Essential Utilities WTRG Interest Expense
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Essential Utilities in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:InterestExpense.
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 interest expense?
- Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported interest expense of $87.31M in Q1 2026.
- How has Essential Utilities's interest expense changed year-over-year?
- Essential Utilities's interest expense increased by 6.4% year-over-year, from $82.07M to $87.31M.
- What is the long-term trend for Essential Utilities's interest expense?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Essential Utilities's interest expense has grown at a 12.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $207.71M to $329.08M.
- What does interest expense mean?
- The interest paid on the company's debt obligations.
- How do you interpret interest expense?
- An increase may signal higher debt levels or rising interest rates, which can impact net income and dividend sustainability.
- How does interest expense compare across companies?
- Standard for capital-intensive industries; highly sensitive to the company's credit rating and interest rate environment.