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Essential Utilities, Inc.

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$37.36

+0.61 (+1.66%)
Current Price
Previous Close $36.75
Open $36.75
Day High $37.91
Day Low $36.80
Volume 1,585,104
Fetched: 2026-06-06T02:01:19
Stock Information
Quarterly Dividend / Yield $1.37 / 3.67%
Shares Outstanding 283.63M
Quarterly Dividend Yield 3.67%
Quarterly Dividend $1.37
Total Debt $8.46B
Cash Equivalents $75.93M
Revenue $2.55B
Net Income $556.97M
Sector Utilities
Industry Utilities - Regulated Water
Market Cap $10.60B
P/E Ratio 19.06
EPS (TTM) $1.96
Exchange NYQ
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Company Data
Enterprise Value$18.98B
Sales$2.55B
Income$556.97M
Book/sh$24.33
Cash/sh$0.27
Employees3K
Financial Ratios
Quick Ratio0.76
Current Ratio0.95
Debt/Eq122.67
EPS Growth TTM-20.90%
Returns & Margins
ROA2.90%
ROE8.34%
Gross Margin55.27%
Operating Margin35.34%
Profit Margin21.82%
Ownership
Insider Ownership0.22%
Institutional Ownership81.17%
Insider & Institutional transactions data not available
Valuation Ratios
Forward P/E15.58
PEG3.57
P/S4.15
P/B1.54
Analyst Data
Recommendationhold
Target Price$40.80
Technical Indicators
SMA20$37.11
SMA50$38.35
SMA200$38.38
RSI53.42
ATR0.7814
Shares Float282.71M
Short Float1.63%
Short Ratio1.72
Volatility0.65
Rel Volume1.12
Performance History
Week+1.27%
Month+0.44%
Quarter-6.56%
6 Months-2.08%
YTD-1.60%
Year+3.77%
3 Years+1.70%
5 Years-9.06%
10 Years+47.41%
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Recent Price History
Date Close Volume
2026-06-05 $37.36 1,789,500
2026-06-04 $36.75 1,294,600
2026-06-03 $37.00 2,483,300
2026-06-02 $37.04 1,969,800
2026-06-01 $36.25 2,123,800
2026-05-29 $36.89 3,146,200
2026-05-28 $36.69 1,259,100
2026-05-27 $37.08 1,404,300
2026-05-26 $37.15 1,058,400
2026-05-22 $37.44 1,154,200
2026-05-21 $36.99 1,187,800
2026-05-20 $36.54 1,509,800
2026-05-19 $37.11 1,058,300
2026-05-18 $37.24 994,400
2026-05-15 $37.01 1,309,900
2026-05-14 $37.51 1,037,400
2026-05-13 $37.90 2,063,900
2026-05-12 $37.98 1,959,100
2026-05-11 $37.23 2,134,200
2026-05-08 $37.13 1,006,300
2026-05-07 $37.36 2,042,500
2026-05-06 $37.20 3,365,300
About Essential Utilities, Inc.

Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, and natural gas services in the United States. The company operates through Regulated Water; and Regulated Natural Gas segments. It also provides utility service line protection solutions and repair services to households; gas marketing and production activities; and natural gas distribution services. The company serves approximately 5.5 million residential water, commercial water, fire protection, industrial water, wastewater, and other water and utility customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky under the Aqua and Peoples brands. The company was formerly known as Aqua America, Inc. and changed its name to Essential Utilities, Inc. in February 2020. Essential Utilities, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

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Income Statement (Annual)
Metric 2025-12-31 2024-12-31 2023-12-31 2022-12-31
Revenue
Reconciled Cost Of Revenue $1,043,421,000 $864,259,000 $927,824,000 $1,215,644,000
Cost Of Revenue $1,043,421,000 $864,259,000 $927,824,000 $1,215,644,000
Total Revenue $2,474,615,000 $2,086,113,000 $2,053,824,000 $2,288,032,000
Operating Revenue $2,474,615,000 $2,086,113,000 $2,053,824,000 $2,288,032,000
Expenses
Interest Expense $329,081,000 $302,467,000 $283,362,000 $238,116,000
Total Expenses $1,553,664,000 $1,328,445,000 $1,361,727,000 $1,626,845,000
Other Income Expense $26,241,000 $114,959,000 $19,645,000 $24,162,000
Other Non Operating Income Expenses $-1,337,000 $1,425,000 $2,613,000 $-494,000
Net Non Operating Interest Income Expense $-327,378,000 $-299,149,000 $-279,961,000 $-234,441,000
Interest Expense Non Operating $329,081,000 $302,467,000 $283,362,000 $238,116,000
Operating Expense $510,243,000 $464,186,000 $433,903,000 $411,201,000
Other Operating Expenses - - - -
Income & Earnings
Net Income From Continuing Operation Net Minority Interest $616,369,000 $595,314,000 $498,226,000 $465,237,000
Net Interest Income $-327,378,000 $-299,149,000 $-279,961,000 $-234,441,000
Interest Income $1,703,000 $3,318,000 $3,401,000 $3,675,000
Normalized Income $588,956,468 $505,622,140 $484,770,720 $445,758,760
Net Income From Continuing And Discontinued Operation $616,369,000 $595,314,000 $498,226,000 $465,237,000
Total Operating Income As Reported $920,951,000 $757,668,000 $692,097,000 $661,187,000
Net Income Common Stockholders $616,369,000 $595,314,000 $498,226,000 $465,237,000
Net Income $616,369,000 $595,314,000 $498,226,000 $465,237,000
Net Income Including Noncontrolling Interests $616,369,000 $595,314,000 $498,226,000 $465,237,000
Net Income Continuous Operations $616,369,000 $595,314,000 $498,226,000 $465,237,000
Pretax Income $619,814,000 $573,478,000 $431,781,000 $450,908,000
Special Income Charges $27,578,000 $113,534,000 $17,032,000 $24,656,000
Interest Income Non Operating $1,703,000 $3,318,000 $3,401,000 $3,675,000
Operating Income $920,951,000 $757,668,000 $692,097,000 $661,187,000
Depreciation Amortization Depletion Income Statement $417,471,000 $369,552,000 $343,695,000 $321,177,000
Depreciation And Amortization In Income Statement $417,471,000 $369,552,000 $343,695,000 $321,177,000
Amortization Of Intangibles Income Statement $14,281,000 $5,646,000 $5,040,000 $5,366,000
Depreciation Income Statement $403,190,000 $363,906,000 $338,655,000 $315,811,000
Gross Profit $1,431,194,000 $1,221,854,000 $1,126,000,000 $1,072,388,000
Earnings From Equity Interest - - - $0
Per Share
Diluted EPS $2.20 $2.17 $1.86 $1.77
Basic EPS $2.20 $2.17 $1.86 $1.77
Other
Tax Effect Of Unusual Items $165,468 $23,842,140 $3,576,720 $5,177,760
