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Utilities - Sector
WTRG is currently covered by 4 analysts with an average price target of $42.29. This is a potential downside of $3.76 (-8.17%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $46.05.
Essential Utilities's activity chart (see below) currently has 112 price targets and 78 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of WTRG is 40% HOLD, 50% BUY and 10% SELL.
Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 35.2% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 360.04 days.
Highest price target for WTRG is $49, Lowest price target is $38, average price target is $42.29.
Most recent stock forecast was given by GREGG ORRILL from UBS. First documented stock forecast 15-Apr-2020.
Currently out of the existing stock ratings of WTRG, 4 are a HOLD (40%), 5 are a BUY (50%), 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
Performance score
Buy Since 02-Jul-2026
$49
$2.95 (6.41%)
$47
Sell Since 15-Jul-2026
$40
$-6.05 (-13.14%)
$38
3 months 25 days ago
(15-Jul-2026)
4/4 (100%)
$2.41 (6.41%)
190
Hold Since 21-Apr-2026
$42
$-4.05 (-8.79%)
$44
6 months 19 days ago
(21-Apr-2026)
5/6 (83.33%)
$3.51 (9.12%)
497
Hold Since 28-Sep-2023
$42
$-4.05 (-8.79%)
$42
11 months 6 days ago
(03-Dec-2025)
2/3 (66.67%)
$4.19 (11.08%)
679
Buy Since 13-Jan-2021
$47
$0.95 (2.06%)
$46
1 years 3 months 5 days ago
(04-Aug-2025)
5/10 (50%)
$10.36 (28.28%)
776
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