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WTRG vs BAX Comparison

Compare WTRG & BAX Stocks: Price Trends, ML Decisions, Charts, Trends, Technical Analysis and more.

Logo Essential Utilities Inc.

WTRG

Essential Utilities Inc.

HOLD

Current Price

$39.67

Market Cap

11.6B

Sector

Utilities

ML Signal

HOLD

Logo Baxter International Inc.

BAX

Baxter International Inc.

HOLD

Current Price

$22.66

Market Cap

10.0B

Sector

Health Care

ML Signal

HOLD

Company Overview

Basic Information
Metric
WTRG
BAX
Founded
1901
1931
Country
United States
United States
Employees
1615
N/A
Industry
Water Supply
Medical/Dental Instruments
Sector
Utilities
Health Care
Exchange
Nasdaq
Nasdaq
Market Cap
11.6B
10.0B
IPO Year
1994
1994

Fundamental Metrics

Financial Performance
Metric
WTRG
BAX
Price
$39.67
$22.66
Analyst Decision
Hold
Hold
Analyst Count
5
9
Target Price
$43.50
$21.00
AVG Volume (30 Days)
2.1M
6.0M
Earning Date
05-07-2026
04-30-2026
Dividend Yield
3.47%
0.24%
EPS Growth
1.38
N/A
EPS
0.79
N/A
Revenue
$2,474,615,000.00
$11,244,000,000.00
Revenue This Year
$5.07
$1.96
Revenue Next Year
$7.31
$2.22
P/E Ratio
$49.99
N/A
Revenue Growth
18.62
5.72
52 Week Low
$36.11
$15.73
52 Week High
$42.37
$29.35

Technical Indicators

Market Signals
Indicator
WTRG
BAX
Relative Strength Index (RSI) 61.94 59.42
Support Level $38.12 $18.14
Resistance Level $40.37 $23.56
Average True Range (ATR) 0.96 0.71
MACD 0.08 -0.03
Stochastic Oscillator 68.95 60.39

Price Performance

Historical Comparison
WTRG
BAX

About WTRG Essential Utilities Inc.

Essential Utilities is a Pennsylvania-based holding company for US water, wastewater, and natural gas distribution utilities. The company's water business serves 3 million people in eight states. Its largest service territory is in Pennsylvania, primarily suburban Philadelphia. Its Peoples subsidiary serves more than 740,000 gas distribution customers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. It completed the sale of its West Virginia gas utility and the bulk of its nonregulated assets in 2024. Essential shareholders would own a 31% stake in American Water Works if the proposed all-stock merger closes in 2027.

About BAX Baxter International Inc.

Baxter offers a variety of medical supplies and equipment to providers. From its legacy operations, Baxter sells injectable therapies for use in care settings, including IV pumps, administrative sets, and solutions; nutritional products; and surgical sealants and hemostatic agents. Baxter expanded its portfolio of hospital-focused offerings by acquiring Hillrom in late 2021, which added basic equipment like hospital beds, operating room equipment, and patient monitoring tools to the portfolio. Baxter also sold its kidney care tools in early 2025.

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