Tax Rate For Calcs $0 $0 $0 $0
Normalized EBITDA (Bullshit earnings) $1,338,788,000 $1,131,963,000 $1,041,806,000 $985,545,000
Total Unusual Items $27,578,000 $113,534,000 $17,032,000 $24,656,000
Total Unusual Items Excluding Goodwill $27,578,000 $113,534,000 $17,032,000 $24,656,000
Reconciled Depreciation $417,471,000 $369,552,000 $343,695,000 $321,177,000
EBITDA (Bullshit earnings) $1,366,366,000 $1,245,497,000 $1,058,838,000 $1,010,201,000
EBIT $948,895,000 $875,945,000 $715,143,000 $689,024,000
Diluted Average Shares $280,619,000 $274,421,000 $267,659,000 $262,868,000
Basic Average Shares $280,054,000 $273,914,000 $267,171,000 $262,246,000
Diluted NI Availto Com Stockholders $616,369,000 $595,314,000 $498,226,000 $465,237,000
Tax Provision $3,445,000 $-21,836,000 $-66,445,000 $-14,329,000
Gain On Sale Of Ppe $1,325,000 $92,224,000 $65,000 $991,000
Other Special Charges $-26,253,000 $-21,310,000 $-16,967,000 $-23,665,000
Other Taxes $92,772,000 $94,634,000 $90,208,000 $90,024,000
Amortization $14,281,000 $5,646,000 $5,040,000 $5,366,000
Fetched: 2026-06-02
Balance Sheet (Annual)
Metric 2025-12-31 2024-12-31 2023-12-31 2022-12-31
Assets
Net Tangible Assets $4,505,943,000 $3,854,823,000 $3,551,852,000 $3,031,990,000
Total Assets $19,464,845,000 $18,026,554,000 $16,841,459,000 $15,719,107,000
Total Non Current Assets $18,854,449,000 $17,540,643,000 $16,349,480,000 $15,060,948,000
Other Non Current Assets $123,662,000 $114,132,000 $103,769,000 $200,119,000
Goodwill And Other Intangible Assets $2,351,513,000 $2,343,986,000 $2,344,331,000 $2,345,396,000
Other Intangible Assets $2,954,000 $3,273,000 $3,593,000 $4,604,000
Current Assets $610,396,000 $485,911,000 $491,979,000 $658,159,000
Other Current Assets $78,889,000 $73,993,000 $128,964,000 $59,031,000
Inventory $112,453,000 $93,930,000 $112,667,000 $199,735,000
Receivables $384,276,000 $308,832,000 $245,736,000 $376,828,000
Receivables Adjustments Allowances $-61,694,000 $-58,941,000 $-60,573,000 $-63,981,000
Other Receivables $21,150,000 $14,295,000 $4,887,000 $4,801,000
Accounts Receivable $257,735,000 $211,168,000 $199,986,000 $265,504,000
Cash Cash Equivalents And Short Term Investments $34,778,000 $9,156,000 $4,612,000 $11,398,000
Cash And Cash Equivalents $34,778,000 $9,156,000 $4,612,000 $11,398,000
Assets Held For Sale Current - - $0 $11,167,000
Non Current Deferred Assets - - - -
Prepaid Assets - - - -
Debt
Net Debt $8,247,350,000 $7,688,574,000 $7,049,011,000 $6,787,515,000
Total Debt $8,303,736,000 $7,725,177,000 $7,088,048,000 $6,836,579,000
Long Term Debt And Capital Lease Obligation $8,131,775,000 $7,395,828,000 $6,860,510,000 $6,408,723,000
Long Term Debt $8,110,167,000 $7,368,381,000 $6,826,085,000 $6,371,057,000
Current Debt And Capital Lease Obligation $171,961,000 $329,349,000 $227,538,000 $427,856,000
Current Debt $171,961,000 $329,349,000 $227,538,000 $427,856,000
Other Current Borrowings $171,961,000 $329,349,000 $227,538,000 $427,856,000
Liabilities
Total Liabilities Net Minority Interest $12,607,389,000 $11,827,745,000 $10,945,276,000 $10,341,721,000
Total Non Current Liabilities Net Minority Interest $11,842,906,000 $10,853,077,000 $10,147,349,000 $9,319,852,000
Other Non Current Liabilities $787,020,000 $713,633,000 $669,152,000 $638,816,000
Non Current Deferred Liabilities $2,205,585,000 $1,945,191,000 $1,757,079,000 $1,460,498,000
Non Current Deferred Taxes Liabilities $2,090,120,000 $1,831,868,000 $1,628,324,000 $1,345,766,000
Current Liabilities $764,483,000 $974,668,000 $797,927,000 $1,021,869,000
Other Current Liabilities $11,202,000 $1,770,000 $31,270,000 $38,539,000
