Essential Utilities WTRG Insider Ownership

NYSE WTRG

$40.99 +0.61 (+1.52%)

As of: Oct 20, 2026 · 3:36 PM EDT

Insider Holdings by Owner

901.40K Shares

Insider Ownership Statistics

as of 30 Sep, 2026

Insider Ownership

0.267%

▲+0.0054% pp QoQ

Shares Held by Insiders

757.93K

filed for Sep 2026

▲+2.08% QoQ

Shares Outstanding

283.78Mn

283,778,605 shares

Direct Holdings

724.82K

Indirect: 33.11K

Net Shares Traded (QoQ)

+15.42K

net buying in Sep 2026

Insiders Holding Shares

with Form 4 holdings on file

Shares Owned by Insiders

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Insider Ownership Summary

Updated Oct 10, 2026

In the last 12 months, insiders at Essential Utilities made open-market sales of $112,915 (2.85K shares) and bought no shares on the open market.

Colleen Arnold (President & Aqua) was the top open-market seller of Essential Utilities over the past 12 months, with $112,915 sold (2.85K shares) and the latest sale on August 7, 2026.
In transactions other than open-market trades, Essential Utilities insiders received 121.41K shares in stock awards and gave up 52.35K shares to cover taxes or exercise prices over the past 12 months.
Per Business Quant, WTRG insiders together hold 757.93K shares based on their latest Form 4 filings, up 2.08% from 742.51K shares at the end of Q2 2026 and up 11.98% from 676.82K shares at the end of Q3 2025.
Direct holdings account for 724.82K shares (95.63%) of WTRG's insider total, and indirect holdings through trusts, partnerships and family members for 33.11K shares (4.37%).
Holdings in Essential Utilities stock are reported by 13 insiders, the officers, directors and 10% owners who have filed a Form 4 in the past two years.
WTRG's three largest insider shareholders, per their latest Form 4 filings, are Chris Franklin (Chief Executive Officer, 378.57K shares), Christopher Paul Luning (EVP, General Counsel, 84.69K shares) and Daniel Schuller (Executive Vice President, 83.5K shares).
Chris Franklin holds 49.95% of the combined insider position in Essential Utilities.
Institutional holders reported 78.70% of Essential Utilities' outstanding shares for Q2 2026; insiders' latest Form 4 filings put their stake at about 0.27%, and other investors, including the public, hold the remaining 21.03%.
In the past year, 12 insiders of Essential Utilities submitted 32 Form 4 filings reporting trades, awards or other transactions.
These insider figures for Essential Utilities are based on Form 4 filings through August 11, 2026.

Form 4 Holdings

Insiders Holding WTRG

Insiders 20

Shares held 901.40K

Of outstanding 0.318%

#	Insider	Position	Direct	Indirect	Total	Share of Insiders	Last Filed
1	Chris Franklin	Chief Executive Officer	345,456	32,229	377,685	41.9%	24 Feb, 2026
2	Christopher Paul Luning	Evp, General Counsel	84,691	0	84,691	9.4%	03 Mar, 2026
3	Daniel Schuller	Executive Vice President	83,502	0	83,502	9.3%	03 Mar, 2026
4	Robert A Rubin	Chief Accounting Officer	53,617	0	53,617	5.9%	20 Feb, 2025
5	Matthew Rhodes	Evp, Strategy Corp Dev	39,100	0	39,100	4.3%	28 Feb, 2024
6	Daniel J Iii Hilferty	Director	38,011	0	38,011	4.2%	24 Jun, 2026
7	Richard Scott Fox	Chief Operating Officer	32,123	0	32,123	3.6%	02 Mar, 2022
8	Ellen T Ruff	Director	30,438	0	30,438	3.4%	22 Jun, 2023
9	Elizabeth B Amato	Director	26,636	0	26,636	3.0%	24 Jun, 2026
10	Lee C Stewart	Director	23,003	0	23,003	2.6%	22 Jun, 2023
11	Michael Huwar	President Peoples	21,423	0	21,423	2.4%	03 Mar, 2026
12	Colleen Arnold	President Aqua	17,347	0	17,347	1.9%	11 Aug, 2026
13	David Alan Ciesinski	Director	16,800	0	16,800	1.9%	24 Jun, 2026
14	Wilbert Bryan Lewis	Director	13,999	0	13,999	1.6%	24 Jun, 2026
15	Tamara Louise Linde	Director	10,533	0	10,533	1.2%	24 Jun, 2026
16	Christopher L Bruner	Director	10,533	0	10,533	1.2%	24 Jun, 2026
17	Christopher C Womack	Director	9,083	0	9,083	1.0%	22 Mar, 2023
18	Francis Osarume Idehen	Director	6,534	0	6,534	0.7%	04 Apr, 2022
19	Roderick K West	Director	4,071	0	4,071	0.5%	24 Jun, 2024
20	Bradley John Palmer	Chief Accounting Officer	2,270	0	2,270	0.3%	24 Feb, 2026

