Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)

Essential Utilities Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 6 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Essential Utilities stock have an average target of 43.5, with a low estimate of 41 and a high estimate of 46. The average target predicts an increase of 11.27% from the current stock price of 39.10.

Analyst Consensus: Strong Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$41	$43.5	$45	$46
Change	+4.87%	+11.27%	+15.10%	+17.66%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Essential Utilities stock from 6 stock analysts is "Strong Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform very well in the near future and significantly outperform the market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25	Feb '25	Mar '25
Strong Buy	3	1	1	3	3	3
Buy	3	3	3	2	2	2
Hold	0	1	1	1	1	1
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	6	5	5	6	6	6

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Durgesh Chopra Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Buy Maintains $45 → $46	Buy	Maintains	$45 → $46	+17.66%	Mar 5, 2025
Jonathan Reeder Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Hold Maintains $39 → $41	Hold	Maintains	$39 → $41	+4.87%	Feb 27, 2025
Julien Dumoulin-Smith Jefferies	Jefferies	Hold → Strong Buy Upgrades $41	Hold → Strong Buy	Upgrades	$41	+4.87%	Jan 28, 2025
Gregg Orrill UBS	UBS	Strong Buy Maintains $45 → $42	Strong Buy	Maintains	$45 → $42	+7.43%	Jan 14, 2025
Jonathan Reeder Wells Fargo	Wells Fargo	Buy → Hold Downgrades $43 → $39	Buy → Hold	Downgrades	$43 → $39	-0.24%	Jan 7, 2025

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.41B

Increased by 15.57%

from 2.09B

Revenue Next Year

2.55B

Increased by 5.93%

from 2.41B

EPS This Year

2.16

Decreased by -0.69%

from 2.17

EPS Next Year

2.27

Increased by 5.31%

from 2.16

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	1.46B	1.88B	2.29B	2.05B	2.09B	2.41B	2.55B	2.80B
Revenue Growth	64.40%	28.40%	21.82%	-10.24%	1.57%	15.57%	5.93%	9.48%
EPS	1.12	1.67	1.77	1.86	2.17	2.16	2.27	2.44
EPS Growth	7.69%	49.11%	5.99%	5.08%	16.67%	-0.69%	5.31%	7.53%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	18.14	17.23	16.02
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	13	10	6

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	2.6B	2.7B	2.9B
Avg	2.4B	2.6B	2.8B
Low	2.2B	2.3B	2.6B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	25.9%	13.9%	15.3%
Avg	15.6%	5.9%	9.5%
Low	3.5%	-3.9%	3.0%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	2.31	2.38	2.54
Avg	2.16	2.27	2.44
Low	2.03	2.14	2.32

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	6.5%	10.4%	12.0%
Avg	-0.7%	5.3%	7.5%
Low	-6.5%	-0.9%	2.3%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.