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Essential Utilities (WTRG) is a Utilities company in the Russell 1000. Latest news and coverage below.
Essential Utilities revenue & net income history (FY2016–FY2025)
| FY2016Dec 2016 | FY2017Dec 2017 | FY2018Dec 2018 | FY2019Dec 2019 | FY2020Dec 2020 | FY2021Dec 2021 | FY2022Dec 2022 | FY2023Dec 2023 | FY2024Dec 2024 | FY2025Dec 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $819.9M | $809.5M | $838.1M | $889.7M | $1.46B | $1.88B | $2.29B | $2.05B | $2.09B | $2.47B |
| Growth (year over year) | +0.7% | −1.3% | +3.5% | +6.2% | +64.4% | +28.4% | +21.8% | −10.2% | +1.6% | +18.6% |
| Operating income | $333.3M | $333.9M | $323.2M | $340.2M | $434.7M | $602.7M | $661.2M | $692.1M | $757.7M | $921.0M |
| Operating margin | 40.7% | 41.2% | 38.6% | 38.2% | 29.7% | 32.1% | 28.9% | 33.7% | 36.3% | 37.2% |
| Net income | $234.2M | $239.7M | $192.0M | $224.5M | $284.8M | $431.6M | $465.2M | $498.2M | $595.3M | $616.4M |
| Net margin | 28.6% | 29.6% | 22.9% | 25.2% | 19.5% | 23.0% | 20.3% | 24.3% | 28.5% | 24.9% |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.32 | $1.35 | $1.08 | $1.04 | $1.12 | $1.67 | $1.77 | $1.86 | $2.17 | $2.20 |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $3.76M | $4.20M | $3.63M | $1.87B | $4.83M | $10.6M | $11.4M | $4.61M | $9.16M | $34.8M |
| Total assets | $6.16B | $6.33B | $6.96B | $9.36B | $13.7B | $14.7B | $15.7B | $16.8B | $18.0B | $19.5B |
| Total liabilities | $4.31B | $4.37B | $4.96B | $5.48B | $9.02B | $9.47B | $10.3B | $10.9B | $11.8B | $12.6B |
| Long-term debt | $1.74B | $2.01B | $2.40B | $2.94B | $5.51B | $5.78B | $6.37B | $6.83B | $7.37B | $8.11B |
| Shareholders' equity | $1.85B | $1.96B | $2.01B | $3.88B | $4.68B | $5.18B | $5.38B | $5.90B | $6.20B | $6.86B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Operating cash flow | $396.2M | $381.3M | $368.5M | $338.5M | $508.0M | $644.7M | $600.3M | $933.6M | $770.3M | $1.01B |
| Capital expenditure | $383.0M | $478.1M | $495.7M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Free cash flow | $13.2M | −$96.8M | −$127.2M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dividends paid | $130.9M | $140.7M | $150.7M | $188.5M | $232.6M | $258.6M | $288.6M | $316.8M | $346.4M | $373.8M |
| Share buybacks | $3.03M | $2.17M | $2.56M | $1.87M | $4.37M | $3.29M | $1.19M | $3.98M | $4.05M | $2.28M |
| Q3 FY24Sep 2024 | Q4 FY24†Dec 2024 | Q1 FY25Mar 2025 | Q2 FY25Jun 2025 | Q3 FY25Sep 2025 | Q4 FY25†Dec 2025 | Q1 FY26Mar 2026 | Q2 FY26Jun 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||
| Revenue | $435.3M | $604.4M | $783.6M | $514.9M | $477.0M | $699.1M | $861.8M | $530.9M |
| Growth (year over year) | +5.8% | +26.1% | +28.0% | +18.5% | +9.6% | +15.7% | +10.0% | +3.1% |
| Operating income | $155.1M | $226.6M | $338.9M | $185.3M | $169.8M | $227.0M | $310.6M | $193.3M |
| Operating margin | 35.6% | 37.5% | 43.2% | 36.0% | 35.6% | 32.5% | 36.0% | 36.4% |
| Net income | $69.4M | $184.8M | $283.8M | $107.8M | $92.1M | $132.7M | $224.4M | $105.7M |
| Net margin | 15.9% | 30.6% | 36.2% | 20.9% | 19.3% | 19.0% | 26.0% | 19.9% |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.25 | $0.67 | $1.03 | $0.38 | $0.33 | $0.46 | $0.79 | $0.37 |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $8.44M | $9.16M | $20.8M | $25.1M | $6.40M | $34.8M | $75.9M | $8.63M |
| Total assets | $17.6B | $18.0B | $18.3B | $18.6B | $18.9B | $19.5B | $19.8B | $19.9B |
| Total liabilities | $11.4B | $11.8B | $11.9B | $11.8B | $12.1B | $12.6B | $12.9B | $12.9B |
| Long-term debt | $7.23B | $7.37B | $7.52B | $7.62B | $7.69B | $8.11B | $8.36B | $8.42B |
| Shareholders' equity | $6.18B | $6.20B | $6.46B | $6.72B | $6.82B | $6.86B | $6.89B | $7.02B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||
| Operating cash flow | $196.1M | $147.8M | $299.5M | $272.3M | $232.5M | $206.1M | $265.4M | $323.6M |
| Dividends paid | $89.1M | $89.4M | $89.5M | $91.3M | $96.2M | $96.9M | $97.0M | $97.2M |
| Share buybacks | $2.00K | $1.81M | $2.23M | $3.00K | $38.0K | $9.00K | $2.92M | $20.0K |
From Essential Utilities's 10-K and 10-Q filings with the SEC; its fiscal year ends in December. Each period shows the latest figure the company has reported for it, including restatements. † Quarter derived from the company's year-to-date or full-year totals. Filings on SEC EDGAR →
About Essential Utilities
Essential Utilities is an American utility company that has stakes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia. The company provides drinking water and wastewater treatment infrastructure and natural gas. Essential Utilities is the publicly traded ($WTRG) parent company that oversees the continued business of Aqua America and Peoples Natural Gas, who both continue to do business under their original names.
Source: Wikipedia — Essential Utilities
- Headquarters
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