Essential Utilities WTRG Dividend yield
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Essential Utilities’s reported figures.
Based on trailing twelve months.
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 dividend yield?
- Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported dividend yield of 3.3% in Q1 2026.
- How has Essential Utilities's dividend yield changed year-over-year?
- Essential Utilities's dividend yield increased by 3.5% year-over-year, from 3.2% to 3.3%.
- What is the long-term trend for Essential Utilities's dividend yield?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Essential Utilities's dividend yield has grown at a 12.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1.9% to 3.4%.
- What does dividend yield mean?
- The annual dividend cash return as a percentage of the share price.
- How do you interpret dividend yield?
- Higher income, but not automatically better — an unusually high yield can signal a price decline or a payout at risk of being cut. Read alongside the payout ratio and free cash flow.
- How does dividend yield compare across companies?
- Comparable among dividend payers; zero for companies that don't pay a dividend, which is a choice, not a weakness.