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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-26-000071"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTRG"
cik: "0000078128"
company_name: "Essential Utilities, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T23:57:39.687435+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Essential Utilities FY2025 EPS $2.20, revenue $2.47B (+18.6%); merger with American Water on track for Q1 2027

## Summary
- Net income $616.4M, EPS $2.20 vs $595.3M ($2.17) in 2024; adjusted 2024 EPS was $1.97.
- Record $1.4B infrastructure investment in 2025; 2026 capex guided at $1.7B.
- Shareholders approved merger with American Water (AWK); closing expected Q1 2027.
- Water segment revenue $1.33B (+8.6%); gas segment $1.12B (+32.6%).
- Quarterly dividend $0.3426 declared for March and June 2026; over 80 years of consecutive payouts.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-26-000071
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTRG
- cik: 0000078128
- company_name: Essential Utilities, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278126000071/0001552781-26-000071-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278126000071/e26072_wtrg-8k.htm

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