Earnings growth of 2.3% over 3 years hasn't been enough to translate into positive returns for Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) shareholders [Yahoo! Finance]
Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)
Last essential utilities, inc. earnings: 2/26 05:01 pm
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Essential Utilities, Inc. NYSE:WTRG ) shareholders, since the share price is down 18% in the last three years, falling well short of the market return of around 22%. If the past week is anything to go by, investor sentiment for Essential Utilities isn't positive, so let's see if there's a mismatch between fundamentals and the share price. While the efficient markets hypothesis continues to be taught by some, it has been proven that markets are over-reactive dynamic systems, and investors are not always rational. One flawed but reasonable way to assess how sentiment around a company has changed is to compare the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price. During the unfortunate three years of share price decline, Essential Utilities actually saw its earnings per share (EPS) improve by 7.0% per year. Given the share price reaction, one might suspect that EPS is not a good guide to the business performance during the period (perhaps due to a one-off loss or gain). Alternatively
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- Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) was downgraded by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc. from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating. They now have a $41.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $44.00.MarketBeat
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- 11/4/24 - Beat
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Sec Filings
- 11/12/24 - Form 4
- 11/8/24 - Form SC
- 11/7/24 - Form 8-K
- WTRG's page on the SEC website