WTRG — Essential Utilities, Inc.
Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
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Dividends
Measured signals that fired on WTRG
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-17 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-05-07 | Equal lows taken out structure | -0.64% over 21 days · t = -4.75 · n = 55,661 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-04-20 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-04-14 | Fair value gap, bearish structure | -0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-03-13 | Fair value gap, bullish structure | -0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
| 2026-02-27 | Equal highs taken out structure | -0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636 statistically distinguishable from its control group |
Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →
Insider transactions (Form 4)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | Arnold Colleen President - Aqua | Open-market sale | 2.9K | 39.55 | 112.9K |
| 2026-06-23 | Bruner Christopher L Director | Grant or award | 3.7K | 36.82 | 135.0K |
| 2026-06-23 | Amato Elizabeth B Director | Grant or award | 3.7K | 36.82 | 135.0K |
| 2026-06-23 | Linde Tamara Louise Director | Grant or award | 3.7K | 36.82 | 135.0K |
| 2026-06-23 | Lewis Wilbert Bryan Director | Grant or award | 3.7K | 36.82 | 135.0K |
| 2026-06-23 | Hilferty Daniel J III Director | Grant or award | 3.7K | 36.82 | 135.0K |
| 2026-06-23 | Ciesinski David Alan Director | Grant or award | 3.7K | 36.82 | 135.0K |
| 2026-02-22 | Franklin Chris Chief Executive Officer | Shares withheld for tax | 18.0K | 38.78 | 696.6K |
| 2026-02-22 | SCHULLER DANIEL Executive Vice President | Shares withheld for tax | 4.7K | 38.78 | 181.6K |
| 2026-02-22 | SCHULLER DANIEL Executive Vice President | Shares withheld for tax | 4.7K | 38.78 | 181.5K |
Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →
Largest institutional holders
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 1.3B | 31.6M |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 664.0M | 16.5M |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 509.9M | 12.7M |
| STATE STREET CORP | 500.6M | 12.4M |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB | 301.9M | 7.5M |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 210.4M | 5.2M |
| Amundi | 182.8M | 4.5M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 171.9M | 4.3M |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | 163.6M | 4.1M |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 145.2M | 3.6M |
13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →
Latest SEC filings
| form | filed | period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8-K | 2026-08-17 | 2026-08-17 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 425 | 2026-08-17 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 425 | 2026-08-14 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 425 | 2026-08-14 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 425 | 2026-08-13 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 425 | 2026-08-13 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 4 | 2026-08-11 | 2026-08-07 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 144 | 2026-08-07 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
Short selling
This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →
Recent headlines
- Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) filed form 8-K · 2026-08-17 · SEC EDGAR
- American Water and Essential Utilities Announce Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period for Proposed Merger · 2026-08-17
- Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) filed form 8-K · 2026-08-17 · SEC EDGAR
- Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) filed form 425 · 2026-08-17 · SEC EDGAR
- Essential Utilities (WTRG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript · 2026-08-12
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