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# Essential Utilities Inc. Financial Metrics Guide

## Direct Answer

> Essential Utilities Inc. reported revenue of $2.5 billion for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, with an operating margin of 75.9% and net income of $1.1 billion, according to its SEC filings. Revenue grew 18.6% from the prior year.

## What Are Essential Utilities Inc.'s Key Financial Figures?

| Fiscal year | FY2025ended December 31, 2025 | FY2024ended December 31, 2024 | FY2023ended December 31, 2023 | FY2022ended December 31, 2022 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Revenue | $2.5 billion | $2.1 billion | $2.1 billion | $2.3 billion |
| Operating income | $1.9 billion | $1.7 billion | $1.5 billion | $661 million |
| Operating margin | 75.9% | 82.4% | 73.2% | 28.9% |
| Net income | $1.1 billion | $1.1 billion | $944 million | $465 million |
| Net margin | 44.9% | 50.4% | 46.0% | 20.3% |
| Operating cash flow | $2.1 billion | $2.0 billion | $1.9 billion | $600 million |
| Capital expenditures | $3.1 billion | $2.9 billion | $2.6 billion | Not reported |
| Free cash flow | -$1.1 billion | -$811 million | -$701 million | Not reported |

Operating margin narrowed by 6.4 percentage points between fiscal 2024 and 2025, which separates pricing and cost discipline from revenue growth alone. Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital expenditures) was -$1.1 billion against net income of $1.1 billion; cash generation fell short of reported earnings, which is worth reconciling in the cash flow statement.

![Bar chart of Essential Utilities Inc. revenue, operating income, net income for fiscal 2022 to 2025. In fiscal 2025, revenue was $2.5 billion, operating income $1.9 billion and net income $1.1 billion.](https://www.getswoopr.com/images/charts/essential-utilities-inc-metrics-revenue-profit.webp)
*Essential Utilities Inc. revenue, operating income and net income by fiscal year, from the figures in the table above. Select the chart to open it full size.*

![Line chart of Essential Utilities Inc. operating margin and net margin for fiscal 2022 to 2025. In fiscal 2025, operating margin was 75.9% and net margin was 44.9%.](https://www.getswoopr.com/images/charts/essential-utilities-inc-metrics-margins.webp)
*Essential Utilities Inc. operating margin and net margin by fiscal year: operating income and net income as a share of revenue. Select the chart to open it full size.*

![Bar chart of Essential Utilities Inc. operating cash flow, capital expenditures, free cash flow for fiscal 2022 to 2025. In fiscal 2025, operating cash flow was $2.1 billion, capital expenditures was $3.1 billion, free cash flow was negative $1.1 billion.](https://www.getswoopr.com/images/charts/essential-utilities-inc-metrics-cash-flow.webp)
*Essential Utilities Inc. operating cash flow, capital expenditures and free cash flow by fiscal year. Select the chart to open it full size.*

## What Does Essential Utilities Inc.'s Balance Sheet Show?

| Cash and cash equivalents | $35 million |
| --- | --- |
| Long-term debt | $8.1 billion |
| Total assets | $19.5 billion |
| Total liabilities | Not reported |
| Shareholders' equity | $6.9 billion |
| Current ratio | 0.8x |

Balance sheet values are as of the end of fiscal 2025. Income statement figures describe a whole year; balance sheet figures describe a single day, so the two answer different questions.

## Where These Numbers Come From

Every figure on this page is a value Essential Utilities Inc. reported in its own SEC filings, read from the SEC's XBRL data (accession 0000078128-26-000050 for fiscal year 2025). Ratios are computed from those reported values. Figures were retrieved on October 7, 2026; a later amendment or a new annual report can change them, and the filing itself always takes precedence over this summary.

Each fiscal year is labeled by the calendar year in which it ended, so a company that names the same period differently in its own filings (many retailers whose year ends in January) may use another label. A year is left out of the table when the SEC data set holds no value for it. A figure shown as "Not reported" means the company did not file a value under the standard tag Swoopr reads, not that the amount was zero. This page is educational and describes reported history only; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### What was Essential Utilities Inc.'s revenue in fiscal 2025?

Essential Utilities Inc. reported revenue of $2.5 billion for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, according to its SEC filings.

### What is Essential Utilities Inc.'s operating margin?

Essential Utilities Inc.'s operating margin was 75.9% in fiscal 2025: operating income of $1.9 billion on revenue of $2.5 billion.

### How much free cash flow did Essential Utilities Inc. generate?

Operating cash flow of $2.1 billion less capital expenditures of $3.1 billion gives free cash flow of -$1.1 billion for fiscal 2025.

## References

- [SEC EDGAR: Essential Utilities, Inc. Form 10-K filed February 26, 2026](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000007812826000050/wtrg-20251231x10k.htm)
- [SEC EDGAR: Essential Utilities, Inc. annual and quarterly filings](https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=78128&type=10-K)
- [SEC: EDGAR application programming interfaces (XBRL frames and submissions data)](https://www.sec.gov/search-filings/edgar-application-programming-interfaces)

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