What does payments to acquire notes receivable mean?

Cash spent to acquire debt instruments or provide loans to other entities.

How do you interpret payments to acquire notes receivable?

An increase represents a use of cash for investment purposes, potentially generating interest income.

How does payments to acquire notes receivable compare across companies?

Found in the investing activities section of the cash flow statement for companies with active treasury or lending operations.

Essential Utilities WTRG Payments to Acquire Notes Receivable

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '25

Payments to Acquire Notes Receivable at other companies

RevvityRVTY

$1.06M—

American Financial GroupAFG

$15M-75.4%

Ally FinancialALLY

$705M-13.9%

PEA

PEAKPEAK

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Equitable HoldingsEQH

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American Healthcare REITAHR

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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 ratio1×+0.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Essential Utilities in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireNotesReceivable.

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 payments to acquire notes receivable?: Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported payments to acquire notes receivable of $2.78M in Q4 2025.
What does payments to acquire notes receivable mean?: Cash spent to acquire debt instruments or provide loans to other entities.
How do you interpret payments to acquire notes receivable?: An increase represents a use of cash for investment purposes, potentially generating interest income.
How does payments to acquire notes receivable compare across companies?: Found in the investing activities section of the cash flow statement for companies with active treasury or lending operations.