Wednesday, July 30st the Board of Directors of Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) announced a quarterly dividend increase of from $0.3255 to $0.3426 per share, that’s payable September 2, 2025 to holders of record August 12, 2025. This represents a 5.25% increase over the last quarterly dividend.
Essential Utilities has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends for 80 years and has increased the dividend 35 times in the last 34 years.
At the current price of $36.80 (yesterday's close), this increase will raise WTRG's dividend yield to 3.72%.