WTRGEssential Utilities, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: rangebound and insiders net selling (often routine).
Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +0% vs its 200-day average.
Insiders were net sellers over the 90 days ending Oct 8, 2026; selling is often routine (taxes, diversification).
Lightly shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, a few days of normal trading to cover. Up 4.4% since the previous count, up from 1.7% of shares outstanding three months ago.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How WTRG is trading
Essential Utilities, Inc. is +8.2% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 10 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- +0.34%
vs 200-day average · close to trend
- RSI (14)
- 34
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 7.2%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $38.98
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- −6.8%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- +8.2%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- −5.3%
- vs 50-day average$40.31
- −3.3%
- 52-week high
- $41.99
- 52-week low
- $36.05
- Annualised volatility
- 22%
- Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-08
- −$113K
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +3.5% |
| 2025 | +9.4% |
| 2024 | +0.52% |
| 2023 | −19% |
| 2022 | −8.9% |
| 2021 | +16% |
| 2020 | +2.9% |
| 2019 | +40% |
| 2018 | −11% |
| 2017 | +34% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 10 | 4 of 10 | −1.2% |
| Feb | 10 | 4 of 10 | −2.3% |
| Mar | 10 | 8 of 10 | +2.5% |
| Apr | 10 | 6 of 10 | +0.43% |
| May | 10 | 5 of 10 | +0.38% |
| Jun | 10 | 4 of 10 | −0.48% |
| Jul | 11 | 9 of 11 | +4.8% |
| Aug | 11 | 6 of 11 | −1.7% |
| Sep | 11 | 3 of 11 | −3.6% |
| Oct | 11 | 7 of 11 | +0.29% |
| Nov | 10 | 8 of 10 | +4.5% |
| Dec | 10 | 6 of 10 | +2.0% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.