Essential Utilities WTRG Net debt
Discontinued — last reported Q1 '26
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Where this comes from
Calculated from Essential Utilities’s reported figures.
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 net debt?
- Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported net debt of $8.33B in Q1 2026.
- How has Essential Utilities's net debt changed year-over-year?
- Essential Utilities's net debt increased by 8.6% year-over-year, from $7.67B to $8.33B.
- What is the long-term trend for Essential Utilities's net debt?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Essential Utilities's net debt has grown at a 7.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $5.65B to $8.13B.
- What does net debt mean?
- Debt left over after using all the company's cash to pay it down.
- How do you interpret net debt?
- A negative value means net cash — more cash than debt, a position of strength. The numerator of net-debt/EBITDA, the most common leverage yardstick.
- How does net debt compare across companies?
- Most informative as net-debt/EBITDA; cash-rich balance sheets can show large total debt yet little or negative net debt.