Essential Utilities (WTRG) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2009 - 2026)
Essential Utilities' Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd came in at $97.17 million for Q2 2026, up 6.5% from $91.25 million a year earlier and up 0.2% from the prior quarter.
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Essential Utilities (WTRG) Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Essential Utilities reported Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd of $387.28 million, up 7.8% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $373.82 million, up 7.9% from FY2024.
- Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has increased in each of the last 16 years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.0% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd was $346.39 million in FY2024 (+9.3%), $316.81 million in FY2023 (+9.8%), $288.63 million in FY2022 (+11.6%) and $258.65 million in FY2021 (+11.2%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd in data going back to Q3 2009.
- Year-over-year, Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd has increased for 64 consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 7.8% over the last eight quarters.
- Over the past five years, the year-over-year growth in Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd ranged from 6.5% (Q2 2026) to 14.1% (Q2 2022).
- Business Quant data shows WTRG's Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd at $97 million (Q1 2026), $96.95 million (Q4 2025) and $96.16 million (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Div Paid (Total) (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enel Chile | 287.73 Bn | 287.73 Bn | 890.00 Mn | - |
| 2 | Nextera Energy | 160.25 Bn | 161.15 Bn | - | 1.30 Bn |
| 3 | Southern | 96.31 Bn | 87.36 Bn | 5.92 Bn | 803.00 Mn |
| 4 | Duke Energy | 88.79 Bn | 87.40 Bn | 6.74 Bn | 846.00 Mn |
| 5 | National Grid | 79.16 Bn | 60.69 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | American Electric Power | 65.09 Bn | 63.47 Bn | 3.84 Bn | - |
| 7 | Dominion Energy | 53.95 Bn | 56.63 Bn | - | 587.00 Mn |
| 8 | Sempra | 51.22 Bn | 50.35 Bn | 2.89 Bn | - |
| 9 | Entergy | 47.09 Bn | 36.28 Bn | - | 293.03 Mn |
| 10 | Essential Utilities | 11.17 Bn | 11.04 Bn | - | 97.17 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 97.17 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 97.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 96.95 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 96.16 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 91.25 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 89.46 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 89.38 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 89.08 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 84.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 83.93 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 83.89 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 81.23 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 75.88 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 75.81 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 75.28 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 75.25 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 70.29 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 67.82 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 67.79 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 67.76 Mn |
API Access
Essential Utilities Dividends Paid - Common and Prefferd 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=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=WTRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd", "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=dividends-paid-common-and-prefferd&ticker=WTRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();