Seasonality
WTRG seasonality — Essential Utilities
Over the last 11 years, WTRG's strongest month on average has been July (+5.3%) and its weakest September (-4.0%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.19% | -2.09% | 40% | +10.7% | -9.2% | 10 |
| Feb | -2.97% | -3.18% | 40% | +7.0% | -17.2% | 10 |
| Mar | +2.53% | +1.71% | 80% | +8.5% | -5.4% | 10 |
| Apr | +0.43% | +2.80% | 60% | +7.2% | -12.5% | 10 |
| May | -0.30% | +0.01% | 50% | +4.7% | -6.3% | 10 |
| Jun | -0.37% | -0.97% | 40% | +4.6% | -4.4% | 10 |
| Jul | +5.27% | +5.48% | 90% | +13.3% | -0.9% | 10 |
| Aug | -1.05% | +0.35% | 60% | +7.4% | -12.8% | 10 |
| Sep | -4.03% | -2.94% | 20% | +1.2% | -15.8% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.40% | +1.63% | 70% | +11.1% | -11.8% | 10 |
| Nov | +4.57% | +5.41% | 89% | +9.9% | -2.3% | 9 |
| Dec | +1.95% | +2.15% | 60% | +13.6% | -9.3% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — WTRG
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 0.8 | -5.1 | -3.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.3 | -4.8 | 11.1 | 4.4 | +18.5% | |
| 2025 | -2.3 | 7.0 | 4.1 | 4.0 | -6.3 | -3.6 | -0.9 | 7.4 | 1.0 | -2.2 | 1.4 | -3.1 | +5.6% |
| 2024 | -4.0 | -3.0 | 6.5 | -1.3 | 3.1 | -1.1 | 8.9 | -4.1 | -1.1 | 0.1 | 3.7 | -9.3 | -2.8% |
| 2023 | -2.1 | -8.4 | 2.0 | -2.2 | -4.6 | -2.0 | 6.0 | -12.8 | -7.0 | -2.5 | 6.4 | 4.9 | -21.8% |
| 2022 | -9.2 | -3.3 | 8.5 | -12.5 | 3.4 | -0.9 | 13.3 | -5.4 | -15.8 | 6.9 | 9.1 | -1.1 | -11.1% |
| 2021 | -2.1 | -9.2 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 1.4 | -4.4 | 7.5 | 1.0 | -7.2 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 13.6 | +13.5% |
| 2020 | 10.7 | -17.2 | -5.4 | 2.7 | 4.7 | -3.5 | 7.4 | -6.3 | -5.3 | 2.4 | 9.9 | 4.4 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 7.2 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 5.6 | 1.2 | 1.1 | -2.3 | 6.0 | +37.3% |
| 2018 | -7.7 | -5.6 | -0.4 | 3.2 | -1.3 | 1.4 | 5.0 | 0.7 | -0.8 | -11.8 | 5.4 | -0.3 | -12.8% |
| 2017 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 2.9 | -1.2 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -0.6 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 3.3 | +30.6% |
| 2016 | 1.0 |