Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) Common Equity (2009 - 2026)
Essential Utilities' Common Equity was $7.02 billion in Q2 2026, up 4.4% from $6.72 billion a year earlier and up 1.8% from the prior quarter.
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Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) Common Equity (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Common Equity at Essential Utilities came in at $6.86 billion, up 10.6% from FY2024.
- Common Equity has now increased for 16 consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 7.9% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Common Equity was $6.2 billion in FY2024 (+5.1%), $5.9 billion in FY2023 (+9.6%), $5.38 billion in FY2022 (+3.7%) and $5.18 billion in FY2021 (+10.7%).
- The Q2 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Common Equity in data going back to Q4 2009.
- Compared with a year earlier, Common Equity has increased for 61 straight quarters, with growth averaging 7.1% over the last eight quarters.
- Over the past five years, the year-over-year growth in Common Equity ranged from 3.7% (Q4 2022) to 10.8% (Q3 2023).
- Per Business Quant data, WTRG's Common Equity in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was $6.89 billion (Q1 2026), $6.86 billion (Q4 2025) and $6.82 billion (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 7.02 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 6.89 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 6.86 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 6.82 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 6.72 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 6.46 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.20 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 6.18 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 6.16 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 6.08 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 5.90 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 5.92 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 5.61 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 5.52 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.38 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 5.34 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 5.34 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 5.26 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 5.18 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 5.13 Bn |
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Essential Utilities, Inc. Common Equity API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=common-equity&ticker=WTRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "common-equity", "ticker": "WTRG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=common-equity&ticker=WTRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();