WTRG earnings

Essential Utilities, Inc.

WTRG chart · All upcoming earnings

Next report 2026-11-04
When Wednesday after close
In51 days
EPS estimate0.34
1-day std dev2.1%

How WTRG has moved on earnings, close to close (last 60)?Measured close to close. Day 1 = the last close before the report to the next close (the following session for after-close reports). Day 2 / Day 3 are that single session on its own. 5-day is the cumulative move from the pre-report close through the 5th session.

10 20 30 Max
MoveMeanMedianStd devHit rate
Day 1 -0.2% -0.2% 2.1% 43%
Day 2 -0.1% +0.4% 1.8% 58%
Day 3 -0.0% +0.2% 1.6% 53%
5-day -0.2% +0.2% 3.4% 50%
Biggest pop
+4.1%
Biggest drop
-7.9%
On a beat
+0.2%
On a miss
-0.8%
1-mo drift
+0.7%

Day 1 price move on each of the last 60 reports

Day 1 = the close-to-close move on the first session to trade the news — hover for the EPS surprise.

Report history

ReportEstActualSurpriseGap1-day+5d+1mo
2026-08-04 miss 0.39 0.37 -3.9% +0.4% +0.1% +0.7% +5.8%
2026-05-06 miss 0.87 0.83 -4.9% -0.7% +0.4% -0.5% -2.8%
2026-02-25 beat 0.40 0.47 +17.2% -0.2% -0.3% -0.5% +1.4%
2025-11-04 beat 0.28 0.33 +15.9% +1.0% +3.3% -1.5% -4.2%
2025-07-31 beat 0.30 0.38 +27.4% +2.8% +3.8% +1.6% +1.7%
2025-05-12 beat 0.80 1.03 +29.1% +0.8% -4.0% +0.1% -2.6%
2025-02-26 miss 0.67 0.47 -29.4% -1.7% +0.2% +2.3% +4.6%
2024-11-04 beat 0.24 0.25 +2.3% +1.7% +3.9% -2.7% -2.0%
2024-08-05 miss 0.33 0.28 -14.1% -0.3% -2.7% +0.0% -0.6%
2024-05-02 beat 0.76 0.97 +27.4% +2.0% +0.3% +3.9% +0.6%
2024-02-22 miss 0.51 0.50 -1.5% -1.2% -2.7% -0.8% +3.5%
2023-11-06 beat 0.29 0.30 +2.9% -1.1% -0.8% +1.2% +3.7%
2023-08-07 0.34 0.34 -0.7% -1.1% -6.2% -11.6%
2023-05-08 beat 0.71 0.72 +1.9% -0.2% -1.0% -3.0% -1.2%
2023-02-27 miss 0.45 0.44 -2.0% +0.7% -2.2% -2.6% -3.2%
2022-11-07 beat 0.22 0.26 +16.9% -0.4% -0.5% +6.0% +9.3%
2022-08-03 beat 0.31 0.31 +1.4% +0.6% -0.7% -2.2% -4.7%
2022-05-09 beat 0.74 0.76 +2.2% +0.1% -2.7% +4.7% +7.7%
2022-02-23 beat 0.43 0.44 +1.3% -0.1% +4.1% +1.3% +7.1%
2021-11-01 miss 0.21 0.19 -8.9% -2.3% +0.0% +0.8% +0.4%
2021-08-04 beat 0.25 0.32 +27.9% +0.0% +2.7% -4.9% -3.4%
2021-05-05 beat 0.66 0.72 +9.0% +0.3% +1.2% -0.8% +2.7%
2021-02-24 beat 0.45 0.46 +2.2% +0.9% -1.9% -4.0% +2.2%
2020-11-03 beat 0.23 0.23 +2.2% +0.8% -2.7% +12.6% +15.5%
2020-08-05 beat 0.24 0.29 +20.2% +0.7% +1.9% -0.5% -8.7%
