American Water and Essential Utilities Proposed Merger Progresses with Approval from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
CAMDEN, N.J. and BRYN MAWR, Pa.
WTRG - Essential Utilities, Inc.
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PRICE TARGET:
$40.33
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HIGH:
$42.00
LOW:
$38.00
MEDIAN:
$41.00
CONSENSUS:
$40.33
UPSIDE:
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Price Targets
Essential Utilities price target lowered to $41 from $45 at UBS
$41.00
(was $37.09)
UBS
Essential Utilities downgraded to Underweight from Overweight at Barclays
$38.00
(was $38.31)
Nicholas Campanella
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Barclays
Essential Utilities upgraded to Buy from Neutral at Northcoast
$42.00
(was $38.85)
Ryan Connors
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Northcoast Research
Essential Utilities downgraded to Hold from Buy at Jefferies
$44.00
(was $40.38)
Jefferies
UBS Downgrades Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) to Neutral
$45.00
(was $40.63)
Gregg Orrill
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UBS
Essential Utilities downgraded to Neutral from Buy at Northcoast
$46.00
(was $41.21)
Northcoast Research
Essential Utilities price target raised to $43 from $42 at Barclays
$43.00
(was $40.47)
Barclays
Essential Utilities initiated with an Overweight at Barclays
$42.00
(was $38.82)
Barclays
Essential Utilities price target raised to $47 from $42 at UBS
$47.00
(was $39.34)
Gregg Orrill
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UBS
Essential Utilities price target lowered to $42 from $45 at UBS
$42.00
(was $33.74)
Gregg Orrill
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UBS
Essential Utilities downgraded to Equal Weight from Overweight at Wells Fargo
$39.00
(was $35.27)
Jonathan Reeder
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Wells Fargo
BofA Securities Reinstates Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) at Buy
$45.00
(was $38.32)
Ross Fowler
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Bank of America Securities
Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) PT Lowered to $43 at Baird
$43.00
(was $37.78)
Davis Sunderland
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Robert W. Baird
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$54.00
(was $36.03)
Shelby Tucker
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RBC Capital
Baird Maintains Outperform on Essential Utilities, Raises Price Target to $54
$54.00
(was $51.56)
Robert W. Baird
Wells Fargo Maintains Overweight on Essential Utilities, Raises Price Target to $53
$53.00
(was $48.98)
Wells Fargo