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Utilities - Sector
WTRG is currently covered by 4 analysts with an average price target of $42.38. This is a potential upside of $6.92 (0.9%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $42.
Essential Utilities's activity chart (see below) currently has 79 price targets and 53 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of WTRG is 70% BUY, 20% HOLD and 10% SELL.
Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 22.32% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 143.45 days.
Highest price target for WTRG is $46, Lowest price target is $38, average price target is $42.38.
Most recent stock forecast was given by NICHOLAS CAMPANELLA from BARCLAYS on 15-Jul-2026. First documented stock forecast 16-Apr-2020.
Currently out of the existing stock ratings of WTRG, 7 are a BUY (70%), 2 are a HOLD (20%), 1 are a SELL (10%).
Analyst name
Rating
Current price target
Potential Upside
Previous price target
Date of last PT
Price targets met ratio
Average potential upside
Average Days to Hit Target
Sell Since 15-Jul-2026
$40
$-1.7 (-4.08%)
$38
1 months 26 days ago
(15-Jul-2026)
2/4 (50%)
$2.07 (5.46%)
8
Buy Since 02-Jul-2026
$46
$4.3 (10.31%)
$43
2 months 8 days ago
(02-Jul-2026)
0/9 (0%)
$6.62 (16.81%)
Hold Since 28-Sep-2023
$42
$3.35 (8.67%)
$42
9 months 7 days ago
(03-Dec-2025)
0/2 (0%)
$3.5 (9.09%)
Buy Since 10-Oct-2025
$44
$5.35 (13.84%)
$47
10 months 13 days ago
(28-Oct-2025)
2/5 (40%)
$4.17 (10.47%)
306
Buy Since 13-Jan-2021
$47
$8.35 (21.60%)
$46
1 years 1 months 6 days ago
(04-Aug-2025)
0/9 (0%)
$9.68 (25.94%)
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