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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Essential Utilities (WTRG)

Essential Utilities Q1 2025 EPS rises to $1.03 from $0.97; 2025 guidance affirmed

Positive Impact 3 of 5 earnings Written later

Essential Utilities reported first-quarter 2025 net income of $283.8 million, or $1.03 per share, up from $265.8 million, or $0.97 per share, a year earlier. Revenue rose 28% to $783.6 million, mainly from regulatory recoveries, higher purchased gas costs and higher regulated natural gas volumes, and the company affirmed its 2025 EPS guidance of $2.07 to $2.11. Shareholders also have a quarterly dividend of $0.3255 per share, payable June 2, 2025 to holders of record on May 13, 2025.

Key points

  • Q1 2025 net income was $283.8 million, or $1.03 per diluted share, versus $265.8 million, or $0.97, in Q1 2024.
  • Operating revenues were $783.6 million, up 28% from $612.1 million.
  • 2025 diluted EPS guidance of $2.07 to $2.11 was affirmed, and long-term targets were also affirmed.
  • Quarterly dividend of $0.3255 per share is payable June 2, 2025 to shareholders of record on May 13, 2025.

The filing

CompanyEssential Utilities (WTRG)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMay 12, 2025, 10:53 AM ET
Accession number0001552781-25-000176

Items reported: 2.02 Results of Operations

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 1:12 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on May 12, 2025.

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