Essential Utilities, Inc.
Essential Utilities, Inc. · Common stock
$41.61
TTM yield3.34%Trailing twelve months
12-month dividends$1.394 payments per share
Last dividend$0.361Paid Aug 11, 2026
1Y total return+12.59%Dividends reinvested
Performance
Growth of WTRG. Add up to 9 tickers to compare.
WTRG
WTRG
Total Return (%) · dividends reinvested · Sep 12, 2025 – Sep 14, 2026
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Returns
What $10,000 invested in WTRG became, with dividends reinvested.
1 month$10,305
+3.05%
- Price change
- +3.05%
- Dividends
- —
3 months$11,193
+11.93%
- Price change
- +12.61%
- Dividends
- $98
6 months$10,171
+1.71%
- Price change
- +2.82%
- Dividends
- $174
1 year$11,259
+12.59%
- Price change
- +10.08%
- Dividends
- $368
2 years$11,359
+13.59%
- Price change
- +5.80%
- Dividends
- $689
5 years—
—
- Price change
- -11.13%
- Dividends
- $1,328
Dividend history
Total paid per share each month, last 36 months.
Recent payments
Change versus the prior payment.
- Aug 11, 2026$0.361+5.25%
- May 12, 2026$0.343No change
- Feb 9, 2026$0.343No change
- Nov 12, 2025$0.343No change
- Aug 12, 2025$0.343+5.21%
- May 13, 2025$0.326No change
- Feb 10, 2025$0.326No change
- Nov 12, 2024$0.326—
Payments by month
Total dividends per share paid in each calendar month.
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | — | $0.343 | — | — | $0.343 | — | — | $0.361 | — | — | — | — | $1.05 |
| 2025 | — | $0.326 | — | — | $0.326 | — | — | $0.343 | — | — | $0.343 | — | $1.34 |
| 2024 | — | $0.307 | — | — | $0.307 | — | — | $0.326 | — | — | $0.326 | — | $1.27 |