Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Change in Accured Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported Change in Accured Expenses of -$80.2 million for Q1 2026, down 67.35% year-over-year from -$245.7 million in Q1 2025, and down 281.62% on a QoQ basis from $44.2 million in Q4 2025.

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has 18 years of Change in Accured Expenses data on file, last reported at -$80.2 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Change in Accured Expenses fell 67.35% year-over-year to -$80.2 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was -$18.0 million (down 549.46% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $14.3 million, down 46.97% from the prior year.
  • Change in Accured Expenses retreated to -$80.2 million in Q1 2026 per WTRG's latest filing, from $44.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Accured Expenses topped out at $85.5 million in Q3 2023 and bottomed at -$80.2 million in Q1 2026.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Accured Expenses is -$6.0 million (2024), against an average of $13529.4.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Change in Accured Expenses sank 2960.25%; it then soared 421.51% in 2025.
  • Tracing WTRG's Change in Accured Expenses over 5 years: stood at -$12.1 million in 2022, then rose by 23.1% to -$9.3 million in 2023, then slumped by 47.85% to -$13.7 million in 2024, then soared by 421.51% to $44.2 million in 2025, then plunged by 281.62% to -$80.2 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest WTRG Change in Accured Expenses figures stand at -$80.2 million (Q1 2026), $44.2 million (Q4 2025), and $14.2 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Accured Expenses (Qtr)
1 American Water Works Company 24.16 Bn 24.02 Bn 714.00 Mn -164.00 Mn
2 Aris Mining 20.33 Bn 19.86 Bn 233.28 Mn -
3 Essential Utilities 10.48 Bn 10.40 Bn 685.96 Mn -80.23 Mn
4 American States Water 2.94 Bn 2.93 Bn 104.19 Mn -6.10 Mn
5 California Water Service 2.58 Bn 2.48 Bn 183.34 Mn 12.63 Mn
6 H2O America 2.18 Bn 2.03 Bn 171.30 Mn -1.39 Mn
7 Middlesex Water 959.61 Mn 957.57 Mn 25.70 Mn -20,000.00
8 Consolidated Water 465.28 Mn 344.14 Mn 10.92 Mn 291,732.00
9 York Water 430.12 Mn 430.12 Mn 13.98 Mn 2.50 Mn
10 Artesian Resources 332.86 Mn 328.60 Mn 26.56 Mn 450,000.00

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -80.23 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 -80.23 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 44.18 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 44.18 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 14.19 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 14.19 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 3.88 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 3.88 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -47.95 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 -47.95 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -13.74 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -13.74 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 64.95 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 64.95 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -6.03 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -6.03 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -18.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 -18.21 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -9.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -9.29 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 85.47 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 85.47 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -32.38 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -32.38 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -58.36 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 -58.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -12.08 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -12.08 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 70.07 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 70.07 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 1.13 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 1.13 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -5.35 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 -5.35 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -10.99 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 -10.99 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 94.77 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 94.77 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -24.83 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -24.83 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -53.76 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 -53.76 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -14.25 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -14.25 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 51.45 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 51.45 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 -31.49 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 -31.49 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 -7.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 -7.53 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -8.22 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -8.22 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 13.98 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 13.98 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 2.74 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 2.74 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 -3.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 -3.40 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -3.76 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 -3.76 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 10.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 10.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 -5.17 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 -5.17 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 -996,000.00
Mar 31, 2018 -996,000.00
Dec 31, 2017 -4.47 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -4.47 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 14.67 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 14.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 -6.45 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 -6.45 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 -4.52 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 -4.52 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 5.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 5.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 2.45 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 2.45 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 -7.58 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 -7.58 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 4.88 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 4.88 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 -19.92 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 -19.92 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 14.13 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 14.13 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 -9.14 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 -9.14 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 11.46 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 11.46 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -15.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -15.77 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 11.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 11.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 -8.53 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 -8.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 13.27 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 13.27 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 -15.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 -15.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 12.61 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 12.61 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 -11.36 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 -11.36 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 514,000.00
Mar 31, 2013 514,000.00
Dec 31, 2012 -13.08 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -13.08 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 21.68 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 21.68 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 -6.97 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 -6.97 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 11.19 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 11.19 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 -76,000.00
Dec 31, 2011 -76,000.00
Sep 30, 2011 -785,000.00
Sep 30, 2011 -785,000.00
Jun 30, 2011 4.17 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 4.17 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 -2.89 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 -2.89 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 -1.69 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 -1.69 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 -10.04 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 -10.04 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 -17.57 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 -17.57 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 10.89 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 10.89 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 3.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 3.29 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 2.78 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 2.78 Mn