Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)
As-reported financials and recent SEC filings for Essential Utilities, Inc., latest fiscal period FY2025. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.
About Essential Utilities, Inc.
Essential Utilities, Inc. operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, and natural gas services to about 5.5 million people across several states including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky. The company serves residential, commercial, industrial, and other customers under the Aqua and Peoples brands, with water and wastewater services primarily in suburban Pennsylvania and natural gas services mainly in western Pennsylvania and Kentucky. It also offers non-regulated services such as utility service line protection and repair, and engages in gas marketing and production activities.
Snapshot
Fundamentals are from SEC filings. P/E and market cap are derived from recent market prices, refreshed on a rolling basis (typically within the past week).
What changed at Essential Utilities
- Revenue grew 10.1% to $5.1B in FY2025, in line with the 10.3% the year before.
- Operating margin is 36.7% in FY2025, +4.6 pp against 32.1% in FY2021.
- Most recent quarter Q1 FY2026: revenue $862M, up 10.0% from Q1 FY2025.
- Free cash flow was negative $1.1B in FY2025.
- Net income rose 5.7% to $1.1B in FY2025.
Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.
Peer comparison
Where Essential Utilities’s fundamentals sit among the 98 Utilities companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).
Essential Utilities’s operating margin of 36.7% ranks in the 92nd percentile of the 86 Utilities companies reporting it. Essential Utilities’s return on equity of 16.2% ranks in the 91st percentile of the 89 Utilities companies reporting it. Essential Utilities’s net margin of 21.7% ranks in the 86th percentile of the 91 Utilities companies reporting it.
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Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.
Institutional ownership
Held by 2 of the superinvestors we track (plus 5 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F (latest Q1 2026).
| Investor | As of | Position value | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millennium Managementquant | Q1 2026 | $163.6M | 4.1M | Added |
| AQR Capital Managementquant | Q1 2026 | $46.6M | 1.2M | Added |
| Gotham Asset Management | Q1 2026 | $36.8M | 913.5K | Reduced |
| D. E. Shawquant | Q1 2026 | $22.5M | 558.5K | New |
| Bridgewater Associates | Q1 2026 | $3.0M | 75.0K | Added |
| Point72 Asset Managementquant | Q1 2026 | $3.0M | 74.9K | New |
| Citadel Advisorsquant | Q1 2026 | $1.6M | 38.7K | Reduced |
From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.
Short interest
Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.
| Settlement | Shares short | Change | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | 5.0M | +5.3% | 2.74 |
| 2026-06-30 | 4.8M | +1.6% | 1.78 |
| 2026-06-15 | 4.7M | +14.7% | 2.76 |
| 2026-05-29 | 4.1M | +1.7% | 2.90 |
| 2026-05-15 | 4.0M | -9.3% | 2.17 |
| 2026-04-30 | 4.5M | +4.6% | 1.59 |
| 2026-04-15 | 4.3M | -16.0% | 2.12 |
| 2026-03-31 | 5.1M | -6.3% | 2.81 |
Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.
Income statement (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $5.12B | $4.65B | $4.22B | $2.29B | $1.88B |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | $1.88B | $1.72B | $1.50B | $661.2M | $602.7M |
| Net income | $1.11B | $1.05B | $944.0M | $465.2M | $431.6M |
| Diluted EPS | $5.69 | $5.39 | $4.90 | $1.77 | $1.67 |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.
Balance sheet (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $34.8M | $96.0M | $4.6M | $11.4M | $10.6M |
| Current assets | $610.4M | $1.22B | $492.0M | $658.2M | $437.8M |
| Total assets | $19.46B | $32.83B | $30.30B | $15.72B | $14.66B |
| Current liabilities | $764.5M | $3.15B | $797.9M | $1.02B | $675.1M |
| Long-term debt | $8.11B | $7.37B | $6.83B | $6.37B | $5.78B |
| Total liabilities | $12.61B | $26.63B | $20.50B | $8.03B | $9.47B |
| Total equity | $6.86B | $6.20B | $9.80B | $7.69B | $5.18B |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.
Cash flow (as reported)
| FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $2.06B | $2.04B | $1.87B | $600.3M | $644.7M |
| Capital expenditure | $3.13B | $2.86B | $2.58B | — | — |
| Free cash flow | $-1.07B | $-811.0M | $-701.0M | — | — |
Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full methodology.
Quarterly trend (as reported)
| Quarter | Revenue | Revenue YoY | Net income | Diluted EPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 FY2026 | $861.8M | 10.0% | $224.4M | $0.79 |
| Q4 FY2025 | $699.1M | 15.7% | $627.3M | $3.96 |
| Q3 FY2025 | $477.0M | 9.6% | $92.1M | $0.33 |
| Q2 FY2025 | $514.9M | 18.5% | $107.8M | $0.38 |
| Q1 FY2025 | $783.6M | 28.0% | $283.8M | $1.03 |
| Q4 FY2024 | $604.4M | 26.1% | $640.4M | $3.89 |
| Q3 FY2024 | $435.3M | 5.8% | $69.4M | $0.25 |
| Q2 FY2024 | $434.4M | -0.5% | $75.4M | $0.28 |
Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR (public domain). Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.