Essential Utilities (WTRG) Dividends
Dividend Yield and Dividend History Highlights
- WTRG's average cash flow over the past 5.5 years is greater than merely 1.81% of current dividend paying stocks in the US.
- If price volatilty is something you're paying attention to when building your dividend portfolio, know that WTRG has less fluctuation in its price than 96.12% of stocks we're observing.
- If you want to include this stock in your dividend portfolio, here are some dividend stocks that are NOT correlated with WTRG that may be suitable potential portfolio mates: NFE, FLO, FIZZ, ZTO and QCCO.
WTRG Price Forecast Based on Dividend Discount Model
| Current Price | DDM Fair Value Target: | Forecasted Gain: |
| $38.66 | $170.73 | 234.24% |
For dividend yielding stocks, the Dividend Discount Model (DDM) is a common valuation tool; it attempts to extrapolate a fair share price based primarily on the dividend the stock provides relative to a number of other quantiative aspects of its business. In the case of WTRG, the DDM model generated by StockNews estimates a return of positive 234.24% in comparison to its current price. Some interesting points we thought investors may wish to consider regarding the dividend discount model forecast for Essential Utilities Inc are:
- In comparison to other dividend stocks in the Utilities sector, WTRG is growing its dividends at a faster rate than about 91.04% of them.
- The stock's annual revenue of roughly $2 billion puts it in the small-sized revenue class, where its estimated gain based on our dividend discount model price relative to its current share price is greater than 81.81% of companies in the same revenue class.
WTRG Dividend History
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Ex-Dividend Date | Type | Payout Amount | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-10 | Dividend | $0.33 | -- |
| 2024-11-12 | Dividend | $0.33 | -- |
| 2024-08-12 | Dividend | $0.33 | +6.19% |
| 2024-05-09 | Dividend | $0.31 | -- |
| 2024-02-08 | Dividend | $0.31 | -- |
| 2023-11-09 | Dividend | $0.31 | -- |
| 2023-08-10 | Dividend | $0.31 | +6.97% |
| 2023-05-11 | Dividend | $0.29 | -- |
| 2023-02-09 | Dividend | $0.29 | -- |
| 2022-11-10 | Dividend | $0.29 | -- |
| 2022-08-11 | Dividend | $0.29 | +7.09% |
| 2022-05-12 | Dividend | $0.27 | -- |
| 2022-02-10 | Dividend | $0.27 | -- |
| 2021-11-10 | Dividend | $0.27 | -- |
| 2021-08-12 | Dividend | $0.27 | +6.77% |
| 2021-05-13 | Dividend | $0.25 | -- |
| 2021-02-11 | Dividend | $0.25 | -- |
| 2020-11-12 | Dividend | $0.25 | -- |
| 2020-08-13 | Dividend | $0.25 | +7.26% |
| 2020-05-14 | Dividend | $0.23 | -- |
WTRG Dividends vs. Peers
WTRG's dividend yield currently ranks #3 of 16 vs. its peers in the Water category.
| Rank | Symbol | Name | Dividend Yield |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GWRS | Global Water Resources, Inc. - common stock | 0.00% |
| 2 | SJW | SJW Group (DE) | 0.00% |
| 3 | WTRG | Essential Utilities | 0.00% |
| 4 | YORW | The York Water Company | 0.00% |
| 5 | CTWS | Connecticut Water Service, Inc. | 0.00% |
| 6 | OPTT | Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. | 0.00% |
| 7 | ARTNA | Artesian Resources Corporation - Class A Non-Voting | 0.00% |
| 8 | CWCO | Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. - Ordinary Shares | 0.00% |
| 9 | CDZI | Cadiz, Inc. | 0.00% |
| 10 | CWT | California Water Service Group | 0.00% |
| 11 | PCYO | Pure Cycle Corporation | 0.00% |
| 12 | MSEX | Middlesex Water Company | 0.00% |
| 13 | AWK | American Water Works Co. | 0.00% |
| 14 | AWR | American States Water Company | 0.00% |
| 15 | WAAS | AquaVenture Holdings Limited Ordinary Shares | 0.00% |
| 16 | PICO | PICO Holdings Inc. | 0.00% |