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Essential Utilities, Inc. WTRG

Water Supply · CIK 0000078128 · Fiscal year ends 1231

Revenue
$2.47B
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Operating income
$920.95M
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31
Free cash flow
Unavailable
Fiscal year ended 2025-12-31

Valuation, from the filing

Public float$10.40BMarket value of stock held by non-affiliates, as stated on the cover page for 2025-06-30
Float per share$36.72Float divided by shares outstanding in the same filing. A floor under the share price on that date, not the price itself.
Float / net income16.9×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / revenue4.2×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.
Float / equity1.5×A lower bound on the multiple, because affiliate holdings are excluded.

Every figure here is drawn from the 10-K cover page and the statements behind it, so each one traces to a filing. Public float counts only stock held by non-affiliates, which makes these floors rather than estimates: a high multiple is conclusive, a low one may mean cheap or may mean closely held. The float was measured on 2025-06-30, not today, and each multiple below it uses the figures for the fiscal year ending 2025-12-31 — the year that filing covered.

Valuation over time

16.9× earnings today, against a median of 25.9× across 10 years on record. Below its own history.

Float measuredPublic floatFloat / net income
2025-06-30$10.40B16.9×
2024-06-30$10.20B17.1×
2023-06-30$10.54B21.1×
2022-06-30$12.00B25.8×
2021-06-30$11.21B26.0×
2020-06-30$10.34B36.3×
2019-06-30$8.91B39.7×
2018-06-30$6.24B32.5×
2017-06-30$5.90B24.6×
2016-06-30$6.31B26.9×

Each float is paired with the fiscal year the filing that stated it covers. Only years where the company reported positive net income appear, because a multiple against a loss is not a multiple.

How this compares in its industry

Percentile among the Water Supply filers on this site, highest value first. A high percentile means a large figure, which is good for a margin and not for leverage — the ranking says where the company sits, not whether that is where it should be.

MeasureReportedPercentile
Operating margin37.2%100th
Revenue YoY growth18.6%91th
Effective tax rate0.6%12th
Net margin24.9%82th
SBC / revenue0.5%22th
Long-term debt / equity1.18x70th
Current ratio0.80x55th

Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) reported revenue of $2.47B and net income of $616.37M for the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31. This page shows 10 annual periods of income statement, balance sheet and cash flow figures normalized from Essential Utilities, Inc.’s SEC filings, each linked to the filing it came from. It is classified by the SEC under Water Supply.

Income

Essential Utilities, Inc. income by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Revenue$2.47B$2.09B$2.05B$2.29B$1.88B$1.46B$889.69M$838.09M$809.52M$819.88M
Cost of revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Gross profitUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Operating income$920.95M$757.67M$692.10M$661.19M$602.71M$434.69M$340.16M$323.18M$333.92M$333.30M
Net income$616.37M$595.31M$498.23M$465.24M$431.61M$284.85M$224.54M$191.99M$239.74M$234.18M
Research & developmentUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Weighted-average diluted sharesshares 280.62Mshares 274.42Mshares 267.66Mshares 262.87Mshares 258.18Mshares 254.63Mshares 215.93Mshares 178.40Mshares 178.18Mshares 177.85M
Pretax income$619.81M$573.48M$431.78M$450.91M$422.00M$264.97M$211.53M$178.32M$256.65M$255.16M
Income tax expense$3.44M-$21.84M-$66.44M-$14.33M-$9.61M-$19.88M-$13.02M-$13.67M$16.91M$20.98M
Diluted EPS$2.20$2.17$1.86$1.77$1.67$1.12$1.04$1.08$1.35$1.32
Selling, general & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
General & administrativeUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Selling & marketingUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable

Balance

Essential Utilities, Inc. balance by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Cash & equivalents$34.78M$9.16M$4.61M$11.40M$10.57M$4.83M$1.87B$3.63M$4.20M$3.76M
Total assets$19.46B$18.03B$16.84B$15.72B$14.66B$13.71B$9.36B$6.96B$6.33B$6.16B
Current assets$610.40M$485.91M$491.98M$658.16M$437.80M$380.22M$2.02B$147.17M$131.25M$128.65M
Total liabilitiesUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Current liabilities$764.48M$974.67M$797.93M$1.02B$675.06M$603.87M$323.46M$398.98M$284.49M$301.54M
Total equity incl. NCI$6.86B$6.20B$5.90B$5.38B$5.18B$4.68B$3.88B$2.01B$1.96B$1.85B
Temporary (mezzanine) equityUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
InventoryUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$18.38M$15.84M$14.36M$12.96M
Accounts receivable$217.19M$166.52M$144.30M$206.32M$141.02M$154.78M$67.14M$65.82M$98.60M$97.39M
Goodwill$2.35B$2.34B$2.34B$2.34B$2.34B$2.32B$63.82M$52.73M$42.23M$42.21M
Long-term debt$8.11B$7.37B$6.83B$6.37B$5.78B$5.51B$2.94B$2.40B$2.01B$1.74B
Accounts payable$276.08M$258.62M$221.19M$238.84M$192.93M$177.49M$74.92M$77.33M$59.16M$47.26M

Cash flow

Essential Utilities, Inc. cash flow by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Operating cash flow$1.01B$770.34M$933.59M$600.31M$644.68M$508.02M$338.52M$368.52M$381.32M$396.16M
Capital expendituresUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$495.74M$478.09M$383.00M
Investing cash flow-$1.51B-$1.16B-$1.22B-$1.18B-$1.06B-$4.33B-$604.60M-$639.82M-$480.38M-$383.21M
Financing cash flow$525.91M$397.48M$281.36M$578.83M$417.12M$1.96B$2.13B$270.72M$99.51M-$12.42M
Net change in cash$25.62M$4.54M-$6.79M$831.00K$5.74M-$1.86B$1.87B-$577.00K$441.00K$534.00K
Stock-based compensation$12.86M$9.78M$11.32M$12.21M$10.08M$8.16M$7.37M$7.57M$6.34M$5.39M
Common dividends paid$373.82M$346.39M$316.81M$288.63M$258.65M$232.57M$188.51M$150.74M$140.66M$130.92M
Common share repurchases$2.28M$4.05M$3.98M$1.19M$3.29M$4.36M$1.87M$2.56M$2.17M$3.03M
Depreciation & amortization$417.47M$369.55M$343.70M$321.18M$297.95M$257.06M$156.48M$146.67M$136.72M$133.01M

Derived

Essential Utilities, Inc. derived by fiscal year, in US dollars, normalized from SEC filings.
Metric2025-12-312024-12-312023-12-312022-12-312021-12-312020-12-312019-12-312018-12-312017-12-312016-12-31
Free cash flowUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable$13.17M
Gross marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Operating margin37.2%36.3%33.7%28.9%32.1%29.7%38.2%38.6%41.2%40.7%
FCF marginUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable1.6%
SBC / revenue0.5%0.5%0.6%0.5%0.5%0.6%0.8%0.9%0.8%0.7%
Current ratio0.80x0.50x0.62x0.64x0.65x0.63x6.23x0.37x0.46x0.43x
Revenue YoY growth18.6%1.6%-10.2%21.8%28.4%64.4%6.2%3.5%-1.3%Unavailable
Net margin24.9%28.5%24.3%20.3%23.0%19.5%25.2%22.9%29.6%28.6%
R&D / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
CapEx / revenueUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable46.7%
Long-term debt / equity1.18xUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableUnavailable
Effective tax rate0.6%-3.8%-15.4%-3.2%-2.3%-7.5%-6.2%-7.7%6.6%8.2%

Amounts are abbreviated; the exact reported value is carried in each cell. — means unavailable, not zero. Open WTRG in the interactive workspace to inspect any figure back to its filing.

Source filings

10-Q · Filed 2026-08-05View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2026-05-07View SEC filing
10-K · Filed 2026-02-26View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-11-05View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-08-04View SEC filing
10-Q · Filed 2025-05-12View SEC filing

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