Essential Utilities, Inc. WTRG

Utilities SIC 4941 - Water Supply NAICS Utilities › Water, Sewage and Other Systems › Water Supply and Irrigation Systems derived NYSE

Last close 43.11 2026-10-23
Market cap $12.23B 2026-06-30 share count
52-week range 36.10 - 43.61

Valuation FY2025 figures against the last close

P/S2.4x
P/E7.6x
P/FCF—
EV/EBITDA7.3x
Dividend yield5.2%
Diluted EPS5.69

Annual financial statements

Income statement

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Revenue $5.12B$4.65B$4.22B$2.29B$1.88B$1.46B$889.7M$838.1M$809.5M$819.9M
Total operating expenses $3.26B$2.97B$2.73B$1.63B$1.28B$1.03B$549.5M$514.9M$475.6M$486.6M
Operating income $1.88B$1.72B$1.50B$661.2M$602.7M$434.7M$340.2M$323.2M$333.9M$333.3M
Interest expense $615.0M$523.0M$460.0M$238.1M$207.7M$188.4M$125.4M$99.1M$88.5M$80.6M
Pre-tax income $1.42B$1.36B$1.20B$450.9M$422.0M$265.0M$211.5M$178.3M$256.7M$255.2M
Income tax $311.0M$308.0M$252.0M$14.3M$9.6M$19.9M$13.0M$13.7M$16.9M$21.0M
Net income $1.11B$1.05B$944.0M$465.2M$431.6M$284.8M$224.5M$192.0M$239.7M$234.2M
EPS, basic 5.695.394.901.771.681.141.041.081.351.32
EPS, diluted 5.695.394.901.771.671.121.041.081.351.32
Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.) 195.0M195.0M193.0M262.9M258.2M254.6M215.9M178.4M178.2M177.8M

Balance sheet

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Cash and equivalents $34.8M$9.2M$4.6M$11.4M$10.6M$4.8M$1.87B$3.6M$4.2M$3.8M
Receivables $217.2M$166.5M$144.3M$206.3M$141.0M$154.8M$67.1M$65.8M$98.6M$97.4M
Inventory ——————$18.4M$15.8M$14.4M$13.0M
Total current assets $610.4M$485.9M$492.0M$658.2M$437.8M$380.2M$2.02B$147.2M$131.2M$128.7M
Property, plant and equipment $14.26B$13.14B$12.10B$11.13B$10.25B$9.51B$6.35B$5.93B$5.40B$5.00B
Goodwill $2.35B$2.34B$2.34B$2.34B$2.34B$2.32B$63.8M$52.7M$42.2M$42.2M
Other intangibles $3.0M$3.3M$3.6M$4.6M$5.8M$7.2M————
Total assets $19.46B$18.03B$16.84B$15.72B$14.66B$13.71B$9.36B$6.96B$6.33B$6.16B
Accounts payable $276.1M$258.6M$221.2M$238.8M$192.9M$177.5M$74.9M$77.3M$59.2M$47.3M
Short-term debt $21.8M$142.8M$67.4M$199.4M$132.1M$84.4M$105.1M$144.5M$113.8M$150.7M
Total current liabilities $764.5M$974.7M$797.9M$1.02B$675.1M$603.9M$323.5M$399.0M$284.5M$301.5M
Long-term debt $8.11B$7.37B$6.83B$6.37B$5.78B$5.51B$2.94B$2.40B$2.01B$1.74B
Retained earnings $2.28B$1.95B$1.71B$1.53B$1.43B$1.26B$1.21B$1.17B$1.13B$1.03B
Total equity $6.86B$6.20B$5.90B$5.38B$5.18B$4.68B$3.88B$2.01B$1.96B$1.85B

