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Essential Utilities WTRG Deferred Tax Assets

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$861.8M+10.0%
Operating income$310.6M-8.3%
Net income$224.4M-20.9%
EPS (diluted)$0.79-23.3%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$75.9M+265%
Total debt$8.4B+9.3%
Total equity$6.9B+6.7%
Total assets$19.8B+7.9%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$265.4M-11.4%
CapEx$137.7M+25.3%
Free cash flow$127.7M-32.6%

Valuation

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Market cap$10.41B+4.7%
Enterprise value$18.74B+6.3%
P/E18.7×+2.5×
P/S4.1×-0.3×

Profitability

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Operating margin35%-3.4pp
Net margin21.8%-5.3pp
FCF margin31.5%+1.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity8.3%-1.4pp
Debt / equity1.2×0.0×
Current ratio+0.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Essential Utilities in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilitiesNet.

The official record: Essential Utilities’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Essential Utilities's deferred tax assets?
Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported deferred tax assets of $2.22B in Q1 2026.
How has Essential Utilities's deferred tax assets changed year-over-year?
Essential Utilities's deferred tax assets increased by 12.9% year-over-year, from $1.97B to $2.22B.
What is the long-term trend for Essential Utilities's deferred tax assets?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Essential Utilities's deferred tax assets has grown at a 47.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $298.74M to $2.09B.
What does deferred tax assets mean?
Future tax savings resulting from accounting differences between financial statements and tax filings.
How do you interpret deferred tax assets?
An increase generally signals future tax savings, though it may also reflect temporary accounting timing differences rather than cash flow improvements.
How does deferred tax assets compare across companies?
Standard across all regulated utilities due to the nature of rate-regulated accounting and depreciation schedules.