---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-26-000404"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTRG"
cik: "0000078128"
company_name: "Essential Utilities, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-05T14:48:20+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-05T14:49:05.273821+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Essential Utilities Q2 GAAP EPS $0.37, revenue up 3%; dividend raised 5.25%; merger on track for Q1 2027

## Summary
- Q2 2026 GAAP net income $105.7M ($0.37 EPS) vs $107.8M ($0.38 EPS) in Q2 2025; adjusted EPS $0.38.
- Revenue $530.9M, up 3% from $514.9M; regulated water revenue up 7.6% to $357.5M.
- Quarterly dividend increased 5.25% to $0.3606/share, payable Sept 1, 2026 to holders of record Aug 11, 2026.
- Merger with American Water received approvals from Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky; expected close Q1 2027.
- Affirms 5-7% CAGR EPS growth from 2024 adjusted $1.97; on track for $1.7B infrastructure investment in 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-26-000404
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTRG
- cik: 0000078128
- company_name: Essential Utilities, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-05T14:48:20+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278126000404/0001552781-26-000404-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278126000404/e26327_wtrg-8k.htm

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