WTRG News and Press, Essential Utilities Inc. From 02/18/21

Aqua Pennsylvania’s Bristol Water Treatment Plant has received the Phase III Directors Award from the Partnership for Safe Water , a program developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the American Water Works Association, and associated Partner organizations t...

Essential Utilities combines Aqua water and wastewater utilities with Peoples gas distribution companies for a total market cap of $11.75 billion and a 2.1% dividend. Essential will benefit from the ESG investor halo for its water business, but will be tested by the volatility of its ...

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Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) announced today that its Pennsylvania wastewater subsidiary has signed an asset purchase agreement (APA) with Willistown Township, Chester County to acquire the municipality’s wastewater assets for $17.5 million. The pending transaction is sub...

The board of directors of Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.2507 per share, payable March 1, 2021 to all shareholders of record on Feb. 12, 2021. Essential Utilities has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends for 76 years and has...

Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) expects to report earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2020 and the full year 2020 following market close on Feb. 24, 2021. The company’s conference call with financial analysts will take place on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021 at 11 a.m. Eas...

Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) announced today that Robert Davis will succeed Ed Kolodziej as president of the company’s Aqua Ohio water and wastewater utility. Davis most recently served as director of public utilities for the City of Cleveland, where he was responsible f...

Utility sector (XLU) valuations are mostly attractive in the continued low interest rate environment, Goldman Sachs says as it tilts its favored names slightly toward value stocks in diversified utilities, upgrading CenterPoint Energy (CNP) and Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG) to Buy whi...