Essential Utilities (WTRG)

Essential Utilities on one page: short interest, daily short volume, fails to deliver, large holders, 13F holders, financials, earnings dates and insider trades. Listed on NYSE, classified by the SEC as water supply.

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6.6M

Short interest

settlement 2026-09-30

2.7

Days to cover

-0.1 days vs prior

36.6%

Short share of volume

2026-10-09

3,962

Fails to deliver

settlement 2026-09-02

Wed 4 Nov

Next earnings

estimated date

-$113K

Insider flow, 90 days

0 buys, 1 sells

As of 2026-10-09.

Short interest

FINRA, twice a month. The newest 24 settlements in the table, 48 in the chart. JSON

As of 30 September 2026, short interest in WTRG is 6,580,240 shares, down 642,022 shares over the last month. Over the last 48 readings it ranged from 3,847,203 shares (15 October 2024) to 7,835,006 shares (27 February 2026). At the reported average volume of 2.4M shares a day that is 2.7 days to cover.

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Settlement	Shares short	Change	Avg daily volume	Days to cover
2026-09-30	6,580,240	-12.8%	2,441,967	2.69
2026-09-15	7,543,042	+4.4%	2,652,236	2.84
2026-08-31	7,222,262	+39.3%	2,038,039	3.54
2026-08-14	5,185,937	-7.0%	1,959,803	2.65
2026-07-31	5,575,353	+10.5%	2,136,109	2.61
2026-07-15	5,043,679	+5.3%	1,839,343	2.74
2026-06-30	4,791,565	+1.6%	2,696,137	1.78
2026-06-15	4,715,104	+14.7%	1,710,214	2.76
2026-05-29	4,109,891	+1.7%	1,419,232	2.90
2026-05-15	4,040,220	-9.3%	1,864,975	2.17
2026-04-30	4,452,676	+4.6%	2,804,258	1.59
2026-04-15	4,258,170	-15.9%	2,011,737	2.12
2026-03-31	5,066,077	-6.3%	1,803,489	2.81
2026-03-13	5,408,230	-31.0%	2,196,974	2.46
2026-02-27	7,835,006	+14.6%	5,198,083	1.51
2026-02-13	6,837,681	+18.5%	2,181,546	3.13
2026-01-30	5,768,324	-9.6%	2,060,549	2.80
2026-01-15	6,377,574	+26.5%	1,704,428	3.74
2025-12-31	5,042,728	+3.0%	1,692,922	2.98
2025-12-15	4,895,838	-14.6%	2,112,905	2.32
2025-11-28	5,730,440	+1.3%	2,304,329	2.49
2025-11-14	5,658,377	+8.3%	2,050,960	2.76
2025-10-31	5,222,246	-10.2%	2,435,489	2.14
2025-10-15	5,812,398	-3.0%	1,804,878	3.22

Daily short volume

FINRA Reg SHO, the last 30 sessions. JSON

As of 9 October 2026, the short share of WTRG volume is 36.6%, up 17.0 points over the last five sessions. Over the last 30 readings it ranged from 19.7% (2 October 2026) to 61.9% (10 September 2026). The latest reading is 2.7 points below the 30-session average of 39.4%, on 398K shares reported.

Date	Short volume	Total volume	Short share	Exempt
2026-10-09	146K	398K	36.6%	6,489
2026-10-08	223K	695K	32.1%	3,522
2026-10-07	216K	617K	35.0%	0
2026-10-06	155K	512K	30.4%	173
2026-10-05	205K	786K	26.1%	0
2026-10-02	159K	807K	19.7%	298
2026-10-01	253K	930K	27.2%	657
2026-09-30	171K	453K	37.9%	1,184
2026-09-29	220K	547K	40.2%	955
2026-09-28	152K	563K	27.0%	259
2026-09-25	149K	294K	50.6%	760
2026-09-24	143K	388K	36.9%	1,282
2026-09-23	467K	1.3M	36.8%	261
2026-09-22	821K	1.8M	44.7%	280
2026-09-21	169K	405K	41.8%	1,946
2026-09-18	230K	718K	32.0%	135
2026-09-17	176K	552K	31.9%	2,673
2026-09-16	164K	541K	30.3%	1,100
2026-09-15	207K	649K	32.0%	419
2026-09-14	436K	1.5M	28.4%	387
2026-09-11	351K	1.0M	34.1%	83
2026-09-10	258K	417K	61.9%	1,542
2026-09-09	221K	419K	52.7%	570
2026-09-08	370K	780K	47.4%	1,237
2026-09-04	298K	607K	49.1%	1,987
2026-09-03	504K	882K	57.1%	3,003
2026-09-02	420K	777K	54.0%	3,191
2026-09-01	361K	647K	55.7%	653
2026-08-31	296K	612K	48.4%	2,331
2026-08-28	236K	539K	43.7%	3,931

