Essential Utilities Q2 EPS $0.37 Misses $0.39 Estimate, Sales $530.854M Miss $551.300M Estimate

Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) reported quarterly earnings of $0.37 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $0.39 by 5.13 percent. This is a 2.63 percent decrease over earnings of $0.38 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $530.854 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $551.300 million by 3.71 percent. This is a 3.10 percent increase over sales of $514.907 million the same period last year.