Essential Utilities - 41 Year Stock Price History | WTRG

Historical daily share price chart and data for Essential Utilities since 1984 adjusted for splits and dividends. The latest closing stock price for Essential Utilities as of May 07, 2025 is 41.00.
  • The all-time high Essential Utilities stock closing price was 48.77 on December 31, 2021.
  • The Essential Utilities 52-week high stock price is 41.78, which is 1.9% above the current share price.
  • The Essential Utilities 52-week low stock price is 33.18, which is 19.1% below the current share price.
  • The average Essential Utilities stock price for the last 52 weeks is 38.42.
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Essential Utilities Historical Annual Stock Price Data
Year Average Stock Price Year Open Year High Year Low Year Close Annual % Change
2025 37.6328 35.7064 41.3900 33.1800 41.0000 13.94%
2024 36.9591 36.2483 40.4327 32.7546 35.9838 0.52%
2023 37.8658 44.8124 45.5847 30.9580 35.7978 -19.40%
2022 43.3176 48.2648 48.4169 36.4352 44.4123 -8.94%
2021 42.5116 41.0511 48.7735 37.0750 48.7735 16.05%
2020 38.8443 39.9139 47.2471 28.5300 42.0288 2.92%
2019 34.9606 27.9230 40.9579 27.9230 40.8361 40.43%
2018 29.5511 32.0694 32.1200 27.1288 29.0798 -10.66%
2017 27.3884 24.2841 32.6336 23.9277 32.5506 33.77%
2016 25.1696 23.3126 28.5213 22.9012 24.3327 3.22%
2015 20.9518 20.6958 24.1353 19.1208 23.5736 14.50%
2014 18.9349 17.3857 21.6288 16.9798 20.5879 16.11%
2013 18.2284 15.5065 20.7900 15.2304 17.7315 18.76%
2012 13.8476 12.4542 15.5597 12.0944 14.9309 18.58%
2011 12.4262 12.5926 13.1312 10.8484 12.5912 0.88%
2010 10.4109 9.4042 12.7092 8.9254 12.4816 32.50%
2009 9.3895 10.9384 11.0479 8.2359 9.4203 -12.25%
2008 9.3281 10.7732 11.4337 7.5331 10.7351 -0.12%
2007 11.3943 11.1736 13.2588 10.7155 10.7479 -4.95%
2006 11.9557 13.4275 14.4729 10.1301 11.3076 -14.99%
2005 10.9476 8.6788 14.0527 8.4241 13.3008 50.76%
2004 7.5602 7.7532 8.8223 6.7057 8.8223 13.89%
2003 6.4549 5.6546 7.7988 5.3893 7.7462 37.52%
2002 5.7177 6.0605 6.7025 4.3918 5.6327 -6.36%
2001 5.3096 4.7622 6.4639 4.1637 6.0152 17.93%
2000 3.6195 3.2403 5.1656 2.7435 5.1005 53.13%
1999 3.6738 4.5394 4.5394 3.1651 3.3308 -27.87%
1998 3.5657 3.4429 4.6468 2.9370 4.6175 37.82%
1997 2.3473 2.1350 3.3504 1.7280 3.3504 53.97%
1996 1.7286 1.4668 2.1760 1.4234 2.1760 51.04%
1995 1.2392 1.1577 1.4841 1.1514 1.4407 21.88%
1994 1.1558 1.1208 1.2355 1.0748 1.1821 4.75%
1993 1.0920 0.9258 1.2564 0.9258 1.1285 21.89%
1992 0.8594 0.8316 0.9547 0.7634 0.9258 8.67%
1991 0.7322 0.6233 0.8722 0.5981 0.8519 39.50%
1990 0.6285 0.6532 0.7065 0.5121 0.6107 -5.67%
1989 0.6129 0.5766 0.6652 0.5648 0.6474 13.34%
1988 0.6072 0.5604 0.6888 0.5331 0.5712 0.11%
1987 0.6155 0.6857 0.7387 0.4862 0.5706 -14.40%
1986 0.5822 0.5066 0.7241 0.4716 0.6666 30.04%
1985 0.4769 0.3957 0.5375 0.3900 0.5126 29.54%
Sector Industry Market Cap Revenue
Utilities Utility - Water Supply $11.404B $2.086B
Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater and natural gas services in the United States. The company provides utility services to nearly five million people in the U.S. It completed the acquisition of Peoples Gas. It has identified 12 operating segments and 2 reportable segments, namely Regulated Water and Regulated Natural Gas. The Regulated Water segment comprises 8 operating segments for its water and wastewater regulated utility companies, and the Regulated Natural Gas segment includes 1 operating segment representing natural gas utility companies. Also, the company includes 3 of its operating segments in Other. The Other segment represents non-regulated natural gas operations, Aqua Resources and Aqua Infrastructure. Its water supplies are primarily self-supplied and processed at surface water treatment plants as well as numerous well stations in the states in which it conducts business.
Stock Name Country Market Cap PE Ratio
American Water Works (AWK) United States $29.096B 27.18
Veolia Environnement SA (VEOEY) France $26.739B 0.00
Companhia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp (SBS) Brazil $13.704B 7.48
American States Water (AWR) United States $3.109B 25.96
California Water Service Group (CWT) United States $2.968B 21.85
SJW Group (SJW) United States $1.875B 17.81
Middlesex Water (MSEX) United States $1.096B 25.38
York Water (YORW) United States $0.505B 25.60
Consolidated Water (CWCO) Cayman Islands $0.370B 0.00
Artesian Resources (ARTNA) United States $0.360B 16.82
Global Water Resources (GWRS) United States $0.280B 39.81
Pure Cycle (PCYO) United States $0.258B 18.48