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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) Operating cash flow

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Essential Utilities Inc.'s operating cash flow for fiscal 2025 was $1.0B, up 31.2% from $770.3M in fiscal 2024. Over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 it was $1.0B. Over the past ten years it has ranged from $338.5M (fiscal 2019) to $1.0B (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. Essential Utilities Inc. ranks 3rd of 12 Utilities Regulated Water companies by operating cash flow.

Operating cash flow, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating cash flow Change
FY2025 $1.0B 31.17%
FY2024 $770.3M (17.49%)
FY2023 $933.6M 55.52%
FY2022 $600.3M (6.88%)
FY2021 $644.7M 26.90%
FY2020 $508.0M 50.07%
FY2019 $338.5M (8.14%)
FY2018 $368.5M (3.36%)
FY2017 $381.3M (3.75%)
FY2016 $396.2M 6.84%

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating cash flow Change
Sep 2026 $229.2M (29.15%)
Jun 2026 $323.6M 21.92%
Mar 2026 $265.4M 28.77%
Dec 2025 $206.1M (11.35%)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low $338.5M High $1.0B
Ten-year median $508.0M
Current reading's percentile 100

Operating cash flow against peers

Company Operating cash flow
AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. compare $2.3B
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp compare $2.2B
WTRG Essential Utilities Inc. $1.0B
CWT California Water Service Group compare $310.1M
HTO H2O America compare $248.2M
AWR American States Water Company compare $236.6M
MSEX Middlesex Water Company compare $69.5M
CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. compare $39.8M
YORW The York Water Company compare $33.5M

What Operating cash flow is

Operating Cash Flow shows how much cash a company’s day-to-day business actually brings in, after paying suppliers, staff and taxes.

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