TL;DR: Financial Overview - Revenue, Profits & Key Metrics

Latest Quarterly: Mar 2025

Income Metrics

Revenue 783.6M
Gross Profit 461.2M 58.85%
Operating Income 338.9M 43.25%
Net Income 283.8M 36.21%
EPS (Diluted) $1.03

Balance Sheet Metrics

Total Assets 18.3B
Total Liabilities 11.9B
Shareholders Equity 6.5B
Debt to Equity 1.84

Cash Flow Metrics

Operating Cash Flow 347.3M
Free Cash Flow 29.0M

Revenue & Profitability Trend

Essential Utilities Income Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Revenue i2.1B2.1B2.3B1.9B1.5B
Cost of Goods Sold i864.3M927.8M1.2B890.8M694.4M
Gross Profit i1.2B1.1B1.1B987.3M768.3M
Gross Margin % i58.6%54.8%46.9%52.6%52.5%
Operating Expenses
Research & Development i-----
Selling, General & Administrative i-----
Other Operating Expenses i----20.8M-12.7M
Total Operating Expenses i000-20.8M-12.7M
Operating Income i757.7M692.1M661.2M602.7M434.7M
Operating Margin % i36.3%33.7%28.9%32.1%29.7%
Non-Operating Items
Interest Income i3.3M3.4M3.7M2.4M5.4M
Interest Expense i302.5M283.4M238.1M207.7M188.4M
Other Non-Operating Income115.0M19.6M24.2M24.6M13.4M
Pre-tax Income i573.5M431.8M450.9M422.0M265.0M
Income Tax i-21.8M-66.4M-14.3M-9.6M-19.9M
Effective Tax Rate % i-3.8%-15.4%-3.2%-2.3%-7.5%
Net Income i595.3M498.2M465.2M431.6M284.8M
Net Margin % i28.5%24.3%20.3%23.0%19.5%
Key Metrics
EBITDA i1.1B1.0B985.5M905.9M697.1M
EPS (Basic) i$2.17$1.86$1.77$1.68$1.14
EPS (Diluted) i$2.17$1.86$1.77$1.67$1.12
Basic Shares Outstanding i273914000267171000262246000257487000249768000
Diluted Shares Outstanding i273914000267171000262246000257487000249768000

Income Statement Trend

Essential Utilities Balance Sheet From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Assets
Current Assets
Cash & Equivalents i9.2M4.6M11.4M10.6M4.8M
Short-term Investments i-----
Accounts Receivable i211.2M200.0M265.5M197.8M189.3M
Inventory i93.9M112.7M199.7M109.6M58.4M
Other Current Assets74.0M129.0M59.0M56.7M43.7M
Total Current Assets i485.9M492.0M658.2M437.8M380.2M
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment i2.0B1.9B1.8B1.8B1.7B
Goodwill i4.7B4.7B4.7B4.7B4.7B
Intangible Assets i3.3M3.6M4.6M5.8M7.2M
Long-term Investments-----
Other Non-Current Assets114.1M103.8M200.1M285.2M113.3M
Total Non-Current Assets i17.5B16.3B15.1B14.2B13.3B
Total Assets i18.0B16.8B15.7B14.7B13.7B
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable i258.6M221.2M238.8M192.9M177.5M
Short-term Debt i329.3M227.5M427.9M197.1M162.6M
Current Portion of Long-term Debt-----
Other Current Liabilities1.8M31.3M38.5M384.0K19.9M
Total Current Liabilities i974.7M797.9M1.0B675.1M603.9M
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-term Debt i7.4B6.9B6.4B5.8B5.6B
Deferred Tax Liabilities i1.8B1.6B1.3B1.4B1.3B
Other Non-Current Liabilities712.8M669.2M638.8M639.8M630.5M
Total Non-Current Liabilities i10.9B10.1B9.3B8.8B8.4B
Total Liabilities i11.8B10.9B10.3B9.5B9.0B
Equity
Common Stock i139.1M138.3M133.5M128.0M124.3M
Retained Earnings i1.9B1.7B1.5B1.4B1.3B
Treasury Stock i89.6M86.5M83.7M83.6M81.3M
Other Equity-----
Total Shareholders Equity i6.2B5.9B5.4B5.2B4.7B
Key Metrics
Total Debt i7.7B7.1B6.8B6.0B5.7B
Working Capital i-488.8M-305.9M-363.7M-237.3M-223.7M

Balance Sheet Composition

Essential Utilities Cash Flow Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Operating Activities
Net Income i595.3M498.2M465.2M431.6M284.8M
Depreciation & Amortization i369.6M343.7M321.2M298.0M257.1M
Stock-Based Compensation i9.8M11.3M12.2M10.1M8.2M
Working Capital Changes i-103.3M190.0M-223.3M-109.6M-35.3M
Operating Cash Flow i813.7M925.0M519.9M613.7M478.2M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures i-1.3B-1.2B-1.1B-1.0B-835.6M
Acquisitions i166.8M-3.5M-115.8M-34.5M-3.5B
Investment Purchases i-----
Investment Sales i-----
Investing Cash Flow i-1.2B-1.2B-1.2B-1.1B-4.3B
Financing Activities
Share Repurchases i-4.0M-4.0M-1.2M-3.3M-4.4M
Dividends Paid i-346.4M-316.8M-288.6M-258.6M-232.6M
Debt Issuance i1.6B1.2B1.6B1.1B3.4B
Debt Repayment i-1.0B-876.4M-977.2M-769.5M-1.8B
Financing Cash Flow i395.0M281.1M576.4M412.9M2.0B
Free Cash Flow i-559.4M-265.5M-462.5M-375.8M-327.6M
Net Change in Cash i45.5M-15.7M-82.0M-29.4M-1.9B

Cash Flow Trend

Essential Utilities Key Financial Ratios

Valuation Ratios

P/E Ratio (TTM) 16.82
Forward P/E 18.40
Price to Book 1.64
Price to Sales 4.70
PEG Ratio 0.47

Profitability Ratios

Profit Margin 27.62%
Operating Margin 35.92%
Return on Equity 10.03%
Return on Assets 3.14%

Financial Health

Current Ratio 0.73
Debt to Equity 116.11
Beta 0.76

Per Share Data

EPS (TTM) $2.33
Book Value per Share $23.96
Revenue per Share $8.47

Peer Financial Comparison

CompanyMarket CapP/E RatioP/B RatioROEProfit MarginDebt/Equity
wtrg11.0B16.821.6410.03%27.62%116.11
American Water Works 28.7B26.602.6910.40%21.91%141.10
American States 2.9B22.882.9513.82%20.26%97.74
California Water 2.8B20.661.708.44%13.71%92.71
SJW 1.9B18.291.347.49%12.89%133.31
Aris Water Solutions 1.4B28.261.888.04%6.00%65.04

Financial data is updated regularly. All figures are in the company's reporting currency.