American Water and Essential Utilities – parent company of Aqua, Peoples Natural Gas – to merge

AMERICAN WATER REPORTS STRONG THIRD QUARTER 2025 RESULTS; AFFIRMS LONG-TERM TARGETS AND 2025 EPS GUIDANCE; INITIATES 2026 EPS GUIDANCE, REFLECTING GROWTH OF 8%; ANNOUNCED MERGER WITH ESSENTIAL UTILITIES, EXPECTED CLOSING Q1 2027

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American Water, Essential Utilities to merge

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

American Water and Essential Utilities – parent company of Aqua, Peoples Natural Gas – to merge

By MICHELLE CHAPMANAP Business Writer 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, will have about 4.7 million water connections across 17 states and on 18 military installations, from Hawaii to Pennsylvania. Essential shareholders will receive 0.305 shares of American Water for each sha…

American Water and Essential Utilities — parent company of Aqua, Peoples Natural Gas

By MICHELLE CHAPMANAP Business Writer 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, will have about 4.7 million water connections across 17 states and on 18 military installations, from Hawaii to Pennsylvania. Essential shareholders will receive 0.305 shares of American Water for each shar…

American Water Works in Camden to buy Essential Utilities. What it may mean for customers

The proposed merger of American Water Works Co. and Essential Utilities Inc. still needs approvals from regulators and stockholders.