secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)
CIK:        0000078128
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001552781-25-000041
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Essential Utilities FY2024 EPS $2.17 (+17% YoY), revenue $2.09B, reaffirms 2025 guidance $2.07-$2.11
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- GAAP EPS $2.17 vs $1.86 in 2023; adjusted EPS $1.97; net income $595.3M.
- Revenue $2.09B (+1.6%); water segment revenue up 5.9% to $1.22B; gas segment down to $843M.
- PA PUC approved Aqua PA rate settlement raising rates $73M; total rate awards in 2024 $147.8M.
- Reaffirms 2025 EPS guidance $2.07-$2.11 and multi-year CAGR 5-7% from $1.97 (Non-GAAP).
- Quarterly dividend $0.3255/share, payable June 2, 2025; board declared Feb 19, 2025.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278125000041/0001552781-25-000041-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278125000041/e25070_wtrg-8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-25-000041

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