Payables And Accrued Expenses $581,320,000 $643,549,000 $539,119,000 $555,474,000
Interest Payable $82,466,000 $72,281,000 $53,084,000 $47,063,000
Payables $330,262,000 $433,989,000 $359,119,000 $377,738,000
Other Payable $25,494,000 $47,714,000 $13,358,000 $28,694,000
Dividends Payable $0 $89,441,000 $83,929,000 $75,808,000
Total Tax Payable $28,688,000 $38,219,000 $40,641,000 $34,393,000
Accounts Payable $276,080,000 $258,615,000 $221,191,000 $238,843,000
Liabilities Heldfor Sale Non Current - - $0 $974,000
Equity
Common Stock Equity $6,857,456,000 $6,198,809,000 $5,896,183,000 $5,377,386,000
Total Equity Gross Minority Interest $6,857,456,000 $6,198,809,000 $5,896,183,000 $5,377,386,000
Stockholders Equity $6,857,456,000 $6,198,809,000 $5,896,183,000 $5,377,386,000
Retained Earnings $2,280,669,000 $1,949,492,000 $1,706,675,000 $1,534,331,000
Other
Treasury Shares Number $3,423,086 $3,386,069 $3,299,191 $3,236,237
Ordinary Shares Number $283,082,809 $274,823,591 $273,296,037 $263,737,084
Share Issued $286,505,895 $278,209,660 $276,595,228 $266,973,321
Tangible Book Value $4,505,943,000 $3,854,823,000 $3,551,852,000 $3,031,990,000
Invested Capital $15,139,584,000 $13,896,539,000 $12,949,806,000 $12,176,299,000
Working Capital $-154,087,000 $-488,757,000 $-305,948,000 $-363,710,000
Capital Lease Obligations $21,608,000 $27,447,000 $34,425,000 $37,666,000
Total Capitalization $14,967,623,000 $13,567,190,000 $12,722,268,000 $11,748,443,000
Treasury Stock $90,983,000 $89,624,000 $86,485,000 $83,693,000
Additional Paid In Capital $4,524,517,000 $4,199,836,000 $4,137,696,000 $3,793,262,000
Capital Stock $143,253,000 $139,105,000 $138,297,000 $133,486,000
Common Stock $143,253,000 $139,105,000 $138,297,000 $133,486,000
Employee Benefits $15,241,000 $33,680,000 $38,850,000 $31,244,000
Non Current Pension And Other Postretirement Benefit Plans $15,241,000 $33,680,000 $38,850,000 $31,244,000
Non Current Deferred Revenue $115,465,000 $113,323,000 $128,755,000 $114,732,000
Long Term Capital Lease Obligation $21,608,000 $27,447,000 $34,425,000 $37,666,000
Current Accrued Expenses $251,058,000 $209,560,000 $180,000,000 $177,736,000
Goodwill $2,348,559,000 $2,340,713,000 $2,340,738,000 $2,340,792,000
Net PPE $14,289,605,000 $13,174,739,000 $12,134,488,000 $11,172,680,000
Accumulated Depreciation $-3,427,035,000 $-3,131,901,000 $-2,879,949,000 $-2,606,441,000
Gross PPE $17,716,640,000 $16,306,640,000 $15,014,437,000 $13,779,121,000
Construction In Progress $508,437,000 $508,745,000 $409,554,000 $516,407,000
Other Properties $2,117,335,000 $1,988,138,000 $1,923,622,000 $1,813,458,000
Other Inventories $60,686,000 $45,311,000 $65,173,000 $153,143,000
Long Term Provisions - $860,000 $848,000 $843,000
Line Of Credit - - - $28,694,000
Fetched: 2026-06-02
Cash Flow Statement (Annual)
Metric 2025-12-31 2024-12-31 2023-12-31 2022-12-31
Free Cash Flow
Free Cash Flow $-419,521,000 $-559,404,000 $-265,516,000 $-462,457,000
Operating Activities
Operating Cash Flow $1,010,459,000 $770,343,000 $933,587,000 $600,306,000
Cash Flow From Continuing Operating Activities $1,010,459,000 $770,343,000 $933,587,000 $600,306,000
Operating Gains Losses $-1,325,000 $-92,224,000 $-65,000 $-991,000
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditure $-1,429,980,000 $-1,329,747,000 $-1,199,103,000 $-1,062,763,000
Investing Cash Flow $-1,510,744,000 $-1,163,281,000 $-1,221,728,000 $-1,178,302,000
Cash Flow From Continuing Investing Activities $-1,510,744,000 $-1,163,281,000 $-1,221,728,000 $-1,178,302,000
Net Other Investing Changes $-183,000 $-339,000 $-19,080,000 $271,000
Financing Activities