Fails to deliver

SEC, the last 30 settlement dates with a fail. JSON

As of 2 September 2026, the fails-to-deliver balance in WTRG is 3,962 shares, up 3,961 shares over the last settlement date. Over the last 30 readings it ranged from 1 share (25 August 2026) to 176,041 shares (2 February 2026). The latest reading sits at the bottom of that range.

Settlement	Shares failed	Price	Value
2026-09-02	3,962	$41.11	$163K
2026-08-25	1	$41.34	$41
2026-08-11	68	$39.78	$3K
2026-07-29	14,887	$40.71	$606K
2026-07-17	1,036	$39.47	$41K
2026-07-15	494	$38.59	$19K
2026-07-06	39	$39.38	$2K
2026-06-30	2,008	$38.43	$77K
2026-06-12	350	$37.14	$13K
2026-05-28	32	$37.08	$1K
2026-05-26	3,324	$37.44	$124K
2026-05-20	6	$37.11	$223
2026-05-19	2,267	$37.24	$84K
2026-04-09	1,598	$40.32	$64K
2026-04-08	1,598	$40.47	$65K
2026-04-01	99	$40.27	$4K
2026-03-31	1,651	$41.05	$68K
2026-03-24	145	$40.00	$6K
2026-03-23	317	$39.93	$13K
2026-03-20	121	$40.47	$5K
2026-03-17	16,750	$41.04	$687K
2026-03-02	242	$39.97	$10K
2026-02-26	54,920	$39.90	$2.2M
2026-02-17	3,874	$39.73	$154K
2026-02-02	176,041	$38.79	$6.8M
2026-01-23	29	$39.60	$1K
2026-01-22	71	$39.23	$3K
2026-01-21	17	$39.32	$668
2026-01-09	43	$38.48	$2K
2026-01-07	18	$38.48	$693

Insider trades

SEC Form 4, newest first, 50 of 100 shown. JSON

Insiders at WTRG reported 1 open-market sell worth $113K in the last 90 days and no open-market buys. Latest filing: Arnold Colleen (President - Aqua) on 2026-08-07.

