Skip to main content

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 2024

Institutional positions in Essential Utilities, Inc. as of Dec 31, 2024. 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
622
+6 vs. Q3 2024
Shares held
217.7M
+6.84M (+3.2%) vs. Q3 2024
Total value
$7.90B
−$178.4M (−2.2%) vs. Q3 2024
New holders
71
184 more added
Sold out
65
254 more reduced

13 institutions that held it in Q3 2024 haven't filed for Q4 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 2024: 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 2024: 622 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 2024: $7.90B
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 2024

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Essential Utilities, Inc.; share changes are against Q3 2024.

Institutions holding WTRG in Q4 2024
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.122,581$4.45M0.01%+84,208+219.4%Added
Holocene Advisors, LP125,048$4.54M0.01%−68,043−35.2%Reduced
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans126,590$4.60M0.01%+66,959+112.3%Added
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC127,707$4.64M0.01%−12,157−8.7%Reduced
Hamilton Point Investment Advisors, LLC131,271$4.77M0.86%+1,753+1.4%Added
Mutual of America Capital Management LLC133,455$4.85M0.05%−2,621−1.9%Reduced
Natixis134,839$4.90M0.03%−42,514−24.0%Reduced
AXA S.A.140,471$5.10M0.02%−27,134−16.2%Reduced
MetLife Investment Management142,401$5.17M0.03%+12,268+9.4%Added
Avantax Advisory Services, Inc.143,452$5.21M0.03%+9,116+6.8%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA145,037$5.27M0.00%+145,037New
State of Wisconsin Investment Board146,683$5.33M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Van Eck Associates Corp150,332$5.46M0.01%+78,121+108.2%Added
Bank of Montreal151,246$5.49M0.00%−453,908−75.0%Reduced
Synergy Financial Management, LLC148,009$5.53M0.43%+71,222+92.8%Added
Wills Financial Group, Inc.156,788$5.69M2.46%−4,257−2.6%Reduced
Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank)165,942$6.03M0.02%−28,197−14.5%Reduced
SEI Investments Co172,156$6.25M0.01%+106,735+163.2%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc173,164$6.29M0.00%+15,131+9.6%Added
Allworth Financial LP187,180$6.29M0.03%+184,258+6,305.9%Added
Standard Life Aberdeen plc175,721$6.34M0.01%+76,091+76.4%Added
Hennessy Advisors Inc175,500$6.37M0.19%+4,800+2.8%Added
Gotham Asset Management, LLC175,920$6.39M0.06%−16,018−8.3%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc176,518$6.41M0.01%+15,868+9.9%Added
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.179,341$6.48M0.01%−80.0%Reduced
First Manhattan Co179,893$6.53M0.02%−3,622−2.0%Reduced
Storebrand Asset Management AS181,357$6.59M0.02%−388−0.2%Reduced
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.181,905$6.61M0.00%−2,141−1.2%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.187,062$6.79M0.01%−2,818−1.5%Reduced
Abn Amro Investment Solutions189,373$6.88M0.13%+18,026+10.5%Added
NFJ Investment Group, LLC191,051$6.94M0.22%−10,847−5.4%Reduced
Folger Nolan Fleming Douglas Capital Management, Inc201,926$7.33M0.77%+1,719+0.9%Added
Raymond James Financial Inc203,264$7.38M0.00%+203,264New
Magellan Asset Management Ltd205,156$7.45M0.08%−36,933−15.3%Reduced
Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH206,805$7.51M0.01%+206,805New
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The208,710$7.58M0.01%−811−0.4%Reduced
APG Asset Management N.V.219,910$7.71M0.02%+171,459+353.9%Added
Danske Bank A/S219,006$7.95M0.02%+12,700+6.2%Added
Maryland State Retirement & Pension System222,769$8.09M0.17%−4,185−1.8%Reduced
KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS224,200$8.14M0.04%+224,200New
Greenland Capital Management LP228,920$8.31M1.66%+31,074+15.7%Added
Nomura Asset Management Co Ltd239,601$8.70M0.03%−5,300−2.2%Reduced
Jones Financial Companies LLLP240,233$8.73M0.01%+57,291+31.3%Added
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC241,041$8.76M0.01%−4,837−2.0%Reduced
AQR Capital Management LLC246,582$8.96M0.01%−58,298−19.1%Reduced
