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Essential Utilities, Inc.

WTRG
Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Water Supply
SEC CIK
0000078128

In the last 90 days, Essential Utilities, Inc. insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 1 sale; 702 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $8.58B in total; no superinvestor holds it.

13F holders, Q4 2023

Institutional positions in Essential Utilities, Inc. as of Dec 31, 2023. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
623
+44 vs. Q3 2023
Shares held
204.3M
+4.44M (+2.2%) vs. Q3 2023
Total value
$7.63B
+$782.3M (+11.4%) vs. Q3 2023
New holders
86
242 more added
Sold out
42
198 more reduced

5 institutions that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 2023: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting WTRG on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ4 2023: 623 institutions
Q1 2021: 598 institutionsQ2 2021: 589 institutionsQ3 2021: 597 institutionsQ4 2021: 648 institutionsQ1 2022: 642 institutionsQ2 2022: 636 institutionsQ3 2022: 637 institutionsQ4 2022: 657 institutionsQ1 2023: 650 institutionsQ2 2023: 626 institutionsQ3 2023: 584 institutionsQ4 2023: 623 institutionsQ1 2024: 592 institutionsQ2 2024: 601 institutionsQ3 2024: 629 institutionsQ4 2024: 622 institutionsQ1 2025: 677 institutionsQ2 2025: 683 institutionsQ3 2025: 679 institutionsQ4 2025: 695 institutionsQ1 2026: 698 institutionsQ2 2026: 702 institutions
Value heldQ4 2023: $7.63B
Q1 2021: $7.74BQ2 2021: $7.96BQ3 2021: $7.96BQ4 2021: $9.44BQ1 2022: $9.19BQ2 2022: $8.55BQ3 2022: $7.82BQ4 2022: $9.21BQ1 2023: $8.33BQ2 2023: $7.63BQ3 2023: $6.85BQ4 2023: $7.63BQ1 2024: $7.90BQ2 2024: $8.01BQ3 2024: $8.09BQ4 2024: $7.90BQ1 2025: $8.79BQ2 2025: $8.20BQ3 2025: $9.07BQ4 2025: $8.66BQ1 2026: $8.72BQ2 2026: $8.58B
Institutions holding WTRG and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 2026702$8.58B
Q1 2026698$8.72B
Q4 2025695$8.66B
Q3 2025679$9.07B
Q2 2025683$8.20B
Q1 2025677$8.79B
Q4 2024622$7.90B
Q3 2024629$8.09B
Q2 2024601$8.01B
Q1 2024592$7.90B
Q4 2023623$7.63B
Q3 2023584$6.85B
Q2 2023626$7.63B
Q1 2023650$8.33B
Q4 2022657$9.21B
Q3 2022637$7.82B
Q2 2022636$8.55B
Q1 2022642$9.19B
Q4 2021648$9.44B
Q3 2021597$7.96B
Q2 2021589$7.96B
Q1 2021598$7.74B

Institutions, Q4 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Essential Utilities, Inc.; share changes are against Q3 2023.

