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Essential Utilities WTRG Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

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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:CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit.

The official record: Essential Utilities’s 10-K, filed February 26, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Essential Utilities's current income tax expense (benefit)?
Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported current income tax expense (benefit) of $1.66M in Q4 2025.
How has Essential Utilities's current income tax expense (benefit) changed year-over-year?
Essential Utilities's current income tax expense (benefit) increased by 11.9% year-over-year, from $1.48M to $1.66M.
What is the long-term trend for Essential Utilities's current income tax expense (benefit)?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Essential Utilities's current income tax expense (benefit) has grown at a 56.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -$1.1M to $6.62M.
What does current income tax expense (benefit) mean?
Total income taxes currently payable for the period.
How do you interpret current income tax expense (benefit)?
Provides insight into the company's immediate cash tax burden and the impact of current-year tax planning.
How does current income tax expense (benefit) compare across companies?
A fundamental metric for evaluating the cash tax impact on net income across all sectors.