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Essential Utilities, Inc., formerly Aqua America, Inc.

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Essential Utilities, Inc.

Ticker: WTRG

Essential Utilities, Inc.

$36.68

+6.75%

(1W)

$

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WTRG Performance Breakdown

Share Price

$36.68

Today's change

2.17%

Year to date change (YTD)

-2.16%

Dividend yield

3.47

Last dividend paid

$0.31

Last dividend pay date

3/1/2024

About WTRG

Essential Utilities, Inc., formerly Aqua America, Inc., is a holding company engaged in providing water or wastewater services concentrated in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana and Virginia. It is the holding company for its primary subsidiary, Aqua Pennsylvania, Inc. Its market-based activities are conducted through Aqua Resources, Inc. (Aqua Resources) and Aqua Infrastructure, LLC (Aqua Infrastructure). Aqua Resources, Inc. provides water and wastewater service through operating and maintenance contracts with municipal authorities and other parties close to its utility companies' service territories, and offers, through a third party, water and sewer line repair service and protection solutions to households. Aqua Infrastructure provides non-utility raw water supply services for firms in the natural gas drilling industry. It owns wastewater collection systems that convey the wastewater to a municipally-owned facility for treatment.

Essential Utilities, Inc. Stock Ticker

WTRG

For more information

https://www.essential.co

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