Essential Utilities (WTRG) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $551.1 million in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 23.92% year-over-year to $551.1 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.7 billion (up 19.28% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.6 billion, up 16.95% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses improved to $551.1 million in Q1 2026 per WTRG's latest filing, from $472.1 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $551.1 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $273.8 million in Q3 2023.
• The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $329.6 million (2025), against an average of $377.8 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses soared 35.17%; it then plunged 42.95% in 2023.
• Tracing WTRG's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $535.4 million in 2022, then slumped by 42.95% to $305.4 million in 2023, then climbed by 23.67% to $377.8 million in 2024, then grew by 24.98% to $472.1 million in 2025, then increased by 16.74% to $551.1 million in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest WTRG Operating Expenses figures stand at $551.1 million (Q1 2026), $472.1 million (Q4 2025), and $307.2 million (Q3 2025).

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