secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)
CIK:        0000078128
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001552781-23-000259
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Essential Utilities Q1 EPS $0.72; revenue up 3.9% to $726.5M; reaffirms FY23 EPS guidance $1.85-$1.90
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- Net income $191.4M ($0.72 EPS); revenue $726.5M (+3.9% YoY) on water segment growth offset by warm weather gas volume drop.
- Regulated water revenue $267.3M (+11.7%), gas revenue $441.3M (-0.9%); Opex down 3.2% to $138.0M.
- Dividend $0.2870/share declared Feb 22, payable June 1; 78th consecutive year of quarterly dividends.
- Acquisition pipeline: signed deals for nine systems (~219K customers, >$380M total), including DELCORA ($276.5M).
- Capex $243.7M in Q1; reaffirms $1.1B annual capex through 2025 and long-term EPS growth 5-7% CAGR.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278123000259/0001552781-23-000259-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278123000259/e23257_wtrg-8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-23-000259

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