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Director | Chief Executive Officer | Executive VP & COO Reg. Ops
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Chris Franklin is Chief Executive Officer at WTRG and has filed Form 4s across 2 companies. Chris Franklin's net worth is not public. Form 4 filings only show shares in the companies where this person is an insider; those holdings are worth an estimated $16.3M at current prices.
Historically, Chris Franklin's trades have earned a below-average insider score of 36/100 across 3 rated trades. Over a 12-month horizon, none of those trades were profitable, with an average 12-month return of -8.0%.
The biggest single holding is WTRG (~$15.2M) as Chief Executive Officer. The WTRG filings lean toward selling, a net 72,330 shares.
Chris Franklin has 40 Form 4 filings on record from February 2015 to May 2026, across 2 companies: Director at CenterPoint Energy (CNP), 2022–2026; Chief Executive Officer at Essential Utilities (WTRG), 2015–2026.
The 66 reported transactions were 30 stock awards, 16 tax withholdings, 7 option or other derivative awards and 6 open-market sales, plus smaller numbers of other types.
Counted by filing, the open-market trades come to 2 purchases worth about $2.4M and 6 sales worth about $5.9M.
The largest open-market purchase was 37,245 shares of WTRG at an average $40.70 on March 8, 2023, about $1.5M. Twelve months later WTRG was down 17%.
The largest open-market sale was 44,183 shares of WTRG at an average $50.00 on August 5, 2021, about $2.2M. Twelve months later WTRG was up 1%.
| Date | Ticker | Role | Type | Shares | Price | Value | Chg% | 3M | 12M | SEC |
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| Mar 14, 2025 | WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Sell | 7,700 | $39.40 | $303,380.00 | -19.3% | -2.9% | +5.4% | |
| Mar 8, 2023 | WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Buy | 37,245 | $40.70 | $1,515,871.50 | New | -3.5% | -17.2% | |
| Aug 5, 2021 | WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Sell | 44,183 | $50.00 | $2,209,150.00 | -25.1% | -7.1% | +1.5% | |
| Nov 9, 2020 | WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Sell | 34,001 | $45.78 | $1,556,580.70 | -100% | - | - | |
| Aug 7, 2020 | WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Sell | 21,869 | $46.50 | $1,016,908.50 | -13.1% | - | - | |
| Nov 14, 2018 | WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Buy | 25,421 | $32.86 | $835,341.62 | +21.4% | - | - | |
| May 10, 2016 | WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Sale+OE | 17,243 | $32.83 | $566,001.48 | -17.5% | - | - | |
| Sep 14, 2015 | WTRG Essential Utilities, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Sell | 10,000 | $25.20 | $251,976.00 | -14.4% | - | - |