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Essential Utilities WTRG Natural Gas — Utilities Operating Expense Maintenance And Operations

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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 ratio1×+0.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Essential Utilities in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:UtilitiesOperatingExpenseMaintenanceAndOperations.

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 natural gas — utilities operating expense maintenance and operations?
Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported natural gas — utilities operating expense maintenance and operations of 5,623,300,000% in Q1 2026.
How has Essential Utilities's natural gas — utilities operating expense maintenance and operations changed year-over-year?
Essential Utilities's natural gas — utilities operating expense maintenance and operations increased by 1.0% year-over-year, from 5,567,500,000% to 5,623,300,000%.
What is the long-term trend for Essential Utilities's natural gas — utilities operating expense maintenance and operations?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Essential Utilities's natural gas — utilities operating expense maintenance and operations has grown at a 0.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 22,619,400,000% to 22,765,600,000%.
What does natural gas — utilities operating expense maintenance and operations mean?
Operating and maintenance costs required to run the natural gas distribution network.
How do you interpret natural gas — utilities operating expense maintenance and operations?
Lower expenses relative to revenue suggest improved operational efficiency, while rising costs may indicate aging infrastructure or inflationary pressures.
How does natural gas — utilities operating expense maintenance and operations compare across companies?
Standard O&M expense metric; peers focus on keeping these costs low to support regulatory rate recovery.