NYSE · WATER SUPPLY · LARGE CAP
Essential Utilities, Inc. WTRG
19 fiscal years on record · USD · FY2025 reported
SEC FILINGS ONLY3 YEARS OF DIVIDEND GROWTH
Revenue · FY2025
$2.5B
▲ 18.6% vs FY2024
Dividend streak
3 yrs
Raised every year since 2023
EPS · FY25
$2.20
Dividend / sh · FY25
$1.34
Payout · FY25
61%
ROE · FY25
9.4%
Net margin · FY25
24.9%
Dividend coverage
1.6×
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Result
USD 2.5B
Revenue, FY2025 · full 19-year series below
Revenue
Net income
25 cents of every revenue dollar became profit this year.
Per share
USD 2.20
Diluted EPS, FY2025
EPS
Dividend
Earnings covered the dividend 1.6 times — the rest stayed in the company.
Profitability
9.4%
Return on equity, FY2025
ROE
Operating margin37.2%
Net margin24.9%
Return on assets3.3%
Each USD of equity produced 9 cents of profit this year.
Returned to shareholders
USD 373.8M
returned in FY2025 · dividends + net buybacks
Dividends paidUSD 373.8M
Net buybacksUSD -13.0M
Share of profit60.6%
Consecutive raises3 years
USD 373.8M in dividends — 61% of the year's profit went back to shareholders.
Growth
+11.1% a year
revenue, compounded over five years
CAGR
3 yrs
5 yrs
10 yrs
15 yrs
Revenue
+2.6%
+11.1%
+11.8%
+9.3%
Net income
+9.8%
+16.7%
+11.8%
+11.3%
EPS, diluted
+7.5%
+14.5%
+6.8%
+7.7%
Dividend / share
+67.0%
+6.6%
+6.9%
+7.2%
Returned to shareholders
+9.0%
+9.7%
+9.9%
+10.7%
Compound annual rates per period — left blank where the series crosses a loss.
Share base
—
Shares outstanding, FY2025
Change, 5 years+1.4%
Change, 10 years+33.2%
The share count grew 1% in five years — the same company, cut into more, smaller slices.
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Balance sheet
USD 19.5B
total assets, end of FY2025
Total assetsUSD 19.5B
EquityUSD 6.9B
CashUSD 34.8M
Gross debtUSD 8.1B
Net debtUSD 8.1B
Current ratio0.80×
Net debt stands at 118% of equity.
History
19 fiscal years
Every figure from documents filed with the SEC · USD
Metric
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
Revenue $B
2.5
2.1
2.1
2.3
1.9
1.5
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.6
Operating income $B
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
·
EBITDA $B
1.3
1.1
1.0
1.0
0.9
0.7
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
·
Income tax $B
0.0
−0.0
−0.1
−0.0
−0.0
−0.0
−0.0
−0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
Net income $B
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
EPS, diluted $
2.20
2.17
1.86
1.77
1.67
1.12
1.04
1.08
1.35
1.32
1.14
1.31
1.25
1.12
0.83
0.72
0.61
0.73
0.71
Dividend / sh $
1.34
0.33
0.31
0.29
1.04
0.97
0.91
0.85
0.79
0.74
0.69
0.63
0.58
0.54
0.50
0.47
0.44
0.51
0.48
Payout %
61
58
64
62
60
82
84
79
59
56
60
48
46
48
61
65
72
70
67
ROE %
9.4
9.8
8.8
8.8
8.7
6.7
7.6
9.7
12.6
13.1
11.9
14.6
15.2
14.9
11.8
10.9
9.6
9.6
9.7
Shares out B
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
·
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.17
0.17
0.17
0.14
0.13
Slide the table for earlier years · "·" marks figures not disclosed in the filing for that year.
How we verifyAUDITED
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