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) EPS (diluted)

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Essential Utilities Inc.'s EPS (diluted) for fiscal 2025 was $2.20, unchanged from fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $2.00. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $1.04 (fiscal 2019) to $2.20 (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. EPS (diluted) has risen for 6 consecutive fiscal years. Essential Utilities Inc. ranks 7th of 12 Utilities Regulated Water companies by EPS (diluted).

EPS (diluted), annual

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Annual newest first

Period EPS (diluted) Change
FY2025 $2.20 1.38%
FY2024 $2.17 16.67%
FY2023 $1.86 5.08%
FY2022 $1.77 5.99%
FY2021 $1.67 49.11%
FY2020 $1.12 7.69%
FY2019 $1.04 (3.70%)
FY2018 $1.08 (20.00%)
FY2017 $1.35 2.27%
FY2016 $1.32 15.79%

Quarterly newest first

Period EPS (diluted) Change
Sep 2026 $0.37 0.00%
Jun 2026 $0.37 (53.16%)
Mar 2026 $0.79 68.09%
Dec 2025 $0.47 42.42%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $1.04 High $2.20
Ten-year median $1.35
Current reading's percentile 100

EPS (diluted) against peers

What EPS (diluted) is

Diluted EPS tells an investor how much profit a company earned for each share, counting the extra shares that options and convertible securities could create.

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