secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)
CIK:        0000078128
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001552781-24-000578
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Essential Utilities Q3 EPS $0.25 down from $0.30; reinstates 5-7% long-term EPS growth guidance
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- Q3 net income $69.4M ($0.25/sh) vs $80.1M ($0.30/sh) YoY; revenue up 6% to $435.3M.
- Reinstates multi-year EPS guidance: 5-7% CAGR through 2027; 2025 EPS $2.07-$2.11.
- Peoples Natural Gas rate case approved with $93M annual revenue increase and weather normalization.
- $500M three-year notes issued; quarterly dividend $0.3255/sh payable Dec 2.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278124000578/0001552781-24-000578-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278124000578/e24435_wtrg-8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-24-000578

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