Date	Insider	Title	Type	Shares	Price	Value	Owned after
2026-08-07	Arnold Colleen	President - Aqua	Sell	3K	$39.55	$113K	17K
2026-06-23	Linde Tamara Louise	Director	Grant	4K	$36.82	$135K	11K
2026-06-23	Lewis Wilbert Bryan	Director	Grant	4K	$36.82	$135K	14K
2026-06-23	Ciesinski David Alan	Director	Grant	4K	$36.82	$135K	17K
2026-06-23	Hilferty Daniel J III	Director	Grant	4K	$36.82	$135K	38K
2026-06-23	Bruner Christopher L	Director	Grant	4K	$36.82	$135K	11K
2026-06-23	Amato Elizabeth B	Director	Grant	4K	$36.82	$135K	27K
2026-02-22	Arnold Colleen	President - Aqua	Tax withholding	2K	$38.78	$75K	20K
2026-02-22	Arnold Colleen	President - Aqua	Tax withholding	2K	$38.78	$80K	2K
2026-02-22	Huwar Michael	President - Peoples	Tax withholding	2K	$38.78	$75K	21K
2026-02-22	SCHULLER DANIEL	Executive Vice President	Tax withholding	5K	$38.78	$182K	84K
2026-02-22	Luning Christopher Paul	EVP, General Counsel	Tax withholding	3K	$38.78	$131K	85K
2026-02-22	SCHULLER DANIEL	Executive Vice President	Tax withholding	5K	$38.78	$182K	84K
2026-02-22	SCHULLER DANIEL	Executive Vice President	Grant	7K	$0.00	$0	88K
2026-02-22	Huwar Michael	President - Peoples	Tax withholding	2K	$38.78	$80K	21K
2026-02-22	Huwar Michael	President - Peoples	Grant	3K	$0.00	$0	23K
2026-02-22	Palmer Bradley John	Chief Accounting Officer	Tax withholding	158	$38.78	$6K	2K
2026-02-22	Palmer Bradley John	Chief Accounting Officer	Grant	246	$0.00	$0	2K
2026-02-22	Franklin Chris	Chief Executive Officer	Tax withholding	18K	$38.78	$697K	345K
2026-02-22	Franklin Chris	Chief Executive Officer	Grant	25K	$0.00	$0	363K
2026-02-22	Luning Christopher Paul	EVP, General Counsel	Tax withholding	3K	$38.78	$134K	85K
2026-02-22	Luning Christopher Paul	EVP, General Counsel	Grant	5K	$0.00	$0	88K
2026-02-22	Arnold Colleen	President - Aqua	Tax withholding	2K	$38.78	$80K	20K
2026-02-22	Arnold Colleen	President - Aqua	Grant	3K	$0.00	$0	22K
2026-02-17	Luning Christopher Paul	EVP, General Counsel	Grant	5K	$39.73	$180K	83K
2026-02-17	Franklin Chris	Chief Executive Officer	Grant	10K	$39.73	$400K	338K
2026-02-05	Franklin Chris	Chief Executive Officer	Tax withholding	6K	$37.69	$223K	328K
2026-02-05	SCHULLER DANIEL	Executive Vice President	Tax withholding	2K	$37.69	$61K	82K
2026-02-05	Luning Christopher Paul	EVP, General Counsel	Tax withholding	1K	$37.69	$42K	79K
2026-02-05	Palmer Bradley John	Chief Accounting Officer	Tax withholding	89	$37.69	$3K	2K
2026-02-05	Huwar Michael	President - Peoples	Tax withholding	652	$37.69	$25K	21K
2026-02-05	Arnold Colleen	President - Aqua	Tax withholding	643	$37.69	$24K	19K
2026-01-23	Franklin Chris	Chief Executive Officer	Grant	37K	$0.00	$0	334K
2026-01-23	Luning Christopher Paul	EVP, General Counsel	Grant	6K	$0.00	$0	80K
2026-01-23	Palmer Bradley John	Chief Accounting Officer	Grant	933	$0.00	$0	2K
2026-01-23	Huwar Michael	President	Grant	4K	$0.00	$0	21K
2026-01-23	SCHULLER DANIEL	Executive Vice President	Grant	9K	$0.00	$0	83K
2026-01-23	Arnold Colleen	President	Grant	4K	$0.00	$0	20K
2025-06-23	Hilferty Daniel J III	Director	Grant	4K	$37.42	$135K	34K
2025-06-23	Lewis Wilbert Bryan	Director	Grant	4K	$37.42	$135K	10K
2025-06-23	Linde Tamara Louise	Director	Grant	4K	$37.42	$135K	7K
2025-06-23	Ciesinski David Alan	Director	Grant	4K	$37.42	$135K	13K
2025-06-23	Bruner Christopher L	Director	Grant	4K	$37.42	$135K	7K
2025-06-23	Amato Elizabeth B	Director	Grant	4K	$37.42	$135K	23K
2025-03-14	Franklin Chris	Chief Executive Officer	Sell	8K	$39.40	$303K	32K
2025-02-18	Huwar Michael	President	Tax withholding	2K	$35.65	$66K	14K
2025-02-18	Huwar Michael	President	Grant	3K	$0.00	$0	16K
2025-02-18	SCHULLER DANIEL	Executive Vice President	Grant	8K	$0.00	$0	69K
2025-02-18	SCHULLER DANIEL	Executive Vice President	Tax withholding	5K	$35.65	$186K	64K
2025-02-18	RUBIN ROBERT A	Chief Accounting Officer	Tax withholding	987	$35.65	$35K	54K

Form 4 filings are due within two business days of the trade. Insiders sell for many reasons that say nothing about the company; open-market buys are rarer.

Large holders (13D and 13G)

One row per reporting person with its latest filing, newest first. JSON

3 holders report 5% or more of WTRG in their latest filing, all on Schedule 13G (passive). The largest reported stake is BlackRock, Inc. at 10.9% of the class (30,925,357 shares), filed 2026-04-24 for an event on 2026-03-31.

