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Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Company snapshot — Essential Utilities Inc

WTRG in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Essential Utilities runs regulated water, wastewater and natural gas systems across several US states through its Aqua and Peoples brands. It serves residential, commercial and industrial customers and also offers utility line protection and repair services. The group traces back to the water utility once called Aqua America and is based in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.
Where it sits in the stack
Essential Utilities carries no seat in our Rubin AI build-out index; it sits in the regulated water and gas utilities sleeve of our broader universe, a group defined by rate-regulated returns rather than by exposure to compute demand.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet has not built a formal peer group for this name; the comparison the market usually draws is with American Water Works, the other large listed regulated water utility in the US.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a seat in the Russell 1000 in our index records. It does not yet carry a Closelooknet score, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.
What the diary watches
The diary watches how state regulators rule on pending rate cases, since allowed returns on the water and gas segments set the pace of earnings growth here.

Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for WTRG, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Utilities · United States · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Utilities · United States

This name carries no Closelooknet score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against WTRG on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 3.52%, quarterly · last 0.36 USD on 2026-08-11

Dividends and capital return

What WTRG pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.39 USD per share · a 3.52% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +5.3% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.32 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.36 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-11
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.31 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.27 USD · 2025: 1.34 USD · 2026: 1.05 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-11-09

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

How it trades on rate days beta 0.37 to TLT · on the worst bond days it moved with the market

How it trades on rate days

How WTRG has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.37 — tends to move with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Essential Utilities Inc moved 0.37% on average · correlation 0.15 · higher than 36% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.55 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.62% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.10% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG)?

Essential Utilities Inc trades as WTRG on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is WTRG in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Essential Utilities Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

Where does WTRG trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -2.2% vs the 50-day and +1.7% vs the 200-day average, 7% below the 52-week high and +9.7% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 32 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does Essential Utilities Inc do?

Essential Utilities runs regulated water, wastewater and natural gas systems across several US states through its Aqua and Peoples brands. It serves residential, commercial and industrial customers and also offers utility line protection and repair services. The group traces back to the water utility once called Aqua America and is based in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Closelooknet has not built a formal peer group for this name; the comparison the market usually draws is with American Water Works, the other large listed regulated water utility in the US.

Where does Essential Utilities Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Essential Utilities carries no seat in our Rubin AI build-out index; it sits in the regulated water and gas utilities sleeve of our broader universe, a group defined by rate-regulated returns rather than by exposure to compute demand. It holds a seat in the Russell 1000 in our index records. It does not yet carry a Closelooknet score, and the diary has not quoted it in any edition so far.

Does Essential Utilities Inc pay a dividend?

Essential Utilities Inc has paid 1.39 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 3.52% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.36 USD on 2026-08-11. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

How does Essential Utilities Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Essential Utilities Inc had a beta of 0.37 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it tends to move with bonds, higher than 36% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.62% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for WTRG, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

then Utilities - Regulated Water, then Utilities. Scored names rank on their Closelooknet score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.