Essential Utilities Inc.

WTRG Utilities Utilities Regulated Water

Essential Utilities Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.5 billion, up 18.6% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+6.56%
EPS
+12.1%
Free cash flow
−1.23%
Total debt
+1.34%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

45.07 1.03 +2.34%
Market cap
$12.5B
P/E
22.6×
Fwd P/E
19.6×
Dividend yield
3.88%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
0.95
Beneish M
−2.29
Dividend safety
42/100

Essential Utilities Inc. (WTRG) EBITDA

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Essential Utilities Inc.'s EBITDA for fiscal 2025 was $1.3B, up 18.7% from $1.1B in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $1.4B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $449.8M (fiscal 2015) to $1.3B (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. EBITDA has risen for 7 consecutive fiscal years. Essential Utilities Inc. ranks 3rd of 12 Utilities Regulated Water companies by EBITDA.

EBITDA, annual

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Annual newest first

Period EBITDA Change
FY2025 $1.3B 18.74%
FY2024 $1.1B 8.83%
FY2023 $1.0B 5.44%
FY2022 $982.4M 9.07%
FY2021 $900.7M 30.20%
FY2020 $691.7M 39.29%
FY2019 $496.6M 5.70%
FY2018 $469.9M (0.17%)
FY2017 $470.6M 0.93%
FY2016 $466.3M 3.66%

Quarterly newest first

Period EBITDA Change
Sep 2026 $307.0M 0.15%
Jun 2026 $306.6M (27.25%)
Mar 2026 $421.4M 25.96%
Dec 2025 $334.5M 20.83%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $449.8M High $1.3B
Ten-year median $691.7M
Current reading's percentile 100

EBITDA against peers

What EBITDA is

EBITDA shows what a company earns from its operations before interest, taxes and the non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization.

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