Essential Utilities Inc (WTRG)

Industry Utilities - Regulated Water

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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, prima ...

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Income statement

Year chevron-l-regular chevron-r-regular	2024	2025
	2,086m	2,475m
	1,222m	1,431m
	758m	921m
	36.32	37.22
	595m	616m
	1,245m	1,366m
Sales, General and administrative	-	-
Interest expenses	302m	329m
Provision for income taxes	-22m	3m
Operating expenses	464m	510m
Income before taxes	573m	620m
Net income available to common shareholders	595m	616m
	2.17	2.2
Net interest income	-299m	-327m
Advertising and promotion	-	-
Net investment income, net	-	-
Realised capital gains (losses), net	-	-
Total benefits, claims and expenses	-	-
Earnings per share (diluted)	2.17	2.2
Free cash flow per share	-1.8453	-1.5374
Book value/share	22.4906	24.0788
Debt equity ratio	1.193105	1.18583

Balance sheet

Year chevron-l-regular chevron-r-regular	2024	2025
Current assets	486m	610m
Current liabilities	975m	764m
Total capital	13,567m	14,968m
Total debt	7,725m	8,304m
Total equity	6,199m	6,857m
Total non current liabilities	-	-
Loans	7,368m	8,110m
Total assets	18,027m	19,465m
Total liabilities	-	-
Cash and cash equivalents	9m	35m
Common stock	275m	283m

Cash flow

Year chevron-l-regular chevron-r-regular	2024	2025
Cash at beginning of period	5m	9m
Cash dividends paid	-346m	-374m
	-559m	-420m
Investments (gains) losses	-1,163m	-1,511m
	9m	35m
Net income	-	-
	770m	1,010m
	-1,330m	-1,430m

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