Essential Utilities, Inc.

Day range

$42.83 – $43.61

Open

$43.20

Prev close

$43.30

Volume

2.19M

Market cap

$12.29B

Shares out

283.78M

P/E

22.15

P/S

4.78

P/B

1.59

P/FCF

—

ROE

7.2%

ROA

2.8%

Debt/Equity

1.11

Div yield

3.15%

As of Oct 22, 2026

• Material agreementsSep 17, 2026

  On September 15, 2026, American Water, Essential Utilities and certain of their affiliates filed a joint petition for non-unanimous settlement (the "Settlement Agreement"). The Settlement Agreement was entered into with the Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement, the Office of the Consumer Advocate, the Office of the Small Business Advocate, and certain other parties to the proceeding.

• Material agreementsAug 31, 2026

  The Administrative Law Judges issued an interim order that stated, among other things, that American Water, Essential Utilities, and certain of their affiliates had reached a non-unanimous settlement in this proceeding. The non-unanimous settlement is subject to the approval of the PaPUC.

• Deal agreementsAug 17, 2026

  the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") on October 26, 2025 with American Water and Alpha Merger Sub, Inc., a direct wholly owned subsidiary of American Water ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to which and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of American Water.

• Deal agreementsMay 8, 2026

  the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") on October 26, 2025 with American Water and Alpha Merger Sub, Inc., a direct wholly owned subsidiary of American Water ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to which and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the "Merger"), with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of American Water.

• Shareholder meetingsApr 30, 2026

  The 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the "Annual Meeting") of Essential Utilities, Inc. (the "Company") was held on April 29, 2026 as a virtual meeting. At the Annual Meeting: 1. The following nominees were elected as directors of the Company to serve for one-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualified. The votes received are set forth adjacent to the names below: [detailed voting results for seven director nominees]

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• AWRAmerican States Water Company+0.46%
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• EDConsolidated Edison, Inc.-0.45%
• DUKDuke Energy Corporation-0.34%
• WECWEC Energy Group, Inc.-0.94%
• CMSCMS Energy Corporation-1.02%
• LNTAlliant Energy Corporation Common Stock-0.91%

Days to cover

2.7

Short interest

6.58M

Avg volume

2.44M

As of Sep 30, 2026 · reported to FINRA twice monthly.

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