Filed	Form	Holder	Shares	Of class	Event
2026-04-29	13G	Vanguard Portfolio Managementinvestment adviser	16.5M	5.8%	2026-03-31
2026-04-29	13G	Vanguard Capital Managementinvestment adviser	15.0M	5.3%	2026-03-31
2026-04-24	13G/Ano. 8	BlackRock, Inc.parent holding company	30.9M	10.9%	2026-03-31
2026-03-26	13G/Ano. 15	The Vanguard Groupinvestment adviser	0	0.0%	2026-03-13

13F holders

Tracked managers holding WTRG at their latest 13F. JSON

8 of the 30 tracked managers held WTRG at their latest 13F, $258.7M in total at quarter-end prices. Millennium Management is the largest at $159.1M (0.1% of its portfolio) as of 2026-06-30. Over the prior quarter 7 added shares and 1 cut.

Fund	Quarter	Shares	Value	Of portfolio	Change in shares
Millennium Management	2026-06-30	4.2M	$159.1M	0.06%	+91K
AQR Capital Management	2026-06-30	1.8M	$68.0M	0.02%	+619K
D. E. Shaw & Co.	2026-06-30	272K	$10.4M	0.01%	-286K
Renaissance Technologies	2026-06-30	235K	$9.0M	0.01%	new
Point72 Asset Management	2026-06-30	153K	$5.9M	0.01%	+78K
Bridgewater Associates	2026-06-30	78K	$3.0M	0.01%	+3K
Citadel Advisors	2026-06-30	65K	$2.5M	0.00%	+27K
Two Sigma Investments	2026-06-30	20K	$778K	0.00%	new

Only the 30 tracked managers on the funds hub; a 13F reports long positions in US listed stock at quarter end, 45 days late, and says nothing about shorts or positions sold since.

Financials

SEC XBRL, as filed. JSON

In Q2 FY 2026 (quarter ended 2026-06-30) Essential Utilities reported revenue of $530.9M, up 3.1% from the same quarter a year earlier, and net income of $105.7M (0.37 diluted EPS). In FY 2025 it generated $1.01B of operating cash flow and spent $2.3M on buybacks and $373.8M on dividends. As of 2026-06-30, cash was $8.6M against $8.42B of debt.

Cash: $8.6M
Debt: $8.42B
Equity: $7.02B
Total assets: $19.94B
Shares outstanding: 283,778,605

Quarterly, last 8 quarters

Quarter	Period end	Revenue	Net income	Margin	Diluted EPS
Q2 FY 2026	2026-06-30	$530.9M	$105.7M	19.9%	0.37
Q1 FY 2026	2026-03-31	$861.8M	$224.4M	26.0%	0.79
Q4 FY 2025derived	2025-12-31	$699.1M	$132.7M	19.0%	n/a
Q3 FY 2025	2025-09-30	$477.0M	$92.1M	19.3%	0.33
Q2 FY 2025	2025-06-30	$514.9M	$107.8M	20.9%	0.38
Q1 FY 2025	2025-03-31	$783.6M	$283.8M	36.2%	1.03
Q4 FY 2024derived	2024-12-31	$604.4M	$184.8M	30.6%	n/a
Q3 FY 2024	2024-09-30	$435.3M	$69.4M	15.9%	0.25

Fiscal years, with buybacks and dividends

Fiscal year	Ends	Revenue	Net income	Operating cash flow	Capex	Buybacks	Dividends
FY 2025	2025-12-31	$2.47B	$616.4M	$1.01B	n/a	$2.3M	$373.8M
FY 2024	2024-12-31	$2.09B	$595.3M	$770.3M	n/a	$4.0M	$346.4M
FY 2023	2023-12-31	$2.05B	$498.2M	$933.6M	n/a	$4.0M	$316.8M
FY 2022	2022-12-31	$2.29B	$465.2M	$600.3M	n/a	$1.2M	$288.6M
FY 2021	2021-12-31	$1.88B	$431.6M	$644.7M	n/a	$3.3M	$258.6M

Quarters are the three-month figures the company reports; a fourth quarter marked derived is the fiscal year less the three reported quarters, since companies report it only inside the 10-K. Fiscal years are the annual figures. Buybacks are the cash the company paid to repurchase its common stock in the year, not the amount authorized. Balance sheet lines are as of 2026-06-30; shares outstanding as of 2026-07-27 from the cover page.

