American Water President and Chief Executive Officer, John C. Griffith said, “This combination brings together two industry leaders united by our shared mission to provide safe, clean, reliable and ...

When a publicly traded company says it’s been sold, its stock typically rises because the buyer offers its shareholders a premium to the recent market price. The buyer’s stock slips — at least at ...

CAMDEN, N.J. and BRYN MAWR, Pa., Feb. 10, 2026 CAMDEN, N.J. and BRYN MAWR, Pa., Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK ...

American Water Works and Essential Utilities are merging in an all-stock deal that will create a public water utility worth about $40 billion. The combined company, which will use the name American ...

Water utilities, with current dividend yields well above historical averages, are candidates for "reversion to the mean" price appreciation. Essential Utilities is a time-tested water utility company ...

(Reuters) -American Water Works on Monday agreed to buy Essential Utilities in an all-stock deal to create a combined company worth $63 billion, including debt, strengthening its position as the top ...

BRYN MAWR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) proudly celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act, a landmark legislation safeguarding public health. To ...

For more than 50 years, Essential Utilities--formerly Aqua America--was one of the few pure-play water utilities in the United States. But its $4.3 billion acquisition of Peoples Gas in March 2020 ...

American Water Works Company, Inc. and Essential Utilities, Inc.’s Boards of Directors have unanimously approved a definitive agreement to combine in an all-stock, tax-free merger, creating a premier, ...

Combined Company Will Serve 4.7 Million Water and Wastewater Connections Across 17 States; Combined Water and Wastewater Rate Base of Approximately $29.3 Billion Increases Scale, Geographic Diversity ...