2020-05-06 beat 0.45 0.60 +33.3% -0.4% -0.3% -3.0% +15.0%
2020-02-26 miss 0.35 0.34 -3.4% +0.2% -7.9% +2.7% -12.8%
2019-11-04 beat 0.44 0.48 +9.8% +0.8% +1.7% -2.5% +1.9%
2019-08-06 miss 0.37 0.37 -1.1% +0.0% +2.2% +2.8% +5.8%
2019-05-02 miss 0.30 0.28 -7.3% -0.1% -0.8% +1.5% +4.5%
2019-02-18 miss 0.31 0.31 -1.4% -0.3% -0.1% +1.7% +3.9%
2018-11-05 beat 0.43 0.44 +2.0% +1.4% -1.3% +1.4% +8.6%
2018-08-01 beat 0.36 0.37 +2.9% +0.0% +1.2% +2.0% +1.3%
2018-05-08 miss 0.29 0.29 -1.2% +1.0% -1.3% -2.4% -1.3%
2018-02-27 beat 0.31 0.32 +2.4% -1.6% -0.9% -2.2% -0.4%
2017-10-31 miss 0.43 0.43 -0.8% +0.7% -0.1% +3.2% +6.5%
2017-08-02 beat 0.34 0.34 +0.0% +0.6% +0.0% +1.0% -0.2%
2017-05-03 miss 0.30 0.28 -5.5% -0.4% -3.0% -0.2% +3.9%
2017-02-22 miss 0.29 0.28 -4.4% -0.3% +0.9% +4.2% +3.6%
2016-11-01 beat 0.40 0.41 +3.3% +1.8% -0.7% -1.8% -0.2%
2016-08-02 miss 0.33 0.33 -1.1% -1.0% -1.7% -3.4% -10.2%
2016-05-03 beat 0.28 0.29 +3.3% -1.7% +1.0% +0.0% +2.3%
2016-02-23 miss 0.29 0.28 -2.9% -1.6% -0.9% -0.1% +0.4%
2015-11-03 miss 0.38 0.38 -0.9% -0.2% +2.6% -1.8% +0.5%
2015-08-04 miss 0.32 0.32 -0.7% +1.0% +1.7% +2.7% -2.4%
2015-05-05 beat 0.26 0.27 +3.2% +2.1% +0.3% -1.6% -2.4%
2015-02-26 beat 0.27 0.28 +2.6% -0.1% +0.6% -3.0% +0.2%
2014-11-03 beat 0.37 0.38 +1.5% +0.0% +0.7% +0.6% -1.0%
2014-08-05 beat 0.30 0.31 +3.1% +0.8% +2.7% -0.2% +3.7%
2014-05-07 beat 0.23 0.25 +7.2% -0.3% -1.2% -2.5% -0.4%
2014-02-27 beat 0.25 0.26 +5.2% +0.7% +1.5% -2.6% -0.5%
2013-11-07 beat 0.35 0.36 +2.0% -0.6% -1.2% +0.7% -6.5%
2013-08-06 beat 0.28 0.30 +7.0% -0.3% +0.1% -7.0% -10.1%
2013-05-01 beat 0.22 0.23 +7.3% +0.4% +1.4% -0.2% -2.4%
2013-02-25 miss 0.22 0.19 -11.6% -0.3% -1.1% +4.4% +8.0%
2012-11-01 beat 0.28 0.29 +3.8% +0.3% -1.6% -1.3% -0.1%
2012-07-30 beat 0.22 0.24 +9.6% -1.9% -3.9% +1.1% -1.8%
2012-05-02 miss 0.17 0.16 -6.7% +1.1% -1.0% +2.1% +5.4%
2012-02-27 miss 0.18 0.18 -0.2% -0.1% -1.4% -0.3% +1.2%
2011-11-01 miss 0.26 0.24 -7.9% +0.6% +1.5% -0.5% -0.5%

“1-day” is the close-to-close move over the session that first traded on the news (the next session for after-close reports). “+5d / +1mo” are the further drift from that close.

Earnings dates & estimates from Yahoo Finance (refreshed 2026-09-13); price reactions from end-of-day data. History, not a forecast. Not investment advice.