Each row is that insider’s most recently reported position, from Form 4 filings over the last 60 months — which is why this total does not tie to the quarterly series above, where a quarter counts only the insiders who filed in it. Shares held through a fund or institutional portfolio are counted on the institutional ownership page instead.

Form 4 Filings

1,329 Insider Transactions

Source SEC Form 4

Latest quarter Sep 2026

Date	Insider	Position	Transaction	Shares	Price	Value	Shares Held After	Ownership
07 Aug, 2026	Colleen Arnold	President Aqua	Disposed S	2,855	$39.55	$112.92K	17,347	Direct
23 Jun, 2026	Wilbert Bryan Lewis	Director	Acquired A	3,666	$36.82	$134.98K	13,999	Direct
23 Jun, 2026	Christopher L Bruner	Director	Acquired A	3,666	$36.82	$134.98K	10,533	Direct
23 Jun, 2026	Elizabeth B Amato	Director	Acquired A	3,666	$36.82	$134.98K	26,636	Direct
23 Jun, 2026	Daniel J Iii Hilferty	Director	Acquired A	3,666	$36.82	$134.98K	38,011	Direct
23 Jun, 2026	Tamara Louise Linde	Director	Acquired A	3,666	$36.82	$134.98K	10,533	Direct
23 Jun, 2026	David Alan Ciesinski	Director	Acquired A	3,666	$36.82	$134.98K	16,800	Direct
22 Feb, 2026	Christopher Paul Luning	Evp, General Counsel	Acquired A	4,804	$0.00	$0	88,073	Direct
22 Feb, 2026	Daniel Schuller	Executive Vice President	Acquired A	6,682	$0.00	$0	88,185	Direct
22 Feb, 2026	Michael Huwar	President Peoples	Acquired A	2,599	$0.00	$0	23,362	Direct
22 Feb, 2026	Colleen Arnold	President Aqua	Acquired A	2,747	$0.00	$0	22,157	Direct
22 Feb, 2026	Colleen Arnold	President Aqua	Disposed F	2,053	$38.78	$79.62K	1,925	Direct
22 Feb, 2026	Michael Huwar	President Peoples	Disposed F	1,939	$38.78	$75.19K	21,423	Direct
22 Feb, 2026	Daniel Schuller	Executive Vice President	Disposed F	4,683	$38.78	$181.61K	83,502	Direct
22 Feb, 2026	Christopher Paul Luning	Evp, General Counsel	Disposed F	3,382	$38.78	$131.15K	84,691	Direct
22 Feb, 2026	Colleen Arnold	President Aqua	Acquired A	2,747	$0.00	$0	22,157	Direct
22 Feb, 2026	Colleen Arnold	President Aqua	Disposed F	1,925	$38.78	$74.65K	20,232	Direct
22 Feb, 2026	Christopher Paul Luning	Evp, General Counsel	Acquired A	4,804	$0.00	$0	88,073	Direct
22 Feb, 2026	Michael Huwar	President Peoples	Acquired A	2,599	$0.00	$0	23,362	Direct
22 Feb, 2026	Chris Franklin	Chief Executive Officer	Acquired A	25,332	$0.00	$0	363,420	Direct

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