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) Revenue growth

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Essential Utilities Inc.'s revenue growth over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 9.25%, down 9.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (18.6%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −10.2% (fiscal 2023) to 64.4% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 73% of that period. That is above the Utilities Regulated Water industry median of 8.39% and above the Utilities sector median of 7.80%.

Revenue growth, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
FY2025 18.6% 17.05
FY2024 1.57% 11.81
FY2023 −10.2% (32.06)
FY2022 21.8% (6.58)
FY2021 28.4% (36.00)
FY2020 64.4% 58.24
FY2019 6.16% 2.63
FY2018 3.53% 4.79
FY2017 −1.26% (1.96)
FY2016 0.70% (3.70)

Quarterly newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
Sep 2026 6.56% 3.46
Jun 2026 3.10% (6.87)
Mar 2026 9.97% (5.70)
Dec 2025 15.7% 6.09
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −10.2% High 64.4%
Ten-year median 4.40%
Current reading's percentile 73

Revenue growth against peers

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