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Essential Utilities WTRG Deferred Tax Liabilities Utility Plant Principally Due To Depreciation And Differences In Basis Of Fixed Assets Due To Variation In Tax And Book Accounting

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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 wtrg:DeferredTaxLiabilitiesUtilityPlantPrincipallyDueToDepreciationAndDifferencesInBasisOfFixedAssetsDueToVariationInTaxAndBookAccounting.

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 deferred tax liabilities utility plant principally due to depreciation and differences in basis of fixed assets due to variation in tax and book accounting?
Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported deferred tax liabilities utility plant principally due to depreciation and differences in basis of fixed assets due to variation in tax and book accounting of $2.02B in Q4 2025.
How has Essential Utilities's deferred tax liabilities utility plant principally due to depreciation and differences in basis of fixed assets due to variation in tax and book accounting changed year-over-year?
Essential Utilities's deferred tax liabilities utility plant principally due to depreciation and differences in basis of fixed assets due to variation in tax and book accounting increased by 11.0% year-over-year, from $1.82B to $2.02B.
What is the long-term trend for Essential Utilities's deferred tax liabilities utility plant principally due to depreciation and differences in basis of fixed assets due to variation in tax and book accounting?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Essential Utilities's deferred tax liabilities utility plant principally due to depreciation and differences in basis of fixed assets due to variation in tax and book accounting has grown at a 9.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.3B to $2.02B.
What does deferred tax liabilities utility plant principally due to depreciation and differences in basis of fixed assets due to variation in tax and book accounting mean?
Tax obligations resulting from faster depreciation of utility infrastructure for tax purposes compared to financial reporting.
How do you interpret deferred tax liabilities utility plant principally due to depreciation and differences in basis of fixed assets due to variation in tax and book accounting?
An increase is typical for growing utilities investing in new infrastructure, reflecting deferred tax payments that support current cash flow.
How does deferred tax liabilities utility plant principally due to depreciation and differences in basis of fixed assets due to variation in tax and book accounting compare across companies?
Highly comparable across all regulated utility companies as it is driven by capital expenditure cycles and tax law.