secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)
CIK:        0000078128
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001552781-26-000071
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278126000071/0001552781-26-000071-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278126000071/e26072_wtrg-8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-26-000071

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