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Essential Utilities market cap WTRG

Share price times shares outstanding: what the whole company sells for, since 2010.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
$12.2B
Highest close in our data
$13.6B
Aug 2022

Essential Utilities is worth $12.2B at the close on Oct 23, 2026, at $43.11 a share.

That is up 6% over the last year and up 6% over five years.

Its highest close in our data was $13.6B in Aug 2022.

Market cap over time

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHighChange
2026 so far$12.2B$10.4B$12.2B+12%
2025$10.9B$9.2B$11.6B+9%
2024$10B$9.4B$11.3B−2%
2023$10.2B$8.7B$12.8B−19%
2022$12.5B$10.5B$13.6B−8%
2021$13.6B$10.3B$13.6B+17%
2020$11.6B$7.8B$11.7B+15%
2019$10.1B$6B$10.1B+68%
2018$6B$5.8B$6.8B−14%
2017$7B$5.3B$7B+31%
2016$5.3B$5.1B$6.3B+1%
2015$5.3B$4.4B$5.4B+11%
2014$4.7B$4.1B$4.7B+13%
2013$4.2B$3.7B$4.9B+20%
2012$3.5B$2.9B$3.7B+15%
2011$3.1B$2.9B$3.2B−1%
2010$3.1B$2.6B$3.1Bn/a

Against its peers

Companies in Regulated Water nearest Essential Utilities' size, closest first, today.

CompanyMarket cap
WTRGEssential Utilities$12.2B
AWKAmerican Water Works$28.4B
AWRAmerican States Water$3.4B
CWTCalifornia Water Service$3B
HTOH2O America$2.5B
Peer median$3.2B

What the market cap tells you

Share price times shares outstanding: what the whole company sells for today.

Size, not quality. Large caps move slower and are covered more. That is all it tells you.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.