Essential Operating Income from 2010 to 2026

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Essential Utilities' Operating Income is increasing over the last several years with slightly volatile swings. Operating Income is estimated to finish at about 914.9 M this year. Operating Income is earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), representing the amount of profit Essential Utilities generates from its operations. View All Fundamentals

Operating Income

First Reported

1985-09-30

Previous Quarter

185.3 M

Current Value

169.8 M

Quarterly Volatility

53.6 M

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Check Essential Utilities financial statements over time to gain insight into future company performance. You can evaluate financial statements to find patterns among Essential Utilities' main balance sheet or income statement drivers, such as Depreciation And Amortization of 446.2 M, Total Revenue of 2.5 B or Gross Profit of 1.5 B, as well as many indicators such as Price To Sales Ratio of 3.57, Dividend Yield of 0.0563 or PTB Ratio of 3.01. Essential financial statements analysis is a perfect complement when working with Essential Utilities Valuation or Volatility modules.

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The Operating Income trend for Essential Utilities offers valuable insights into the company's financial trajectory and strategic direction. By examining multi-year patterns, investors can identify whether Essential Utilities is strengthening or weakening its position, and how this metric correlates with broader market conditions and industry benchmarks.

Latest Essential Utilities' Operating Income Growth Pattern

Below is the plot of the Operating Income of Essential Utilities over the last few years. Operating Income is the amount of profit realized from Essential Utilities operations after accounting for operating expenses such as cost of goods sold (COGS), wages and depreciation. Operating income takes the gross income and subtracts other operating expenses and then removes depreciation. Operating Income of Essential Utilities is typically a synonym for earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) and is also commonly referred to as operating profit or recurring profit. It is earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), representing the amount of profit a company generates from its operations. Essential Utilities' Operating Income historical data analysis aims to capture in quantitative terms the overall pattern of either growth or decline in Essential Utilities' overall financial position and show how it may be relating to other accounts over time.

Operating Income

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Essential Operating Income Regression Statistics

	Arithmetic Mean	463,725,312
	Geometric Mean	403,468,943
	Coefficient Of Variation	51.29
	Mean Deviation	202,060,169
	Median	333,920,000
	Standard Deviation	237,851,828
	Sample Variance	56573.5T
	Range	832.2M
	R-Value	0.93
	Mean Square Error	8429.4T
	R-Squared	0.86
	Slope	43,688,256
	Total Sum of Squares	905175.9T