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.258,013$9.37M0.03%−541,634−67.7%Reduced
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System268,303$9.74M0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Cambiar Investors LLC268,353$9.75M0.39%−37,098−12.1%Reduced
John G Ullman & Associates Inc282,050$10.2M1.51%+69,928+33.0%Added
New York State Teachers Retirement System283,791$10.3M0.02%−11,000−3.7%Reduced
Corebridge Financial, Inc.285,865$10.4M0.06%−11,876−4.0%Reduced
Stifel Financial Corp287,817$10.5M0.01%+150,408+109.5%Added
LPL Financial LLC288,469$10.5M0.00%+10,941+3.9%Added
Swedbank AB295,451$10.7M0.01%+13,081+4.6%Added
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.338,874$12.3M0.03%+17,695+5.5%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.343,356$12.5M0.00%−58,141−14.5%Reduced
Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.348,481$12.7M0.07%−8,964−2.5%Reduced
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale353,836$12.7M0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Retirement Systems of Alabama351,291$12.8M0.05%+1,339+0.4%Added
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main353,672$12.8M0.01%+247,629+233.5%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc360,398$13.1M0.00%−70,437−16.3%Reduced
Deprince Race & Zollo Inc368,579$13.4M0.27%−746−0.2%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada389,087$14.1M0.00%−19,389−4.7%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co391,670$14.2M0.02%+9,512+2.5%Added
Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado396,797$14.4M0.06%−79,138−16.6%Reduced
Verition Fund Management LLC402,171$14.6M0.07%+164,851+69.5%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc423,864$15.4M0.00%−120,126−22.1%Reduced
Thematics Asset Management442,726$16.1M0.70%00.0%Unchanged
Barclays PLC442,767$16.1M0.01%+90,746+25.8%Added
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt Sys479,238$17.4M0.11%−349−0.1%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.507,010$18.4M0.01%−3,043−0.6%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund543,404$19.7M0.03%−1,446−0.3%Reduced
Gabelli Funds LLC551,350$20.0M0.15%00.0%Unchanged
Raiffeisen Bank International AG564,212$20.4M0.31%+564,212New
Wells Fargo & Company565,983$20.6M0.00%+38,439+7.3%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co582,189$21.1M0.00%−371,795−39.0%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC595,235$21.6M0.01%−58,173−8.9%Reduced
Energy Income Partners, LLC695,863$25.3M0.52%−51,228−6.9%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG702,130$25.5M0.01%−124,610−15.1%Reduced
Aviva PLC715,212$26.0M0.07%−13,125−1.8%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc725,481$26.3M0.01%−41,974−5.5%Reduced
GW&K Investment Management, LLC725,797$26.4M0.22%−24,556−3.3%Reduced
Swiss National Bank734,500$26.7M0.02%−34,400−4.5%Reduced
Bank of America Corp747,537$27.2M0.00%−272,858−26.7%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers800,784$29.1M0.03%−39,993−4.8%Reduced
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.802,660$29.2M0.02%−25,906−3.1%Reduced
ProShare Advisors LLC873,797$31.7M0.07%+68,177+8.5%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System953,574$34.6M0.04%+105,590+12.5%Added
Kames Capital plc984,643$35.8M0.47%−64,178−6.1%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc1,046,443$38.0M0.01%+49,044+4.9%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System1,047,706$38.1M0.03%−27,627−2.6%Reduced
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.1,196,946$43.5M0.21%+32,548+2.8%Added
Cohen & Steers, Inc.1,441,490$52.4M0.10%+1,441,490New
UBS Group AG1,484,797$53.9M0.01%+693,889+87.7%Added
Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc1,593,053$57.9M0.10%+680,760+74.6%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP1,601,633$58.2M0.01%+27,641+1.8%Added
FMR LLC1,621,203$58.9M0.00%−1,056,586−39.5%Reduced
Empower Advisory Group, LLC1,660,038$60.3M0.20%+74,563+4.7%Added
FIL Ltd1,888,737$68.6M0.06%−72,010−3.7%Reduced
Allianz Asset Management GmbH1,935,818$70.3M0.10%+656,136+51.3%Added