---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-354055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTRG"
cik: "0000078128"
company_name: "Essential Utilities, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-17T20:11:19+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-17T20:12:19.472932+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "low"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Essential Utilities 8-K filed Aug 17, 2026; financial details not available in text

## Summary
- Filing dated August 17, 2026, reports items 7.01 and 9.01, consistent with a quarterly earnings release.
- No financial figures (revenue, EPS, segment results) are present in the provided text.
- Exhibit content with actual results was not included in the text supplied for analysis.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-354055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTRG
- cik: 0000078128
- company_name: Essential Utilities, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-17T20:11:19+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: low
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000119312526354055/0001193125-26-354055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000119312526354055/d156812d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-354055
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-354055.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-354055.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.