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Essential Utilities (WTRG) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported Debt Ratio of 0.42 for Q1 2026, up 0.75% year-over-year from 0.42 in Q1 2025, and up 1.51% on a QoQ basis from 0.42 in Q4 2025.

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.42 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 0.75% year-over-year to 0.42 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.42 (up 0.75% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.42, changed 0.27% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio grew to 0.42 in Q1 2026 per WTRG's latest filing, from 0.42 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Debt Ratio topped out at 0.42 in Q1 2026 and bottomed at 0.4 in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Debt Ratio is 0.42 (2024), against an average of 0.42.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Debt Ratio climbed 4.83%; it then declined 3.91% in 2024.
  • Tracing WTRG's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.42 in 2022, then retreated by 1.44% to 0.41 in 2023, then rose by 1.14% to 0.42 in 2024, then rose by 0.27% to 0.42 in 2025, then increased by 1.51% to 0.42 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest WTRG Debt Ratio figures stand at 0.42 (Q1 2026), 0.42 (Q4 2025), and 0.41 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 American Water Works Company 24.16 Bn 24.02 Bn 714.00 Mn 0.40
2 Aris Mining 20.33 Bn 19.86 Bn 233.28 Mn 0.20
3 Essential Utilities 10.48 Bn 10.40 Bn 685.96 Mn 0.42
4 American States Water 2.94 Bn 2.93 Bn 104.19 Mn 0.05
5 California Water Service 2.58 Bn 2.48 Bn 183.34 Mn 0.25
6 H2O America 2.18 Bn 2.03 Bn 171.30 Mn 0.35
7 Middlesex Water 959.61 Mn 957.57 Mn 25.70 Mn 0.27
8 Consolidated Water 465.28 Mn 344.14 Mn 10.92 Mn 0.00
9 York Water 430.12 Mn 430.12 Mn 13.98 Mn 0.34
10 Artesian Resources 332.86 Mn 328.60 Mn 26.56 Mn 0.21

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.42
Dec 31, 2025 0.42
Sep 30, 2025 0.41
Jun 30, 2025 0.42
Mar 31, 2025 0.42
Dec 31, 2024 0.42
Sep 30, 2024 0.41
Jun 30, 2024 0.41
Mar 31, 2024 0.41
Dec 31, 2023 0.41
Sep 30, 2023 0.41
Jun 30, 2023 0.42
Mar 31, 2023 0.42
Dec 31, 2022 0.42
Sep 30, 2022 0.42
Jun 30, 2022 0.41
Mar 31, 2022 0.40
Dec 31, 2021 0.40
Sep 30, 2021 0.40
Jun 30, 2021 0.41
Mar 31, 2021 0.41
Dec 31, 2020 0.41
Sep 30, 2020 0.40
Jun 30, 2020 0.40
Mar 31, 2020 0.37
Dec 31, 2019 0.33
Sep 30, 2019 0.33
Jun 30, 2019 0.32
Mar 31, 2019 0.35
Dec 31, 2018 0.37
Sep 30, 2018 0.34
Jun 30, 2018 0.35
Mar 31, 2018 0.34
Dec 31, 2017 0.34
Sep 30, 2017 0.30
Jun 30, 2017 0.30
Mar 31, 2017 0.29
Dec 31, 2016 0.28
Sep 30, 2016 0.30
Jun 30, 2016 0.31
Mar 31, 2016 0.30
Dec 31, 2015 0.30
Sep 30, 2015 0.30
Jun 30, 2015 0.30
Mar 31, 2015 0.30
Dec 31, 2014 0.29
Sep 30, 2014 0.30
Jun 30, 2014 0.31
Mar 31, 2014 0.31
Dec 31, 2013 0.30
Sep 30, 2013 0.30
Jun 30, 2013 0.31
Mar 31, 2013 0.32
Dec 31, 2012 0.34
Sep 30, 2012 0.35
Jun 30, 2012 0.37
Mar 31, 2012 0.36
Dec 31, 2011 0.35
Sep 30, 2011 0.35
Jun 30, 2011 0.37
Mar 31, 2011 0.38
Dec 31, 2010 0.37
Sep 30, 2010 0.37
Jun 30, 2010 0.40
Dec 31, 2009 0.38