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Essential Utilities, Inc.

WTRG Net selling
CIK 0000078128 #876 in the set updated 18 Sep 2026
Bought (120 mo)
$3.49M
out of their own pocket, the only kind of buying there is
Sold (120 mo)
$9.27M
$0.00 on a plan · $619.83K straight out of an exercise
Sold at will
$8.65M
26 of 28 sales
Net
−$5.77M
−$5.15M against sales at will

By person

27 insiders · 38 transactions
13.5×

Christopher H. Franklin holds 13.5 times base salary in stock. $14.94M of shares against $1.10M in salary for 2025.

Salary from the company's own proxy. The shares are what Christopher H. Franklin last reported holding, valued at $39.55, the price Common Stock was last bought or sold at on the open market here, on 7 Aug 2026.

Insider
Role
Bought
Sold
Net
Holding
Worth
Change
Franklin Chris
Chief Executive Officer
$2.35M (2)
$5.09M (4)
−$2.73M
377,685
$14.94M
+184.5%
RUBIN ROBERT A
CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER
$1.43M (10)
−$1.43M
53,617
$2.12M
−16.0%
FOX RICHARD SCOTT
Chief Operating Officer
$100.14K (1)
$756.05K (5)
−$655.90K
37,485
$1.48M
+226.9%
Luning Christopher Paul
EVP, General Counsel
$532.93K (1)
−$532.93K
84,608
$3.35M
+136.2%
Hilferty Daniel J III
Director
$501.99K (4)
+$501.99K
38,011
$1.50M
Ruff Ellen T
Director
$410.50K (1)
−$410.50K
30,438
$1.20M
+42.1%
SMELTZER DAVID
Executive VP & CFO
$363.60K (1)
−$363.60K
81,273
$3.21M
+9.0%
STEWART LEE C
Director
$329.50K (1)
+$329.50K
23,003
$909.77K
GLANTON RICHARD H
Director
$282.98K (2)
−$282.98K
4,423
$174.93K
−52.3%
Arnold Colleen
President - Aqua
$164.96K (2)
−$164.96K
17,347
$686.07K
+198.0%
Rhodes Matthew
EVP, Strategy & Corp Dev
$136.65K (1)
−$136.65K
39,100
$1.55M
+524.6%
Amato Elizabeth B
Director
$108.56K (1)
+$108.56K
26,636
$1.05M
SCHULLER DANIEL
Executive Vice President
$100.53K (1)
$100.00K (1)
+$528.00
83,504
$3.30M
+1,145%
GREENBERG LON R
Director
33,361
$1.32M
+9.7%
HANKOWSKY WILLIAM P
Director
32,567
$1.29M
+24.1%
DEBENEDICTIS NICHOLAS
Director
26,378
$1.04M
−17.6%
Huwar Michael
President - Peoples
21,294
$842.16K
+244.7%
Ciesinski David Alan
Director
16,800
$664.44K
+167,900%
HOLLAND WENDELL F
Director
16,492
$652.26K
+62.2%
Lewis Wilbert Bryan
Director
13,999
$553.66K
Linde Tamara Louise
Director
10,533
$416.58K
Bruner Christopher L
Director
10,533
$416.58K
WOMACK CHRISTOPHER C
Director
9,083
$359.23K
Burke Carolyn Jeanne
Director
6,855
$271.12K
+1,189%
Idehen Francis Osarume
Director
6,534
$258.42K
WEST RODERICK K
Director
4,071
$161.01K
Palmer Bradley John
Chief Accounting Officer
2,270
$89.78K
+69.7%

No percentages here. These insiders hold more than one class of share between them, and the share count on file covers one of them rather than all. Dividing the two would compare different things.

Insider
Date
Role
Action
Shares
Price
Amount
Arnold Colleen
7 Aug 2026
President - Aqua
Sell
2,855
$39.55
$112.92K
Franklin Chris
14 Mar 2025
Chief Executive Officer
Sell indirect
7,700
$39.40
$303.38K
RUBIN ROBERT A
1 Jul 2024
Chief Accounting Officer
Sell
2,342
$37.43
$87.66K
RUBIN ROBERT A
1 May 2024
Chief Accounting Officer
Sell
2,023
$36.56
$73.96K
RUBIN ROBERT A
1 Apr 2024
Chief Accounting Officer
Sell
5,565
$37.21
$207.07K
RUBIN ROBERT A
11 Mar 2024
Chief Accounting Officer
Sell
3,551
$36.00
$127.84K
RUBIN ROBERT A
5 Mar 2024
Chief Accounting Officer
Sell
6,350
$35.60
$226.06K
Arnold Colleen
14 Jun 2023
President
Sell
1,244
$41.84
$52.05K
Ruff Ellen T
28 Nov 2022
Director
Sell
8,560
$47.96
$410.50K
RUBIN ROBERT A
8 Dec 2021
Chief Accounting Officer
Sell
1,954
$51.00
$99.65K
SCHULLER DANIEL
30 Aug 2021
Executive Vice President
Sell
2,000
$50.00
$100.00K
Franklin Chris
5 Aug 2021
Chief Executive Officer
Sell
44,183
$50.00
$2.21M
RUBIN ROBERT A
21 Jun 2021
Chief Accounting Officer
Sell
2,200
$47.00
$103.40K
RUBIN ROBERT A
27 May 2021
Chief Accounting Officer
Sell
349
$48.00
$16.75K
RUBIN ROBERT A
23 Dec 2020
Chief Accounting Officer
Sell
1,300
$46.00
$59.80K
FOX RICHARD SCOTT
9 Nov 2020
Chief Operating Officer
Sell
5,310
$45.70
$242.65K
Franklin Chris
9 Nov 2020
Chief Executive Officer
Sell indirect
34,001
$45.78
$1.56M
Franklin Chris
7 Aug 2020
Chief Executive Officer
Sell
21,869
$46.50
$1.02M
FOX RICHARD SCOTT
22 Jul 2020
Chief Operating Officer
Sell
1,000
$45.00
$45.00K
FOX RICHARD SCOTT
1 Jul 2020
Chief Operating Officer
Sell
2,000
$42.24
$84.48K
Rhodes Matthew
4 Jun 2020
EVP, Strategy & Corp Dev
Sell
3,000
$45.55
$136.65K
FOX RICHARD SCOTT
1 Apr 2020
Chief Operating Officer
Sell
5,000
$38.96
$194.80K
Luning Christopher Paul
2 Mar 2020
Sr. VP, General Counsel & Sec
Sell
12,112
$44.00
$532.93K
SMELTZER DAVID
8 Nov 2017
Executive VP & CFO
Sell
10,000
$36.36
$363.60K
GLANTON RICHARD H
6 Jun 2017
Director
Sell
4,200
$32.83
$137.90K
GLANTON RICHARD H
27 Sep 2016
Director
Sell
4,650
$31.20
$145.08K

What was left out

Form 4 filings counted 390
Amendments (4/A) skipped 15
Filings about a different issuer 0
Unreadable filings 0
Joint filings 0
Sales on a Rule 10b5-1 plan 0
Sales straight out of an exercise 2
Sales at will 26
Transactions with no price 0
Shares from compensation/vesting 1,500,629
Sales filed before the plan box existed 18
History held since 9 Sep 2016