BRYN MAWR, PA — Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3255 per share, payable on September 3, 2024, to shareholders of record as of August 12, 2024.
The new dividend represents a 6.0% increase over the September 2023 dividend of $0.3071 per share. This marks a $0.0184 rise per share. Essential Utilities has a long history of consistent dividend payments, having paid consecutive quarterly dividends for 79 years. The company has also increased its dividend 34 times in the past 33 years.
Operating under the Aqua and Peoples brands, Essential Utilities serves around 5.5 million people across nine states. The company is one of the largest publicly traded providers of water, wastewater services, and natural gas in the United States.
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