Essential Utilities WTRG Shares (Basic)
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Essential Utilities in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic.
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 shares (basic)?
- Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported shares (basic) of 283.2M in Q1 2026.
- How has Essential Utilities's shares (basic) changed year-over-year?
- Essential Utilities's shares (basic) increased by 2.9% year-over-year, from 275.2M to 283.2M.
- What is the long-term trend for Essential Utilities's shares (basic)?
- Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Essential Utilities's shares (basic) has grown at a 2.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 1B to 1.1B.
- What does shares (basic) mean?
- The average number of shares held by investors during the period.
- How do you interpret shares (basic)?
- An increase suggests share issuance, while a decrease suggests share repurchases or buybacks.
- How does shares (basic) compare across companies?
- Standard accounting metric for all publicly traded companies.