Cash flow

Fiscal year FY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016
Operating cash flow $2.06B$2.04B$1.87B$600.3M$644.7M$508.0M$338.5M$368.5M$381.3M$396.2M
Depreciation and amortisation $894.0M$788.0M$704.0M$321.2M$298.0M$257.1M$156.5M$146.7M$136.7M$133.0M
Stock-based compensation $12.9M$9.8M$11.3M$12.2M$10.1M$8.2M$7.4M$7.6M$6.3M$5.4M
Capital expenditure $3.13B$2.86B$2.58B————$495.7M$478.1M$383.0M
Investing cash flow -$3.31B-$3.38B-$2.81B-$1.18B-$1.06B-$4.33B-$604.6M-$639.8M-$480.4M-$383.2M
Financing cash flow $1.25B$1.11B$1.19B$578.8M$417.1M$1.96B$2.13B$270.7M$99.5M-$12.4M
Dividends paid $633.0M$585.0M$532.0M$288.6M$258.6M$232.6M$188.5M$150.7M$140.7M$130.9M
Buybacks $2.3M$4.0M$4.0M$1.2M$3.3M$4.4M$1.9M$2.6M$2.2M$3.0M

Figures as tagged in each year's own filing, in US dollars. A year restated by a later filing shows the restated figure. Capital expenditure, dividends and buybacks are cash out, shown positive. A line the filer does not report is not listed. Latest from accession 0001193125-26-124163.

Plot the figures US dollars

Income statement Revenue Cost of revenue Gross profit R&D SG&A Total operating expenses Operating income Interest expense Pre-tax income Income tax Net income EPS, basic EPS, diluted Shares, diluted (wtd. avg.)
Balance sheet Cash and equivalents Short-term investments Receivables Inventory Total current assets Property, plant and equipment Goodwill Other intangibles Total assets Accounts payable Short-term debt Total current liabilities Long-term debt Total liabilities Retained earnings Total equity
Cash flow Operating cash flow Depreciation and amortisation Stock-based compensation Capital expenditure Investing cash flow Financing cash flow Dividends paid Buybacks
  • Revenue
  • Gross profit
  • Net income
Revenue, Gross profit, Net income by fiscal year, in US dollars The same figures are in the table below this chart. 0 2B 4B 6B Revenue, FY2016: 819.9M Net income, FY2016: 234.2M Revenue, FY2017: 809.5M Net income, FY2017: 239.7M Revenue, FY2018: 838.1M Net income, FY2018: 192M Revenue, FY2019: 889.7M Net income, FY2019: 224.5M Revenue, FY2020: 1.5B Net income, FY2020: 284.8M Revenue, FY2021: 1.9B Net income, FY2021: 431.6M Revenue, FY2022: 2.3B Net income, FY2022: 465.2M Revenue, FY2023: 4.2B Net income, FY2023: 944M Revenue, FY2024: 4.7B Net income, FY2024: 1.1B Revenue, FY2025: 5.1B Net income, FY2025: 1.1B FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
Fiscal year FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Revenue $819.9M $809.5M $838.1M $889.7M $1.46B $1.88B $2.29B $4.22B $4.65B $5.12B
Gross profit — — — — — — — — — —
Net income $234.2M $239.7M $192.0M $224.5M $284.8M $431.6M $465.2M $944.0M $1.05B $1.11B

Recent filings and events

  • Regulation FD disclosure Something the company told the market and had to tell everyone at once - usually a slide deck or a press release. Item 7.01
  • Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
  • Results announced The quarterly or annual earnings release. Arrives four times a year from almost every company here. Item 2.02
  • Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
  • Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
  • Results announced Item 2.02
  • Shareholder vote The results of the annual meeting or a special vote. Item 5.07
  • Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
  • Regulation FD disclosure Item 7.01
  • Material agreement signed The company entered an agreement outside the ordinary course of business - a large contract, a credit facility, a merger agreement. Item 1.01
  • Other event The catch-all. The company chose to disclose something that fits no other item, so the content is whatever it says it is. Item 8.01
  • Annual report filed A new 10-K. The figures and the business description on this site come from it. Form 10-K

Item numbers are Form 8-K's own, and a filing date is up to four business days after the thing it reports. The same feed across the whole market.

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