Essential Utilities, Inc.
About Essential Utilities, Inc.
Essential Utilities is a Pennsylvania-based holding company for US water, wastewater, and natural gas distribution utilities. The company's water business serves 3 million people in eight states. Its largest service territory is in Pennsylvania, primarily suburban Philadelphia. Its Peoples subsidiary serves more than 740,000 gas distribution customers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. It completed the sale of its West Virginia gas utility and the bulk of its nonregulated assets in 2024. Essential shareholders would own a 31% stake in American Water Works if the proposed all-stock merger closes in 2027.
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Financial summary
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.5B
- Net income
- $616.4M
- Total assets
- $19.5B
- Market cap
- $10.6B
- Operating margin
- 37.2%
- Net margin
- 24.9%
Source: SEC EDGAR · updated Jun 7, 2026
Revenue & profit trend
Financial statements
Income statement
- Revenue
- $2.5B
- Operating expenses
- $1.6B
- Operating income
- $921.0M
- Income tax
- $3.4M
- Net income
- $616.4M
- EPS (basic)
- $2.20
- EPS (diluted)
- $2.20
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- $19.5B
- Current assets
- $610.4M
- Total liabilities
- $12.6B
- Current liabilities
- $764.5M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $6.9B
Cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- $1.0B
- Investing cash flow
- -$1.5B
- Financing cash flow
- $525.9M
- Net cash flow
- $25.6M
Statements via Polygon.io (SEC filings)
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Past year
52-week range
- Market cap
- $10.6B
- P/E ratio
- 16.7
- EPS (diluted)
- $2.2
- Dividend yield
- 3.74%
- Shares outstanding
- 289.1M
- Open
- —
- Day range
- –
- Prev close
- —
- Volume
- —
- IPO date
- Dec 19, 1980
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At a glance
- Profitable — net income of $616.4M in FY2025.
- Revenue grew 32% from FY2021 to FY2025.
- Trading 13% below its 52-week high.
- Pays a dividend yielding about 3.74% annually.
- Valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 16.7.
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