Essential Operating Income History

	2026	914.9 M
	2025	871.3 M
	2024	757.7 M
	2023	692.1 M
	2022	661.2 M
	2021	602.7 M
	2020	434.7 M

Other Fundumenentals of Essential Utilities

Non Operating Income Net Other

Essential Utilities Operating Income component correlations

	Total Assets	Total Stockholder Equity	Net Debt	Retained Earnings	Accounts Payable	Net Receivables	Total Liab	Total Current Assets	Short Term Debt	Common Stock	Current Deferred Revenue	Good Will	Short Term Investments	Net Tangible Assets	Long Term Debt	Long Term Debt Total	Capital Surpluse	Deferred Long Term Liab	Treasury Stock	Accumulated Depreciation	Property Plant Equipment	Short Long Term Debt	Net Invested Capital	Net Working Capital	Capital Stock	Intangible Assets
Total Assets		1.0	0.98	0.96	0.98	0.96	1.0	0.35	0.85	0.94	-0.8	0.94	0.62	0.25	0.98	0.98	0.96	0.49	-0.72	-0.94	0.88	0.83	0.84	-0.25	0.95	-0.89
Total Stockholder Equity	1.0		0.96	0.95	0.97	0.95	0.99	0.43	0.83	0.93	-0.79	0.94	0.61	0.3	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.5	-0.72	-0.94	0.89	0.82	0.85	-0.17	0.96	-0.88
Net Debt	0.98	0.96		0.92	0.99	0.97	0.99	0.17	0.86	0.88	-0.8	0.97	0.66	0.22	0.98	0.98	0.93	0.49	-0.64	-0.91	0.88	0.83	0.83	-0.44	0.94	-0.91
Retained Earnings	0.96	0.95	0.92		0.92	0.88	0.96	0.34	0.83	0.96	-0.79	0.83	0.51	0.1	0.91	0.89	0.87	0.4	-0.79	-0.89	0.8	0.81	0.79	-0.21	0.87	-0.85
Accounts Payable	0.98	0.97	0.99	0.92		0.97	0.99	0.26	0.88	0.89	-0.78	0.96	0.68	0.28	0.99	0.98	0.95	0.47	-0.62	-0.91	0.87	0.83	0.83	-0.36	0.95	-0.92
Net Receivables	0.96	0.95	0.97	0.88	0.97		0.96	0.26	0.88	0.88	-0.65	0.96	0.63	0.23	0.96	0.97	0.94	0.49	-0.65	-0.91	0.88	0.87	0.76	-0.36	0.93	-0.85
Total Liab	1.0	0.99	0.99	0.96	0.99	0.96		0.31	0.86	0.94	-0.8	0.95	0.62	0.23	0.98	0.97	0.95	0.48	-0.71	-0.93	0.88	0.83	0.84	-0.3	0.95	-0.89
Total Current Assets	0.35	0.43	0.17	0.34	0.26	0.26	0.31		0.25	0.4	-0.14	0.19	-0.01	0.38	0.29	0.31	0.46	0.11	-0.35	-0.37	0.29	0.3	0.3	0.8	0.39	-0.2
Short Term Debt	0.85	0.83	0.86	0.83	0.88	0.88	0.86	0.25		0.8	-0.54	0.78	0.5	0.14	0.84	0.83	0.78	0.28	-0.54	-0.8	0.74	0.88	0.64	-0.34	0.79	-0.82
Common Stock	0.94	0.93	0.88	0.96	0.89	0.88	0.94	0.4	0.8		-0.68	0.81	0.58	0.17	0.86	0.86	0.86	0.45	-0.79	-0.87	0.79	0.75	0.73	-0.14	0.84	-0.75
Current Deferred Revenue	-0.8	-0.79	-0.8	-0.79	-0.78	-0.65	-0.8	-0.14	-0.54	-0.68		-0.74	-0.51	-0.18	-0.81	-0.77	-0.74	-0.29	0.48	0.71	-0.68	-0.54	-0.88	0.3	-0.78	0.85
Good Will	0.94	0.94	0.97	0.83	0.96	0.96	0.95	0.19	0.78	0.81	-0.74		0.69	0.32	0.97	0.98	0.96	0.58	-0.61	-0.91	0.9	0.79	0.81	-0.39	0.95	-0.85
Short Term Investments	0.62	0.61	0.66	0.51	0.68	0.63	0.62	-0.01	0.5	0.58	-0.51	0.69		0.53	0.64	0.64	0.62	0.44	-0.23	-0.53	0.56	0.41	0.53	-0.41	0.62	-0.59
Net Tangible Assets	0.25	0.3	0.22	0.1	0.28	0.23	0.23	0.38	0.14	0.17	-0.18	0.32	0.53		0.29	0.3	0.39	0.63	0.13	-0.21	0.28	0.1	0.18	0.18	0.37	-0.27
Long Term Debt	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.91	0.99	0.96	0.98	0.29	0.84	0.86	-0.81	0.97	0.64	0.29		0.99	0.97	0.49	-0.64	-0.93	0.89	0.83	0.86	-0.31	0.97	-0.91
