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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
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Essential Utilities Inc. (WTRG) Net margin

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Essential Utilities Inc.'s net margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 21.8%, down 3.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (24.9%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 19.5% (fiscal 2020) to 29.6% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Water industry median of 20.3% and above the Utilities sector median of 11.3%.

Net margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
FY2025 24.9% (3.63)
FY2024 28.5% 4.28
FY2023 24.3% 3.93
FY2022 20.3% (2.65)
FY2021 23.0% 3.51
FY2020 19.5% (5.77)
FY2019 25.2% 2.33
FY2018 22.9% (6.70)
FY2017 29.6% 1.05
FY2016 28.6% 3.78

Quarterly newest first

Period Net margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 20.4% 0.51
Jun 2026 19.9% (6.12)
Mar 2026 26.0% 7.06
Dec 2025 19.0% (0.32)
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Against its own ten years

Low 19.5% High 29.6%
Ten-year median 24.8%
Current reading's percentile 24

Net margin against peers

Company Net margin
YORW The York Water Company compare 28.5%
MSEX Middlesex Water Company compare 24.5%
WTRG Essential Utilities Inc. 21.6%
AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. compare 21.3%
AWR American States Water Company compare 20.5%
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp compare 19.3%
CWT California Water Service Group compare 12.8%
CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. compare 12.6%
HTO H2O America compare 12.5%
Utilities Regulated Water industry median 20.3%
Utilities sector median 11.3%
Market median 1.22%

What Net margin is

Net Profit Margin tells an investor how much of each unit of revenue ends up as profit for shareholders after all costs, interest and taxes.

Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Revenue

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