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Essential Utilities WTRG Regulatory assets

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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 ratio+0.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Essential Utilities in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:RegulatoryAssetsCurrent.

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 regulatory assets?
Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported regulatory assets of $19.75M in Q1 2026.
How has Essential Utilities's regulatory assets changed year-over-year?
Essential Utilities's regulatory assets increased by 13.2% year-over-year, from $17.45M to $19.75M.
What is the long-term trend for Essential Utilities's regulatory assets?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Essential Utilities's regulatory assets has grown at a 31.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $5.09M to $19.78M.
What does regulatory assets mean?
Costs that regulators have allowed the company to recover from customers in future periods.
How do you interpret regulatory assets?
An increase indicates the company has incurred recoverable costs that will support future earnings.
How does regulatory assets compare across companies?
Unique to regulated utilities; critical for assessing the regulatory environment and future cash flow recovery.