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Essential Utilities Inc.

WTRG Utilities Utilities Regulated Water

Essential Utilities Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.5 billion, up 18.6% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+6.56%
EPS
+12.1%
Free cash flow
−1.23%
Total debt
+1.34%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

45.07 1.03 +2.34%
Market cap
$12.5B
P/E
22.6×
Fwd P/E
19.6×
Dividend yield
3.88%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
0.95
Beneish M
−2.29
Dividend safety
42/100
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Essential Utilities Inc. (WTRG) Current ratio

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Essential Utilities Inc.'s current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 September 2026 was 0.4×, down 0.4× from fiscal 2025 (0.8×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.4× (fiscal 2018) to 6.2× (fiscal 2019); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is below the Utilities Regulated Water industry median of 1.0× and below the Utilities sector median of 0.9×.

Current ratio, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 0.8× 60.16%
FY2024 0.5× (19.15%)
FY2023 0.6× (4.27%)
FY2022 0.6× (0.68%)
FY2021 0.6× 3.00%
FY2020 0.6× (89.89%)
FY2019 6.2× 1,588.78%
FY2018 0.4× (20.03%)
FY2017 0.5× 8.13%
FY2016 0.4× (35.79%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Current ratio Change
Sep 2026 0.4× (48.51%)
Jun 2026 0.8× (18.35%)
Mar 2026 1.0× 19.16%
Dec 2025 0.8× 34.07%
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.4× High 6.2×
Ten-year median 0.6×
Current reading's percentile 91

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
CWCO Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. compare 5.9×
HTO H2O America compare 1.9×
SBS Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp compare 1.5×
YORW The York Water Company compare 1.0×
AWR American States Water Company compare 1.0×
WTRG Essential Utilities Inc. 0.8×
CWT California Water Service Group compare 0.7×
MSEX Middlesex Water Company compare 0.5×
AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. compare 0.4×
Utilities Regulated Water industry median 1.0×
Utilities sector median 0.9×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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