Essential Utilities WTRG Share Buybacks
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Essential Utilities in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock.
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 share buybacks?
- Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported share buybacks of $2.93M in Q1 2026.
- How has Essential Utilities's share buybacks changed year-over-year?
- Essential Utilities's share buybacks increased by 30.9% year-over-year, from $2.23M to $2.93M.
- What is the long-term trend for Essential Utilities's share buybacks?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Essential Utilities's share buybacks has grown at a -8.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $3.29M to $2.28M.
- What does share buybacks mean?
- Cash spent by the company to buy back its own shares.
- How do you interpret share buybacks?
- Higher values indicate a return of capital to shareholders, often signaling management's confidence in the company's valuation.
- How does share buybacks compare across companies?
- Regulated utilities often prioritize dividends over share repurchases, making buybacks less frequent than in other sectors.