How The American Water Merger Is Reframing The Essential Utilities (WTRG) Investment Story [Yahoo! Finance]
Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)
Last essential utilities, inc. earnings: 2/26 05:01 pm
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With the all stock, tax free merger announcement and a 10% headline premium on the table, many firms have pulled their price targets closer to current trading levels. This helps explain why the fair value and discount rate are effectively unchanged. Keep reading to see how you can track these shifts in price targets and the evolving merger story so you are not caught off guard as the narrative moves. Stay updated as the Fair Value for Essential Utilities shifts by adding it to your watchlist or portfolio . Alternatively, explore our Community to discover new perspectives on Essential Utilities. Recent research on Essential Utilities clusters around one theme: the all stock, tax free merger with American Water Works, with several firms tempering their stance and pulling price targets closer to where the stock has been trading. ?? Bullish Takeaways Even after moving to more neutral ratings, firms such as UBS, Northcoast, Baird, and Janney Montgomery Scott are still setting price
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- How The Narrative Around American Water Works Company (AWK) Is Shifting With The Essential Utilities Merger [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
- A Great Utility Priced Under Fair Value: American Water Works [Seeking Alpha]Seeking Alpha
- Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) was downgraded by analysts at Barclays PLC from an "overweight" rating to a "strong sell" rating. They now have a $38.00 price target on the stock.MarketBeat
- Essential Utilities Shows Holiday Spirit Announcing More than $1.2 Million in Donations Through Two Major CampaignsBusiness Wire
- Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) was given a new $38.00 price target on by analysts at Barclays PLC. They now have an "underweight" rating on the stock.MarketBeat
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- 11/4/25 - Beat
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- 1/7/26 - Form 425
- 12/31/25 - Form DEFM14A
- 12/23/25 - Form 425
- WTRG's page on the SEC website