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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
AWK American Water Works	$139.91 -0.3%	$142.03	$118.74 ▼ $155.50	$27.28B	0.69	1.23 million shs	683,750 shs
AWR American States Water	$77.10 -0.4%	$78.35	$70.30 ▼ $87.50	$2.97B	0.61	214,157 shs	103,397 shs
CWT California Water Service Group	$45.78 -1.0%	$47.05	$41.64 ▼ $56.25	$2.73B	0.64	337,933 shs	163,445 shs
WTRG Essential Utilities	$36.82 -0.8%	$38.50	$33.18 ▼ $41.78	$10.32B	0.79	1.54 million shs	1.74 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
AWK American Water Works	0.00%	+1.54%	-0.09%	-1.61%	+7.61%
AWR American States Water	0.00%	+0.76%	+0.66%	+2.41%	+6.13%
CWT California Water Service Group	0.00%	+0.61%	+0.49%	-3.63%	-6.50%
WTRG Essential Utilities	0.00%	-0.34%	-2.20%	-3.99%	-1.79%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AWK American Water Works	4.3093 of 5 stars	0.9	3.0	4.2	4.3	2.8	2.5	1.9
AWR American States Water	4.0187 of 5 stars	0.8	3.0	4.2	3.3	2.7	3.3	1.3
CWT California Water Service Group	4.9073 of 5 stars	3.7	3.0	4.2	4.0	2.3	2.5	1.3
WTRG Essential Utilities	4.8192 of 5 stars	2.4	3.0	5.0	3.1	2.8	1.7	2.5

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AWK American Water Works	1.80	Reduce	$143.22	2.37% Upside
AWR American States Water	1.50	Reduce	$77.50	0.52% Upside
CWT California Water Service Group	3.33	Buy	$58.00	26.69% Upside
WTRG Essential Utilities	2.83	Moderate Buy	$43.50	18.14% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest WTRG, AWR, CWT, and AWK Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
5/13/2025	WTRG Essential Utilities	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$47.00 ➝ $46.00
5/8/2025	AWR American States Water	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Underweight ➝ Equal Weight	$76.00 ➝ $84.00
5/2/2025	AWK American Water Works	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$142.00 ➝ $147.00
5/2/2025	AWK American Water Works	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	In-Line ➝ In-Line	$139.00 ➝ $148.00
5/2/2025	CWT California Water Service Group	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$54.00 ➝ $59.00
4/25/2025	AWK American Water Works	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Strong-Buy ➝ Hold
4/24/2025	AWK American Water Works	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy ➝ Neutral	$160.00
4/22/2025	AWK American Water Works	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Underweight	$138.00
4/11/2025	CWT California Water Service Group	Seaport Res Ptn Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Strong-Buy

(Data available from 7/7/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
AWK American Water Works	$4.68B	5.82	$9.43 per share	14.84	$53.01 per share	2.64
AWR American States Water	$595.46M	4.99	$4.36 per share	17.68	$24.56 per share	3.14
CWT California Water Service Group	$1.04B	2.63	$5.46 per share	8.38	$27.55 per share	1.66
WTRG Essential Utilities	$2.09B	4.95	$3.32 per share	11.09	$22.57 per share	1.63

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
AWK American Water Works	$1.05B	$5.49	25.48	22.82	3.32	22.24%	10.35%	3.32%	7/30/2025 (Estimated)
AWR American States Water	$119.27M	$3.25	23.72	21.84	4.16	20.22%	13.45%	4.92%	8/5/2025 (Estimated)
CWT California Water Service Group	$190.81M	$2.28	20.08	19.73	2.25	13.84%	8.32%	2.64%	7/30/2025 (Estimated)
WTRG Essential Utilities	$595.31M	$2.23	16.51	17.29	3.39	27.17%	9.81%	3.45%	8/4/2025 (Estimated)

