Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Change in Cash (2009 - 2026)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported Change in Cash of $41.1 million for Q1 2026, up 253.87% year-over-year from $11.6 million in Q1 2025, and up 44.98% on a QoQ basis from $28.4 million in Q4 2025.

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has 18 years of Change in Cash data on file, last reported at $41.1 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Change in Cash rose 253.87% year-over-year to $41.1 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $55.1 million (up 482.51% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $25.6 million, up 463.86% from the prior year.
  • Change in Cash rose to $41.1 million in Q1 2026 per WTRG's latest filing, from $28.4 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Change in Cash topped out at $47.7 million in Q1 2022 and bottomed at -$45.3 million in Q2 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Change in Cash is $720000.0 (2024), against an average of $3.8 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Change in Cash plunged 1540.19%; it then surged 3841.81% in 2025.
  • Tracing WTRG's Change in Cash over 5 years: stood at -$12.0 million in 2022, then jumped by 67.47% to -$3.9 million in 2023, then jumped by 118.49% to $720000.0 in 2024, then surged by 3841.81% to $28.4 million in 2025, then soared by 44.98% to $41.1 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest WTRG Change in Cash figures stand at $41.1 million (Q1 2026), $28.4 million (Q4 2025), and -$18.7 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Change in Cash (Qtr)
1 American Water Works Company 24.16 Bn 24.02 Bn 714.00 Mn 32.00 Mn
2 Aris Mining 20.33 Bn 19.86 Bn 233.28 Mn 80.21 Mn
3 Essential Utilities 10.48 Bn 10.40 Bn 685.96 Mn 41.15 Mn
4 American States Water 2.94 Bn 2.93 Bn 104.19 Mn -7.25 Mn
5 California Water Service 2.58 Bn 2.48 Bn 183.34 Mn 6.37 Mn
6 H2O America 2.18 Bn 2.03 Bn 171.30 Mn 132.32 Mn
7 Middlesex Water 959.61 Mn 957.57 Mn 25.70 Mn -760,000.00
8 Consolidated Water 465.28 Mn 344.14 Mn 10.92 Mn 2.55 Mn
9 York Water 430.12 Mn 430.12 Mn 13.98 Mn -
10 Artesian Resources 332.86 Mn 328.60 Mn 26.56 Mn 4.20 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 41.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 28.38 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 -18.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 4.29 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 11.63 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 720,000.00
Sep 30, 2024 -10.38 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 -16.38 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 30.59 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -3.89 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 -3.14 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -8.51 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 8.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -11.97 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 10.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 -45.32 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 47.73 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 831,000.00
Sep 30, 2021 1.33 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 -9.64 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 13.22 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -3.67 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 1.27 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 -24.62 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 -1.84 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 -3.89 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 56.49 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 1.97 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 426,000.00
Dec 31, 2018 1.86 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 -48.68 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 49.75 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 -1.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 65,000.00
Sep 30, 2017 -3.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 3.39 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 662,000.00
Dec 31, 2016 51,000.00
Sep 30, 2016 -1.21 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 942,000.00
Mar 31, 2016 752,000.00
Dec 31, 2015 -842,000.00
Sep 30, 2015 -544,000.00
Jun 30, 2015 -4.66 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 5.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 -705,000.00
Sep 30, 2014 985,000.00
Jun 30, 2014 -13.65 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 12.45 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 -1.34 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 2.12 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 -15.08 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 13.83 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 -601,000.00
Sep 30, 2012 1.08 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 -156,000.00
Mar 31, 2012 -3.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 216,000.00
Sep 30, 2011 1.07 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 -342,000.00
Mar 31, 2011 1.33 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 -7.62 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 442,000.00
Jun 30, 2010 -1.67 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 -7.08 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 3.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 4.19 Mn