Long Term Debt Total	0.98	0.98	0.98	0.89	0.98	0.97	0.97	0.31	0.83	0.86	-0.77	0.98	0.64	0.3	0.99		0.98	0.53	-0.66	-0.94	0.91	0.84	0.84	-0.3	0.97	-0.89
Capital Surpluse	0.96	0.98	0.93	0.87	0.95	0.94	0.95	0.46	0.78	0.86	-0.74	0.96	0.62	0.39	0.97	0.98		0.55	-0.67	-0.94	0.9	0.81	0.83	-0.13	0.97	-0.85
Deferred Long Term Liab	0.49	0.5	0.49	0.4	0.47	0.49	0.48	0.11	0.28	0.45	-0.29	0.58	0.44	0.63	0.49	0.53	0.55		-0.42	-0.53	0.55	0.36	0.25	-0.16	0.5	-0.36
Treasury Stock	-0.72	-0.72	-0.64	-0.79	-0.62	-0.65	-0.71	-0.35	-0.54	-0.79	0.48	-0.61	-0.23	0.13	-0.64	-0.66	-0.67	-0.42		0.83	-0.71	-0.71	-0.53	0.0	-0.62	0.5
Accumulated Depreciation	-0.94	-0.94	-0.91	-0.89	-0.91	-0.91	-0.93	-0.37	-0.8	-0.87	0.71	-0.91	-0.53	-0.21	-0.93	-0.94	-0.94	-0.53	0.83		-0.93	-0.88	-0.78	0.19	-0.91	0.84
Property Plant Equipment	0.88	0.89	0.88	0.8	0.87	0.88	0.88	0.29	0.74	0.79	-0.68	0.9	0.56	0.28	0.89	0.91	0.9	0.55	-0.71	-0.93		0.89	0.86	-0.26	0.94	-0.83
Short Long Term Debt	0.83	0.82	0.83	0.81	0.83	0.87	0.83	0.3	0.88	0.75	-0.54	0.79	0.41	0.1	0.83	0.84	0.81	0.36	-0.71	-0.88	0.89		0.72	-0.25	0.85	-0.82
Net Invested Capital	0.84	0.85	0.83	0.79	0.83	0.76	0.84	0.3	0.64	0.73	-0.88	0.81	0.53	0.18	0.86	0.84	0.83	0.25	-0.53	-0.78	0.86	0.72		-0.2	0.91	-0.85
Net Working Capital	-0.25	-0.17	-0.44	-0.21	-0.36	-0.36	-0.3	0.8	-0.34	-0.14	0.3	-0.39	-0.41	0.18	-0.31	-0.3	-0.13	-0.16	0.0	0.19	-0.26	-0.25	-0.2		-0.2	0.39
Capital Stock	0.95	0.96	0.94	0.87	0.95	0.93	0.95	0.39	0.79	0.84	-0.78	0.95	0.62	0.37	0.97	0.97	0.97	0.5	-0.62	-0.91	0.94	0.85	0.91	-0.2		-0.91
Intangible Assets	-0.89	-0.88	-0.91	-0.85	-0.92	-0.85	-0.89	-0.2	-0.82	-0.75	0.85	-0.85	-0.59	-0.27	-0.91	-0.89	-0.85	-0.36	0.5	0.84	-0.83	-0.82	-0.85	0.39	-0.91

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About Essential Utilities Financial Statements

Essential Utilities stakeholders use historical fundamental indicators, such as Essential Utilities' Operating Income, to determine how well the company is positioned to perform in the future. Although Essential Utilities investors may analyze each financial statement separately, they are all interrelated. For example, changes in Essential Utilities' assets and liabilities are reflected in the revenues and expenses on Essential Utilities' income statement, which ultimately affect the company's gains or losses. Understanding these patterns can help in making the right long-term investment decisions in Essential Utilities. Please read more on our technical analysis and fundamental analysis pages.

	Last Reported	Projected for Next Year
Operating Income	871.3 M	914.9 M
Non Operating Income Net Other	32 M	33.6 M

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Quarterly Earnings Growth

0.307

Dividend Share

1.319

Earnings Share

2.4

Revenue Per Share

8.563

Quarterly Revenue Growth

0.096

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Essential Operating Income from 2010 to 2026

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