Essential Utilities Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

According to 7 analysts polled by S&P Global, Essential Utilities stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $40.4. The average 1-year stock price forecast is 8.46% higher than the current stock price, while the lowest is $38 (+2.01%) and the highest is $43 (+15.44%).

Price Target: $40.4 (+8.46%)

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$38	$40.4	$41	$43
Change	+2.01%	+8.46%	+10.07%	+15.44%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Essential Utilities stock is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Dec '25	Jan '26	Feb '26	Mar '26	Apr '26	May '26
Strong Buy	2	2	1	1	1	1
Buy	1	1	1	0	0	0
Hold	5	4	4	4	5	5
Sell	1	1	1	2	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	9	8	7	7	7	7

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Gregg Orrill UBS	UBS	Hold Maintains $45 → $41	Hold	Maintains	$45 → $41	+10.07%	May 7, 2026
Nicholas Campanella Barclays	Barclays	Sell Maintains $38	Sell	Maintains	$38	+2.01%	Apr 20, 2026
John Eade Argus Research	Argus Research	Buy Maintains n/a	Buy	Maintains	n/a	n/a	Mar 20, 2026
Ryan Connors Northcoast Research	Northcoast Research	Buy Upgrades $46 → $42	Buy	Upgrades	$46 → $42	+12.75%	Dec 3, 2025

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.63B

from 2.47B

6.24%

from 2.47B

Revenue Next Year

2.80B

from 2.63B

6.39%

from 2.63B

EPS This Year

2.29

from 2.20

4.27%

from 2.20

EPS Next Year

2.45

from 2.29

6.96%

from 2.29

Fiscal Year	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026	Dec 31, 2027
Revenue	1.88B	2.29B	2.05B	2.09B	2.47B	2.63B	2.80B
Revenue Growth	28.40%	21.82%	-10.24%	1.57%	18.62%	6.24%	6.39%
EPS	1.67	1.77	1.86	2.17	2.20	2.29	2.45
EPS Growth	49.11%	5.99%	5.09%	16.67%	1.38%	4.27%	6.96%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	16.24	15.18
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	9	9

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2026	2027
High	2.8B	2.9B
Avg	2.6B	2.8B
Low	2.4B	2.6B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2026	2027
High	13.1%	11.3%
Avg	6.2%	6.4%
Low	-1.9%	-0.4%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2026	2027
High	2.44	2.64
Avg	2.29	2.45
Low	2.12	2.31

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2026	2027
High	11.1%	14.9%
Avg	4.3%	7.0%
Low	-3.8%	0.8%

Sources: Price targets and consensus ratings provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Historical ratings and analyst data provided by TipRanks. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data sources.