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Essential Utilities EPS WTRG

Diluted earnings per share by quarter and over the last twelve months, from 2009.

Last 12 months, to Jun 30, 2026
$1.96
Latest quarter, Q2 FY26
$0.37
−3% on a year earlier
Fiscal year 2025
$2.21
+2% on the year before

Essential Utilities' earnings per share was $1.96 over the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, down 16% on a year earlier.

In its latest quarter, Q2 FY26, it was $0.37, down 3% on the same quarter a year before.

Over the five fiscal years to FY2025 it grew 15% a year on average.

Earnings per share over time

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Fiscal year by fiscal year

Fiscal yearEPSChange
FY2025$2.21+2%
FY2024$2.17+17%
FY2023$1.86+5%
FY2022$1.77+6%
FY2021$1.67+49%
FY2020$1.12+12%
FY2019$1.00−7%
FY2018$1.08−20%
FY2017$1.35+3%
FY2016$1.31+16%
FY2015$1.13−14%
FY2014$1.31+6%
FY2013$1.24+10%
FY2012$1.13+37%
FY2011$0.82+13%

Each fiscal year is the twelve months to its fourth quarter.

Quarter by quarter

QuarterEndedEPSOn a year earlierLast 12 months
Q2 FY26$0.37−3%$1.96
Q1 FY26$0.79−23%$1.97
Q4 FY25$0.47−30%$2.21
Q3 FY25$0.33+32%$2.41
Q2 FY25$0.38+36%$2.33
Q1 FY25$1.03+6%$2.23
Q4 FY24$0.67+34%$2.17
Q3 FY24$0.25−17%$2.00
Q2 FY24$0.28−18%$2.05
Q1 FY24$0.97+35%$2.11
Q4 FY23$0.50+14%$1.86
Q3 FY23$0.30+15%$1.80

Against its peers

Companies in Regulated Water nearest Essential Utilities' size, closest first, today.

CompanyEPS, 12 monthsGrowth
WTRGEssential Utilities$1.96−16% a year
AWKAmerican Water Works$5.77+4% a year
AWRAmerican States Water$3.65+12% a year
CWTCalifornia Water Service$2.22−3% a year
HTOH2O America$2.83−7% a year
Peer median$3.24

Where Essential Utilities ranks

What the EPS figure tells you

Net income divided by diluted shares. The denominator of PE.

One-off charges and gains swing it. The TTM view smooths a single odd quarter.

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