Institutions holding WTRG in Q4 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
First Trust Advisors LP1,519,001$56.7M0.06%+86,193+6.0%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc1,615,381$60.3M0.02%+98,967+6.5%Added
Macquarie Group Ltd1,697,003$63.4M0.07%+292,511+20.8%Added
Tandem Investment Advisors, Inc.1,866,350$69.7M2.79%−100,337−5.1%Reduced
Bank of Montreal1,915,034$72.1M0.04%+1,732,479+949.0%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc1,931,118$72.1M0.02%+162,556+9.2%Added
FMR LLC1,935,989$72.3M0.01%+1,357,708+234.8%Added
Norges Bank2,604,760$97.3M0.02%−31,314−1.2%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp2,777,495$103.7M0.02%+149,916+5.7%Added
Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co3,069,377$114.6M1.38%+313,277+11.4%Added
Legal & General Group Plc3,109,601$116.1M0.04%+191,399+6.6%Added
Northern Trust Corp3,337,735$124.7M0.02%−48,998−1.4%Reduced
Morgan Stanley3,704,956$138.4M0.01%+1,492,222+67.4%Added
Invesco Ltd.3,783,658$141.3M0.03%−306,875−7.5%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC3,924,015$146.3M0.02%+208,544+5.6%Added
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.4,120,718$153.9M0.10%+3,544,731+615.4%Added
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA5,737,495$214.3M0.24%−389,643−6.4%Reduced
Amundi9,551,311$359.1M0.16%+1,206,947+14.5%Added
State Street Corp13,484,594$503.6M0.02%+226,806+1.7%Added
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board21,661,095$809.0M1.02%00.0%Unchanged
Vanguard Group Inc27,992,080$1.05B0.02%+823,495+3.0%Added
BlackRock Inc.31,005,294$1.16B0.03%+5,3800.0%Added
Transamerica Financial Advisors, Inc.1––00.0%Unchanged
Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC0$00.00%−383,363−100.0%Sold out
Beck Bode, LLC0$00.00%−233,847−100.0%Sold out
Eaton Financial Holdings Company, LLC0$00.00%−156,140−100.0%Sold out
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.0$00.00%−121,152−100.0%Sold out
Element Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−113,186−100.0%Sold out
NewSquare Capital LLC0$00.00%−99,704−100.0%Sold out
Squarepoint Ops LLC0$00.00%−87,984−100.0%Sold out
Duality Advisers, LP0$00.00%−65,117−100.0%Sold out
Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd0$00.00%−51,929−100.0%Sold out
Susquehanna Fundamental Investments, LLC0$00.00%−51,820−100.0%Sold out
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC0$00.00%−38,195−100.0%Sold out
Quantbot Technologies LP0$00.00%−37,582−100.0%Sold out
Bridgewater Associates, LP0$00.00%−36,921−100.0%Sold out
Davy Global Fund Management Ltd0$00.00%−27,257−100.0%Sold out
AlphaStar Capital Management, LLC0$00.00%−25,038−100.0%Sold out
Teza Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−22,572−100.0%Sold out
Walleye Capital LLC0$00.00%−19,390−100.0%Sold out
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management (UK) Ltd.0$00.00%−14,000−100.0%Sold out
Quadrature Capital Ltd0$00.00%−13,675−100.0%Sold out
Graham Capital Management, L.P.0$00.00%−13,519−100.0%Sold out
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.0$00.00%−10,250−100.0%Sold out
Prospera Financial Services Inc0$00.00%−10,114−100.0%Sold out
Fulcrum Equity Management0$00.00%−9,909−100.0%Sold out
Perpetual Ltd0$00.00%−9,688−100.0%Sold out
Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank0$00.00%−9,412−100.0%Sold out
Youngs Advisory Group, Inc.0$00.00%−6,778−100.0%Sold out
Dearborn Partners LLC0$00.00%−6,565−100.0%Sold out
Wade G W & Inc0$00.00%−6,400−100.0%Sold out
Obermeyer Wood Investment Counsel, LLLP0$00.00%−6,350−100.0%Sold out
Fulton Bank, N.A.0$00.00%−6,286−100.0%Sold out
Cary Street Partner Investment Advisory LLC0$00.00%−4,875−100.0%Sold out
Sunbelt Securities, Inc.0$00.00%−3,614−100.0%Sold out
Stonebridge Capital Advisors LLC0$00.00%−1,819−100.0%Sold out
Group One Trading, L.P.0$00.00%−605−100.0%Sold out
Leonteq Securities AG0$00.00%−600−100.0%Sold out
Essex Investment Management Co LLC0$00.00%−425−100.0%Sold out
Baker Avenue Asset Management, LP0$00.00%−269−100.0%Sold out
NVWM, LLC0$00.00%−221−100.0%Sold out
West Tower Group, LLC0$00.00%−157−100.0%Sold out
WR Wealth Planners, LLC0$00.00%−106−100.0%Sold out
CGC Financial Services, LLC0$00.00%−42−100.0%Sold out
Winch Advisory Services, LLC0$00.00%−25−100.0%Sold out
Bryn Mawr Trust Co––––Not filed
Rothschild Investment Corp––––Not filed
Pathstone Family Office, LLC––––Not filed
Sutton Wealth Advisors Inc.––––Not filed
Steward Financial Group LLC––––Not filed