Latest WTRG, AWR, CWT, and AWK Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/4/2025	Q2 2025	WTRG Essential Utilities	$0.27	N/A	N/A	N/A	$462.70 million	N/A
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	AWK American Water Works	$1.48	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.22 billion	N/A
5/12/2025	Q1 2025	WTRG Essential Utilities	$0.80	$1.03	+$0.23	$1.03	$713.80 million	$783.63 million
5/7/2025	Q1 2025	AWR American States Water	$0.70	$0.70	N/A	$0.70	$142.00 million	$148.01 million
5/1/2025	Q1 2025	CWT California Water Service Group	$0.16	$0.22	+$0.06	$0.22	$194.80 million	$203.97 million
4/30/2025	Q1 2025	AWK American Water Works	$1.06	$1.05	-$0.01	$1.05	$1.09 billion	$1.14 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AWK American Water Works	$3.31	2.37%	N/A	60.29%	18 Years
AWR American States Water	$1.86	2.41%	N/A	57.23%	71 Years
CWT California Water Service Group	$1.20	2.62%	N/A	52.63%	59 Years
WTRG Essential Utilities	$1.30	3.53%	N/A	58.30%	32 Years

Latest WTRG, AWR, CWT, and AWK Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
4/30/2025	AWK American Water Works	quarterly	$0.8275	2.26%	5/13/2025	5/13/2025	6/3/2025
5/6/2025	AWR American States Water	quarterly	$0.4655	2.31%	5/19/2025	5/19/2025	6/3/2025
4/30/2025	CWT California Water Service Group	quarterly	$0.30	2.37%	5/12/2025	5/12/2025	5/23/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AWK American Water Works	1.26	0.49	0.44
AWR American States Water	0.83	0.81	0.76
CWT California Water Service Group	0.68	0.53	0.49
WTRG Essential Utilities	1.16	0.65	0.57

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AWK American Water Works	86.58%
AWR American States Water	75.24%
CWT California Water Service Group	82.78%
WTRG Essential Utilities	74.78%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AWK American Water Works	0.11%
AWR American States Water	0.83%
CWT California Water Service Group	0.73%
WTRG Essential Utilities	0.19%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AWK American Water Works	6,700	195.01 million	194.80 million	Optionable
AWR American States Water	810	38.51 million	38.19 million	Optionable
CWT California Water Service Group	1,278	59.57 million	59.14 million	Optionable
WTRG Essential Utilities	3,291	280.34 million	279.81 million	Optionable

WTRG, AWR, CWT, and AWK Headlines

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Essential Utilities Rides on Investments & Expanding Customer Base

July 4 at 10:40 AM | zacks.com

WTRG - Essential Utilities Inc Executives - Morningstar

July 4 at 9:38 AM | morningstar.comM

Aurora Private Wealth Inc. Acquires New Shares in Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

July 4 at 6:35 AM | marketbeat.com

New York State Teachers Retirement System Has $9.95 Million Position in Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

July 4 at 4:14 AM | marketbeat.com

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. Has $21.22 Million Stock Holdings in Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

July 4 at 4:07 AM | marketbeat.com

Is Essential Utilities Gaining or Losing Market Support?

July 3, 2025 | benzinga.com

Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) Stake Increased by Tandem Investment Advisors Inc.

July 3, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Essential Utilities Names Daniel Ramirez-Cisneros as President of Aqua Texas

July 2, 2025 | businesswire.com

Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) Stock Position Reduced by Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.

July 2, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Essential Utilities Recognized among the 50 Most Community-Minded Businesses in the Greater Philadelphia Region

July 1, 2025 | businesswire.com

Asset Management One Co. Ltd. Has $4.16 Million Stock Position in Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

June 30, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. Acquires 10,718 Shares of Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

June 29, 2025 | marketbeat.com

WTRG - Essential Utilities Inc Trailing Returns - Morningstar

June 27, 2025 | morningstar.comM

WTRG - Essential Utilities Inc Key Metrics - Morningstar

June 26, 2025 | morningstar.comM

13,298 Shares in Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) Bought by Aurora Private Wealth Inc.

