Growth Metrics

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

Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported Other Operating Expenses of $444.0 million for Q1 2026, up 27.6% year-over-year from $348.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 20.48% on a QoQ basis from $368.5 million in Q4 2025.

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has 18 years of Other Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $444.0 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Other Operating Expenses rose 27.6% year-over-year to $444.0 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.2 billion (up 22.23% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $1.2 billion, up 19.28% from the prior year.
  • Other Operating Expenses grew to $444.0 million in Q1 2026 per WTRG's latest filing, from $368.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Other Operating Expenses topped out at $455.4 million in Q4 2022 and bottomed at $188.7 million in Q3 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Other Operating Expenses is $233.6 million (2022), against an average of $287.8 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Other Operating Expenses jumped 186.81%; it then tumbled 51.91% in 2023.
  • Tracing WTRG's Other Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $455.4 million in 2022, then plunged by 51.91% to $219.0 million in 2023, then climbed by 29.5% to $283.6 million in 2024, then rose by 29.96% to $368.5 million in 2025, then grew by 20.48% to $444.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest WTRG Other Operating Expenses figures stand at $444.0 million (Q1 2026), $368.5 million (Q4 2025), and $203.9 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

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

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 444.01 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 368.55 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 203.88 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 230.09 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 347.96 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 283.59 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 188.72 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 199.54 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 292.69 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 219.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 189.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 196.51 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 418.06 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 455.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 228.29 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 233.60 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 393.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 320.93 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 187.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 194.94 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 137.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 53.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 55.73 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 74.63 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 137.29 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 120.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 75.46 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 54.53 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 68.08 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 106.96 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 84.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 88.49 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 89.04 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 90.31 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 82.02 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 84.16 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 82.82 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 83.78 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 94.91 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 88.76 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 88.13 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 90.69 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 94.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 94.47 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 88.66 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 87.43 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 86.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 84.15 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 84.92 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 88.17 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 86.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 84.88 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 82.57 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 84.02 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 85.78 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 76.92 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 75.44 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 77.37 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 78.25 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 79.14 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 76.42 Mn
Dec 31, 2010 62.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2010 83.66 Mn
Jun 30, 2010 85.57 Mn
Mar 31, 2010 83.63 Mn
Dec 31, 2009 56.82 Mn
Sep 30, 2009 83.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2009 83.50 Mn