Sep 03, 2013
5:4
For every 4 shares held, investors received 5. The price per share adjusted from $30.37 to $24.30.
The split itself did not change the total investment value.
Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) operates in the Water utilities industry.
Essential Utilities, Inc. company overviewEssential Utilities, Inc.'s most recent stock split was on September 3, 2013. It was a 5-for-4 forward split, so shareholders received 5 shares for every 4 they held.
Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE:WTRG) has split its stock 10 times: a 2-for-1 split on June 2, 1975, a 1-for-2 reverse split on July 1, 1981, a 3-for-2 split on September 3, 1986, a 3-for-2 split on July 11, 1996, a 4-for-3 split on January 13, 1998, a 5-for-4 split on December 4, 2000, a 5-for-4 split on December 3, 2001, a 5-for-4 split on December 2, 2003, a 4-for-3 split on December 2, 2005, and a 5-for-4 split on September 3, 2013.
Essential Utilities, Inc. has split its stock 10 times. This history records 10 splits between June 2, 1975 and September 3, 2013.
A stock split divides each share into more shares and lowers the price per share by the same factor, so the total value of a holding does not change. In Essential Utilities, Inc.'s 5-for-4 split on September 3, 2013, every 4 shares became 5 shares.
Essential Utilities, Inc. has not announced a new split in our records. Its most recent split was on September 3, 2013, 13 years ago. Companies announce splits in advance, and any new NYSE:WTRG split will appear on this page.