What this page is

Essential Utilities in the regulatory record

Regulators publish company data in separate files that never sit next to each other: FINRA's twice-monthly short interest, its daily short sale volume, the SEC's fails-to-deliver counts, and each insider's Form 4. A company page puts those series for one ticker on one URL, with planned sales, large holders, 13F holders and financials beside them, so the short position, the daily flow, the settlement fails and what insiders are doing can be read together.

Each section has its own history table, a one-line summary of the latest figures and its own JSON and CSV links, and says when its source last updated.

This page follows Essential Utilities (WTRG), SEC CIK 78128, listed on NYSE, classified by the SEC as water supply. The cross-market tables live on the short interest and insider transactions hubs.

Source and updates

Short interest: FINRA consolidated short interestSource: FINRA.Twice a month, about eight business days after settlement. Latest 2026-09-30.JSON and CSV
Daily short volume: FINRA Reg SHO daily filesSource: FINRA.Every trading day, the morning after FINRA posts it. Latest 2026-10-09.JSON and CSV
Fails to deliver: SEC fails-to-deliver dataSource: SEC.Twice a month, a few weeks after the half month ends. Latest 2026-09-02.JSON and CSV
Large holders: SEC EDGAR Schedule 13D and 13GSource: SEC.New filings appear shortly after the SEC posts them. A 13D is due within five business days of crossing 5%; a 13G follows the passive schedule. Latest 2026-04-29.JSON and CSV
13F holders: SEC EDGAR Form 13F-HRSource: SEC.Quarterly, filed within 45 days of quarter end; 30 tracked managers. Latest 2026-06-30.JSON and CSV
Financials: SEC EDGAR 10-K and 10-Q filingsSource: SEC.Weekly; values are as filed in the 10-Q and 10-K. Latest 2026-06-30.JSON and CSV
Earnings dates: SEC EDGAR 8-K filings (Item 2.02)Source: SEC.Twice a day. Reported dates come from the company's 8-K filings; the next date is marked as an estimate until the 8-K arrives. Latest 2026-08-05.JSON and CSV
Insider trades: SEC EDGAR Form 4Source: SEC.New filings appear shortly after the SEC posts them; they're due two business days after the trade. Latest 2026-08-07.JSON and CSV
Company record: EDGAR filing index for CIK 78128Ticker, name and exchange from the SEC's company list, refreshed weekly.
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How to read it

Read the position against the flow: rising short interest with a high daily short share is new shorting; rising short interest with a normal short share is old shorts holding on.
Insider buys next to a large short position are rare and stand out; insider sells next to one are common and mean little.
Fails to deliver matter relative to the float, not in absolute shares; a million failed shares in a mega cap is noise.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much of WTRG is sold short?

6,580,240 shares were held short at the 2026-09-30 settlement, 2.7 days of average volume. FINRA publishes the next count about eight business days after the 15th and the last business day of the month.

What is WTRG's daily short volume?

On 2026-10-09, 145,736 of the 397,789 WTRG shares reported to FINRA were sold short, 36.6% of the day's reported volume. Short volume is a flow for one day, not a position.

Does WTRG have fails to deliver?

The SEC's latest file shows 3,962 WTRG shares failed to deliver at settlement 2026-09-02. Fails are reported per settlement date and published twice a month with a lag.

Are WTRG insiders buying or selling?

Insiders at WTRG reported 1 open-market sell worth $113K in the last 90 days and no open-market buys. Latest filing: Arnold Colleen (President - Aqua) on 2026-08-07.

Who owns 5% or more of WTRG?

What did WTRG report last quarter?

Which tracked 13F managers own WTRG?

8 of the 30 tracked 13F managers held WTRG shares at their latest filing, $258.7M in all. The largest: Izzy Englander's Millennium Management (4.2M shares, $159.1M), Cliff Asness's AQR Capital Management (1.8M shares, $68.0M), D. E. Shaw & Co. (272K shares, $10.4M), Renaissance Technologies (235K shares, $9.0M), Steve Cohen's Point72 Asset Management (153K shares, $5.9M), Ray Dalio's Bridgewater Associates (78K shares, $3.0M). The table above lists all 8.

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