Essential Utilities, Inc.

DB:A2A Stock Report

Market Cap: €9.6b

Essential Utilities Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 3/6

Essential Utilities has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 17.4%, while the Water Utilities industry saw earnings declining at 13.7% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 14.7% per year. Essential Utilities's return on equity is 8.8%, and it has net margins of 27.8%.

Key information

17.4%

Earnings growth rate

14.2%

EPS growth rate

Water Utilities Industry Growth4.8%
Revenue growth rate14.7%
Return on equity8.8%
Net Margin27.8%
Next Earnings Update26 Feb 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Essential Utilities makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

DB:A2A Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
30 Sep 241,961546-20
30 Jun 241,937557-30
31 Mar 241,939573-30
31 Dec 232,054498-40
30 Sep 232,280478-20
30 Jun 232,303466-40
31 Mar 232,315457-60
31 Dec 222,288465-80
30 Sep 222,118467-100
30 Jun 222,046449-90
31 Mar 221,994447-90
31 Dec 211,878432-80
30 Sep 211,816418-60
30 Jun 211,803423-40
31 Mar 211,791417-20
31 Dec 201,46328510
30 Sep 201,21524620
30 Jun 201,11027940
31 Mar 2094425950
31 Dec 1989022560
30 Sep 19869157110
30 Jun 19852146100
31 Mar 1984515890
31 Dec 1883819280
30 Sep 1883624910
30 Jun 1882524710
31 Mar 18816242-10
31 Dec 1781024050
30 Sep 1780323600
30 Jun 1781523300
31 Mar 1781523210
31 Dec 1682023400
30 Sep 1682021300
30 Jun 1681520700
31 Mar 1681620500
31 Dec 1581420200
30 Sep 1580922200
30 Jun 1579822300
31 Mar 1578822000
31 Dec 1478021400
30 Sep 1477621100
30 Jun 1476720600
31 Mar 1476620400

Quality Earnings: A2A has a large one-off gain of $93.0M impacting its last 12 months of financial results to 30th September, 2024.

Growing Profit Margin: A2A's current net profit margins (27.8%) are higher than last year (21%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: A2A's earnings have grown by 17.4% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: A2A's earnings growth over the past year (14.3%) is below its 5-year average (17.4% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: A2A earnings growth over the past year (14.3%) exceeded the Water Utilities industry -14.3%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: A2A's Return on Equity (8.8%) is considered low.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/03 09:03
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Company Financials10 years
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  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
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  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Essential Utilities, Inc. is covered by 26 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jacob KilsteinArgus Research Company
Davis SunderlandBaird
Benjamin KalloBaird