Essential Utilities WTRG Retained Earnings
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Essential Utilities in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit.
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 retained earnings?
- Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported retained earnings of $2.31B in Q1 2026.
- How has Essential Utilities's retained earnings changed year-over-year?
- Essential Utilities's retained earnings increased by 7.8% year-over-year, from $2.14B to $2.31B.
- What is the long-term trend for Essential Utilities's retained earnings?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Essential Utilities's retained earnings has grown at a 12.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $1.26B to $2.28B.
- What does retained earnings mean?
- The total profits the company has kept and reinvested since it started.
- How do you interpret retained earnings?
- An increase signals profitable operations and growth, while a decrease may indicate net losses or high dividend payouts.
- How does retained earnings compare across companies?
- Standard metric for assessing long-term financial health and dividend sustainability.