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Essential Utilities WTRG Utilities Operating Expense Gas And Petroleum Purchased

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Segments

By segment

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Natural Gas$233.3M+31.8%
Other And Eliminations$3.2M

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:UtilitiesOperatingExpenseGasAndPetroleumPurchased.

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 utilities operating expense gas and petroleum purchased?
Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported utilities operating expense gas and petroleum purchased of $238.62M in Q1 2026.
How has Essential Utilities's utilities operating expense gas and petroleum purchased changed year-over-year?
Essential Utilities's utilities operating expense gas and petroleum purchased increased by 29.2% year-over-year, from $184.64M to $238.62M.
What is the long-term trend for Essential Utilities's utilities operating expense gas and petroleum purchased?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Essential Utilities's utilities operating expense gas and petroleum purchased has grown at a 4.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $340.26M to $403.82M.
What does utilities operating expense gas and petroleum purchased mean?
The cost of buying the gas and fuel that the company sells to its customers.
How do you interpret utilities operating expense gas and petroleum purchased?
Increases reflect higher commodity market prices, whereas decreases reflect lower market prices or reduced volume requirements.
How does utilities operating expense gas and petroleum purchased compare across companies?
Standard for gas distribution utilities; often evaluated based on the company's ability to hedge or manage commodity price risk.