What is Essential Utilities's payroll tax?

Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported payroll tax of $7.55M in Q1 2026.

How has Essential Utilities's payroll tax changed year-over-year?

Essential Utilities's payroll tax increased by 8.5% year-over-year, from $6.96M to $7.55M.

What does payroll tax mean?

The total employer-paid taxes related to employee compensation.

How do you interpret payroll tax?

Changes reflect fluctuations in total headcount, compensation levels, or changes in statutory tax rates.

How does payroll tax compare across companies?

Consistent across all labor-intensive industries, scaled by total payroll expense.

Essential Utilities WTRG Payroll Tax

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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 wtrg:PayrollTax.

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 payroll tax?: Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported payroll tax of $7.55M in Q1 2026.
How has Essential Utilities's payroll tax changed year-over-year?: Essential Utilities's payroll tax increased by 8.5% year-over-year, from $6.96M to $7.55M.
What does payroll tax mean?: The total employer-paid taxes related to employee compensation.
How do you interpret payroll tax?: Changes reflect fluctuations in total headcount, compensation levels, or changes in statutory tax rates.
How does payroll tax compare across companies?: Consistent across all labor-intensive industries, scaled by total payroll expense.