Essential Utilities WTRG Provision for Credit Losses
Provision for Credit Losses at other companies
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Essential Utilities in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:ProvisionForDoubtfulAccounts.
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 provision for credit losses?
- Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported provision for credit losses of $3.88M in Q1 2026.
- How has Essential Utilities's provision for credit losses changed year-over-year?
- Essential Utilities's provision for credit losses increased by 986.0% year-over-year, from $357K to $3.88M.
- What is the long-term trend for Essential Utilities's provision for credit losses?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Essential Utilities's provision for credit losses has grown at a -5.0% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $27.34M to $22.23M.
- What does provision for credit losses mean?
- The estimated cost of unpaid customer bills that the company expects will not be collected.
- How do you interpret provision for credit losses?
- An increase may signal deteriorating economic conditions for customers or challenges in the billing and collection process.
- How does provision for credit losses compare across companies?
- Standard operating expense for utility companies managing large customer billing portfolios.