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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.
- Revenue
- +6.56%
- EPS
- +12.1%
- Free cash flow
- −1.23%
- Total debt
- +1.34%
Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier
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Essential Utilities Inc. (WTRG) Return on assets
Essential Utilities Inc.'s return on assets over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 2.89%, down 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.29%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 2.47% (fiscal 2020) to 3.94% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is below the Utilities Regulated Water industry median of 3.34% and above the Utilities sector median of 2.61%.
Return on assets, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Return on assets | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 3.29% | (0.12) |
| FY2024 | 3.41% | 0.35 |
| FY2023 | 3.06% | 0.00 |
| FY2022 | 3.06% | 0.02 |
| FY2021 | 3.04% | 0.57 |
| FY2020 | 2.47% | (0.28) |
| FY2019 | 2.75% | (0.14) |
| FY2018 | 2.89% | (0.95) |
| FY2017 | 3.84% | (0.10) |
| FY2016 | 3.94% | 0.31 |
Against its own ten years
Return on assets against peers
| Company | Return on assets |
|---|---|
| SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp compare | 7.21% |
| CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. compare | 6.20% |
| AWR American States Water Company compare | 5.30% |
| MSEX Middlesex Water Company compare | 3.71% |
| YORW The York Water Company compare | 3.51% |
| AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. compare | 3.16% |
| WTRG Essential Utilities Inc. | 2.88% |
| CWT California Water Service Group compare | 2.37% |
| HTO H2O America compare | 1.90% |
| Utilities Regulated Water industry median | 3.34% |
| Utilities sector median | 2.61% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Return on assets is
ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.
Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)
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