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Essential Utilities (WTRG) FY2010 results: revenue $660 million, up 4.2% on the year

Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) reported revenue of $660 million for fiscal 2010, the year ended 31 December 2010, up 4.2% on the year before. Net income was $124 million, up 18.8%, and diluted earnings per share $0.72. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 25 February 2011.

Revenue
$660 million
+4.2% on the year
FY2007FY2010
Operating margin
39.0%
36.0% a year earlier
FY2007FY2010
Net income
$124 million
+18.8% on the year
FY2007FY2010
Diluted EPS
$0.72
+16.9% on the year
FY2007FY2010

this yearthe year beforeHover a bar for its figure.

The year in brief

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ millionFY2010FY2009FY2008On the yearLast 8 years
Revenue660633627+4.2%
Operating income257228226+12.7%
Operating margin39.0%36.0%36.0%
Interest expense73.466.368.6+10.6%
Pre-tax income194165163+17.8%
Income tax74.964.964.6+15.5%
Effective tax rate38.6%39.3%39.7%
Net income12410497.9+18.8%
Net margin18.8%16.5%15.6%
Diluted EPS$0.72$0.62$0.58+16.9%
$ million except per share.
Read moreFree cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ millionFY2010FY2009FY2008On the yearLast 8 years
Operating cash flow263258222+2.0%
Capital expenditure308273267+12.8%
Free cash flow-45.0-15.3-45.9
Free cash flow margin-6.8%-2.4%-7.3%
Cash from investing-384-320-239
Cash from financing10469.017.7+51.3%
Depreciation and amortisation11211194.3+0.5%
Share-based compensation3.93.53.9+10.5%
Buybacks0.80.30.4+153.3%
Dividends paid80.974.768.5+8.3%
Dividend per share$0.47$0.44$0.41+7.3%
Diluted shares, weighted172m170m168m+0.9%
Shares outstanding at period end172m171m169m+0.9%

Balance sheet

$ millionFY2010FY2009FY2008On the yearLast 8 years
Shareholders' equity1,1741,1091,058+5.9%
Non-controlling interest0.60.62.2+2.1%
Debt1,6099901,218+62.6%
Other liabilities1,2891,651n/a-21.9%
Total liabilities and equity4,0723,750n/a+8.6%
Fixed assets3,2503,0332,816+7.1%
Goodwill27.930.9n/a-9.5%
Cash and equivalents5.921.914.9-72.9%
Receivables78.278.7n/a-0.7%
Inventory9.99.5n/a+4.1%
Other assets701576655+21.7%
Total assets4,0723,7503,486+8.6%

10-K for the year ended 31 December 2010, filed 25 February 2011: the filing.