Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) (2009 - 2026)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) of $0.79 for Q1 2026, down 23.3% year-over-year from $1.03 in Q1 2025, and up 68.09% on a QoQ basis from $0.47 in Q4 2025.

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has 18 years of EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) data on file, last reported at $0.79 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) fell 23.3% year-over-year to $0.79 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.97 (down 11.66% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $2.2, up 1.38% from the prior year.
  • EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) climbed to $0.79 in Q1 2026 per WTRG's latest filing, from $0.47 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) topped out at $1.03 in Q1 2025 and bottomed at $0.25 in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) is $0.44 (2022), against an average of $0.52.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) soared 36.84%; it then decreased 29.85% in 2025.
  • Tracing WTRG's EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) over 5 years: stood at $0.44 in 2022, then climbed by 11.36% to $0.49 in 2023, then jumped by 36.73% to $0.67 in 2024, then declined by 29.85% to $0.47 in 2025, then soared by 68.09% to $0.79 in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest WTRG EPS (Weighted Average and Diluted) figures stand at $0.79 (Q1 2026), $0.47 (Q4 2025), and $0.33 (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) EPS (Weighted Avg. Diluted) (Qtr)
1 American Water Works Company 24.16 Bn 24.02 Bn 714.00 Mn 1.00
2 Aris Mining 20.33 Bn 19.86 Bn 233.28 Mn 0.59
3 Essential Utilities 10.48 Bn 10.40 Bn 685.96 Mn 0.79
4 American States Water 2.94 Bn 2.93 Bn 104.19 Mn 0.74
5 California Water Service 2.58 Bn 2.48 Bn 183.34 Mn 0.07
6 H2O America 2.18 Bn 2.03 Bn 171.30 Mn 0.49
7 Middlesex Water 959.61 Mn 957.57 Mn 25.70 Mn 0.57
8 Consolidated Water 465.28 Mn 344.14 Mn 10.92 Mn 0.24
9 York Water 430.12 Mn 430.12 Mn 13.98 Mn 0.33
10 Artesian Resources 332.86 Mn 328.60 Mn 26.56 Mn 0.57

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.79
Dec 31, 2025 0.47
Sep 30, 2025 0.33
Jun 30, 2025 0.38
Mar 31, 2025 1.03
Dec 31, 2024 0.67
Sep 30, 2024 0.25
Jun 30, 2024 0.28
Mar 31, 2024 0.97
Dec 31, 2023 0.49
Sep 30, 2023 0.30
Jun 30, 2023 0.34
Mar 31, 2023 0.72
Dec 31, 2022 0.44
Sep 30, 2022 0.26
Jun 30, 2022 0.31
Mar 31, 2022 0.76
Dec 31, 2021 0.44
Sep 30, 2021 0.19
Jun 30, 2021 0.32
Mar 31, 2021 0.72
Dec 31, 2020 0.41
Sep 30, 2020 0.22
Jun 30, 2020 0.29
Mar 31, 2020 0.20
Dec 31, 2019 0.28
Sep 30, 2019 0.38
Jun 30, 2019 0.25
Mar 31, 2019 0.09
Dec 31, 2018 -0.02
Sep 30, 2018 0.44
Jun 30, 2018 0.37
Mar 31, 2018 0.29
Dec 31, 2017 0.30
Sep 30, 2017 0.43
Jun 30, 2017 0.34
Mar 31, 2017 0.28
Dec 31, 2016 0.28
Sep 30, 2016 0.41
Jun 30, 2016 0.33
Mar 31, 2016 0.29
Dec 31, 2015 0.16
Sep 30, 2015 0.38
Jun 30, 2015 0.32
Mar 31, 2015 0.27
Dec 31, 2014 0.28
Sep 30, 2014 0.38
Jun 30, 2014 0.31
Mar 31, 2014 0.24
Dec 31, 2013 0.32
Sep 30, 2013 0.35
Jun 30, 2013 0.30
Mar 31, 2013 0.23
Dec 31, 2012 0.38
Sep 30, 2012 0.29
Jun 30, 2012 0.24
Mar 31, 2012 0.22
Dec 31, 2011 0.24
Sep 30, 2011 0.32
Jun 30, 2011 0.27
Mar 31, 2011 0.22
Dec 31, 2010 0.21
Sep 30, 2010 0.29
Jun 30, 2010 0.21
Mar 31, 2010 0.16
Dec 31, 2009 0.04
Sep 30, 2009 0.25
Jun 30, 2009 0.19