Repurchase Of Capital Stock $-2,284,000 $-4,048,000 $-3,981,000 $-1,192,000
Issuance Of Capital Stock $315,418,000 $51,610,000 $338,988,000 $79,659,000
Financing Cash Flow $525,907,000 $397,482,000 $281,355,000 $578,827,000
Cash Flow From Continuing Financing Activities $525,907,000 $397,482,000 $281,355,000 $578,827,000
Net Other Financing Charges $20,748,000 $10,994,000 $15,340,000 $6,478,000
Cash Dividends Paid $-373,821,000 $-346,392,000 $-316,806,000 $-288,632,000
Common Stock Dividend Paid $-373,821,000 $-346,392,000 $-316,806,000 $-288,632,000
Net Common Stock Issuance $313,134,000 $47,562,000 $335,007,000 $78,467,000
Common Stock Issuance $315,418,000 $51,610,000 $338,988,000 $79,659,000
Other
Repayment Of Debt $-1,321,445,000 $-1,001,055,000 $-960,092,000 $-977,175,000
Issuance Of Debt $1,886,335,000 $1,683,902,000 $1,207,619,000 $1,646,742,000
Interest Paid Supplemental Data $310,921,000 $275,898,000 $272,532,000 $225,820,000
Income Tax Paid Supplemental Data $9,080,000 $6,698,000 $7,839,000 $11,269,000
End Cash Position $34,778,000 $9,156,000 $4,612,000 $11,398,000
Beginning Cash Position $9,156,000 $4,612,000 $11,398,000 $10,567,000
Changes In Cash $25,622,000 $4,544,000 $-6,786,000 $831,000
Proceeds From Stock Option Exercised $956,000 $2,471,000 $287,000 $2,475,000
Common Stock Payments $-2,284,000 $-4,048,000 $-3,981,000 $-1,192,000
Net Issuance Payments Of Debt $564,890,000 $682,847,000 $247,527,000 $780,039,000
Net Short Term Debt Issuance $508,825,000 $60,774,000 $-83,713,000 $110,472,000
Short Term Debt Payments $-58,623,000 $26,418,000 $-83,713,000 -
Short Term Debt Issuance $567,448,000 $34,356,000 $0 -
Net Long Term Debt Issuance $56,065,000 $622,073,000 $331,240,000 $669,567,000
Long Term Debt Payments $-1,262,822,000 $-1,027,473,000 $-876,379,000 $-977,175,000
Long Term Debt Issuance $1,318,887,000 $1,649,546,000 $1,207,619,000 $1,646,742,000
Net Investment Purchase And Sale $-25,125,000 $0 $0 -
Purchase Of Investment $-25,125,000 $0 $0 -
Net Business Purchase And Sale $-55,456,000 $166,805,000 $-3,545,000 $-115,810,000
Sale Of Business $1,548,000 $167,470,000 $41,758,000 $1,081,000
Purchase Of Business $-57,004,000 $-665,000 $-45,303,000 $-116,891,000
Net PPE Purchase And Sale $-1,429,980,000 $-1,329,747,000 $-1,199,103,000 $-1,062,763,000
Purchase Of PPE $-1,429,980,000 $-1,329,747,000 $-1,199,103,000 $-1,062,763,000
Change In Working Capital $-71,133,000 $-76,372,000 $175,430,000 $-169,574,000
Change In Payables And Accrued Expense $14,299,000 $26,963,000 $-14,559,000 $53,761,000
Change In Receivables $-85,432,000 $-103,335,000 $189,989,000 $-223,335,000
Changes In Account Receivables $-85,432,000 $-103,335,000 $189,989,000 $-223,335,000
Other Non Cash Items $17,173,000 $-29,821,000 $-38,386,000 $-32,335,000
Stock Based Compensation $12,855,000 $9,785,000 $11,323,000 $12,206,000
Provisionand Write Offof Assets $22,227,000 $21,865,000 $23,209,000 $27,631,000
Deferred Tax $-3,178,000 $-27,756,000 $-79,845,000 $-23,045,000
Deferred Income Tax $-3,178,000 $-27,756,000 $-79,845,000 $-23,045,000
Depreciation Amortization Depletion $417,471,000 $369,552,000 $343,695,000 $321,177,000
Depreciation And Amortization $417,471,000 $369,552,000 $343,695,000 $321,177,000
Amortization Cash Flow $14,281,000 $5,646,000 $5,040,000 $5,366,000
Amortization Of Intangibles $14,281,000 $5,646,000 $5,040,000 $5,366,000
Depreciation $403,190,000 $363,906,000 $338,655,000 $315,811,000
Gain Loss On Sale Of Business $-1,325,000 $-92,224,000 $-65,000 $-991,000
Net Income From Continuing Operations $616,369,000 $595,314,000 $498,226,000 $465,237,000
Fetched: 2026-06-02