Essential Utilities Inc.
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Essential Utilities Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.5 billion, up 18.6% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 3.10%, EPS fell 2.63%, free cash flow fell 1.23% and total debt rose 9.41%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years.
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Essential Utilities Inc. (WTRG) Piotroski F-score
Essential Utilities Inc.'s Piotroski F-score for fiscal 2025 is 5 out of 9: 5 of nine tests of profitability, leverage and efficiency passed, unchanged from fiscal 2024.
Piotroski F-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Piotroski F-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 5 | 0.00 |
| FY2024 | 5 | 0.00 |
| FY2023 | 5 | 0.00 |
| FY2022 | 5 | (2.00) |
| FY2021 | 7 | 3.00 |
| FY2020 | 4 | (1.00) |
| FY2019 | 5 | 2.00 |
| FY2018 | 3 | (1.00) |
| FY2017 | 4 | (1.00) |
| FY2016 | 5 | — |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Test | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive return on assets | 3.29% | 3.41% | Pass | 1 |
| Positive operating cash flow | 1.01b | 770.34m | Pass | 1 |
| Rising return on assets | 3.29% | 3.41% | Fail | 0 |
| Cash flow above net income | 394.09m | 175.03m | Pass | 1 |
| Falling long-term leverage | 0.43 | 0.42 | Fail | 0 |
| Rising current ratio | 0.80 | 0.50 | Pass | 1 |
| No new shares issued | 280,054,000 | 273,914,000 | Fail | 0 |
| Rising gross margin | 83.68% | 86.72% | Fail | 0 |
| Rising asset turnover | 0.13 | 0.12 | Pass | 1 |
| Piotroski F-score | Mixed | 5 | ||
How the Piotroski F-score works
One point for each of nine tests, this fiscal year against the one before: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, a rising current ratio, no new shares issued, a rising gross margin and rising asset turnover. The ratios are the ones on this site, so each can be checked.
Joseph Piotroski (2000) called 8–9 high and 0–1 low; reading it in three bands is the common convention:
| 7–9 | Strong — most fundamentals improved |
|---|---|
| 4–6 | Mixed |
| 0–3 | Weak — most fundamentals deteriorated |
Where this differs from the paper: return on assets is on average rather than beginning-of-year assets, and weighted basic shares stand in for shares issued. The score is shown only when all nine tests can be worked out, which takes three fiscal years; banks and insurers, which report no current assets or gross profit, have none.
Piotroski F-score against peers
| Company | Piotroski F-score |
|---|---|
| AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. compare | 7 |
| WTRG Essential Utilities Inc. | 5 |
| HTO H2O America compare | 5 |
| CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. compare | 5 |
| AWR American States Water Company compare | 5 |
| CWT California Water Service Group compare | 4 |
| YORW The York Water Company compare | 3 |
| MSEX Middlesex Water Company compare | 3 |
| SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp compare | 3 |
What Piotroski F-score is
The Piotroski F-Score tells an investor how many signs of improving profitability, funding and efficiency a company shows against a year earlier.
One point for each of nine tests against a year earlier: positive return on assets, positive operating cash flow, rising return on assets, cash flow above net income, falling long-term leverage, rising current ratio, no new shares issued, rising gross margin, and rising asset turnover