-26-000073:0
3,666 sharesCommon StockSEC:0000078128-26-000070:0
3,666 sharesCommon StockSEC:0000078128-26-000071:0
6,682 shares0Common StockSEC:0000078128-26-000055:0
2,598.5 shares0Common StockSEC:0000078128-26-000054:0
4,804 shares0Common StockSEC:0000078128-26-000056:0
2,747 shares0Common StockSEC:0000078128-26-000053:0
2,747 shares0Common StockSEC:0000078128-26-000052:0
2,598.5 shares0Common StockSEC:0000078128-26-000045:0
246 shares0Common StockSEC:0000078128-26-000043:0
2,747 shares0Common StockSEC:0000078128-26-000041:0
25,332 shares0Common StockSEC:0000078128-26-000039:0
4,804 shares0Common StockSEC:0000078128-26-000037:0
6,682 shares0Common StockSEC:0000078128-26-000047:0
10,068 shares@ US$39.736.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000078128-26-000033:0
4,531 shares@ US$39.7363.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000078128-26-000035:0
5,917 shares@ US$37.693.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000078128-26-000031:0
1,624 shares@ US$37.6925.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000078128-26-000029:0
643 shares@ US$37.6912.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000078128-26-000028:0
1,112 shares@ US$37.6914.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0000078128-26-000026:0
25 of 181 declarations
About Essential Utilities, Inc.
Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) is a U.S.-based regulated utility company headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States. It sits squarely in the defensive utility universe and is one of the largest publicly traded providers of water, wastewater and natural gas services in the country. The investment case is built on essential services, predictable demand, regulated rate structures and a steady need for infrastructure spending.
The company’s modern history was shaped by the 2020 combination of Aqua and Peoples, which created Essential Utilities as a unified platform. Under the Aqua brand, the group operates water and wastewater businesses, while the Peoples brand covers natural gas distribution. Today, Essential serves approximately 5 million people across 9 states in the United States, giving it a broad but still regionally concentrated footprint, with a strong presence in regulated markets in the Eastern U.S. and parts of the Midwest.
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Operationally, the business is organized into two core segments. The water segment provides drinking water distribution, wastewater treatment, network operations and related utility services to residential, commercial and institutional customers. The natural gas segment operates a large underground distribution network and delivers gas to retail customers, with an emphasis on service reliability, safety and the replacement of aging pipe infrastructure. Essential also highlights ongoing capital programs aimed at methane reduction, network modernization, and environmental compliance, including PFAS mitigation and lead service line replacement.
From a competitive standpoint, Essential benefits from scale, recurring cash flow visibility and a long track record of regulated utility execution. Pennsylvania remains its most important market, but the company continues to expand its water footprint through tuck-in acquisitions of small regulated systems. Its revenue base is supported by rate cases and infrastructure riders that help recover invested capital over time, which is central to the utility model.
A major recent development is the announced all-stock merger with American Water Works in 2025, which management framed as a transformative combination that would create a leading regulated U.S. water and wastewater utility. In spring 2026, the transaction advanced further when the Kentucky Public Service Commission granted approval, the first regulatory clearance in the process. For investors, Essential remains a high-quality, regulated infrastructure name listed on the NYSE in the United States, with a defensive profile, strong environmental exposure and continued capital intensity.
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