June 26, 2025 | marketbeat.com

WTRG - Essential Utilities Inc Sustainability - Morningstar

June 25, 2025 | morningstar.comM

WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc. - Seeking Alpha

June 24, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

Continuum Advisory LLC Trims Stake in Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

June 24, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) Shares Sold by Synergy Asset Management LLC

June 22, 2025 | marketbeat.com

34,500 Shares in Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) Bought by Covea Finance

June 22, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Boston Trust Walden Corp Purchases 349,904 Shares of Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE:WTRG)

June 19, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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WTRG, AWR, CWT, and AWK Company Descriptions

American Water Works NYSE:AWK

$139.91 -0.40 (-0.29%)

Closing price 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$139.96 +0.06 (+0.04%)

As of 04:17 AM Eastern

American Water Works Company, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides water and wastewater services in the United States. It offers water and wastewater services to approximately 1,700 communities in 14 states serving approximately 3.5 million active customers. The company serves residential customers; commercial customers, including food and beverage providers, commercial property developers and proprietors, and energy suppliers; fire service and private fire customers; industrial customers, such as large-scale manufacturers, mining, and production operations; public authorities comprising government buildings and other public sector facilities, such as schools and universities; and other utilities and community water and wastewater systems. It also provides water and wastewater services on military installations; and undertakes contracts with municipal customers, primarily to operate and manage water and wastewater facilities, as well as offers other related services. In addition, the company operates approximately 80 surface water treatment plants; 540 groundwater treatment plants; 175 wastewater treatment plants; 53,700 miles of transmission, distribution, and collection mains and pipes; 1,200 groundwater wells; 1,700 water and wastewater pumping stations; 1,100 treated water storage facilities; and 74 dams. The company was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.

American States Water NYSE:AWR

$77.10 -0.29 (-0.37%)

Closing price 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$77.17 +0.07 (+0.09%)

As of 04:57 AM Eastern

American States Water Company, through its subsidiaries, provides water and electric services to residential, commercial, industrial, and other customers in the United States. It operates through three segments: Water, Electric, and Contracted Services. The company purchases, produces, distributes, and sells water, as well as distributes electricity. As of December 31, 2022, American States Water Company provided water service to 263,265 customers located throughout 10 counties in the State of California; and distributed electricity to 24,705 customers in San Bernardino County mountain communities in California. The company also provides water and/or wastewater services, including the operation, maintenance, and construction of facilities at the water and/or wastewater systems at various military installations. American States Water Company was incorporated in 1929 and is headquartered in San Dimas, California.

California Water Service Group NYSE:CWT

$45.78 -0.46 (-0.99%)

Closing price 07/3/2025 03:30 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$45.78 0.00 (0.00%)

As of 07/3/2025 04:20 PM Eastern

California Water Service Group, through its subsidiaries, provides water utility and other related services in California, Washington, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Texas. The company is involved in the production, purchase, storage, treatment, testing, distribution, and sale of water for domestic, industrial, public, and irrigation uses, as well as for fire protection services. It offers its services to approximately 497,700 customer connections in 100 California communities; approximately 6,500 water and wastewater customer connections on the islands of Maui, Oahu, and Hawaii; approximately 38,000 customer connections in the Tacoma, Olympia, Graham, Spanaway, Puyallup, Rainier, Yelm, and Gig Harbor areas; and approximately 11,400 water and wastewater customer connections in Rio Communities, Rio Del Oro, Meadow Lake, Indian Hills, Squaw Valley, Elephant Butte, Morningstar, Sandia Knolls, Juan Tomas, and Cypress Gardens systems. The company also engages in the provision of non-regulated water-related services, including operating of municipally owned water systems, privately owned water, and recycled water distribution systems; water system operation, meter reading, and billing services to private companies and municipalities; leasing of communication antenna sites on its properties; and billing of optional third-party insurance programs to its residential customers. In addition, it provides lab, wastewater collection, and treatment services. California Water Service Group was founded in 1926 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Essential Utilities NYSE:WTRG

$36.82 -0.29 (-0.78%)

Closing price 07/3/2025 03:54 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$36.90 +0.09 (+0.23%)

As of 04:23 AM Eastern

Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, or natural gas services in the United States. The company operates through Regulated Water and Regulated Natural Gas segments. It offers water services through operating and maintenance contract with municipal authorities and other parties. In addition, the company provides utility service line protection solutions and repair services to households. It serves approximately 5.5 million residential water, commercial water, fire protection, industrial water, wastewater, and other water and utility customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky under the Aqua and Peoples brands. The company was formerly known as Aqua America, Inc. and changed its name to Essential Utilities, Inc. in February 2020. Essential Utilities, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

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