Essential Utilities (WTRG) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026)
Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported Profit After Tax of $105.73 million for Q2 2026, down 1.9% from $107.83 million a year earlier and down 52.9% from the prior quarter.
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Essential Utilities (WTRG) Profit After Tax (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Essential Utilities' Profit After Tax came in at $554.87 million, down 14.1% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $616.37 million, up 3.5% from FY2024.
- Profit After Tax has increased for seven consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 16.7% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Profit After Tax came in at $595.31 million in FY2024 (+19.5%), $498.23 million in FY2023 (+7.1%), $465.24 million in FY2022 (+7.8%) and $431.61 million in FY2021 (+51.5%).
- Five-year quarterly Profit After Tax spans a low of $50.5 million in Q3 2021 and a high of $283.79 million in Q1 2025.
- Year over year, Profit After Tax has now declined in each of the last three quarters, with growth averaging 6.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Profit After Tax in five years was Q2 2025 (growth of 43.0%); the low point was Q4 2025 (a decline of 28.2%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at $224.39 million (Q1 2026), $132.68 million (Q4 2025) and $92.08 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | PAT (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enel Chile | 287.73 Bn | 287.73 Bn | 890.00 Mn | 489.00 Mn |
| 2 | Nextera Energy | 160.25 Bn | 161.15 Bn | - | 2.62 Bn |
| 3 | Southern | 96.31 Bn | 87.36 Bn | 5.92 Bn | 1.19 Bn |
| 4 | Duke Energy | 88.79 Bn | 87.40 Bn | 6.74 Bn | 1.56 Bn |
| 5 | National Grid | 79.16 Bn | 60.69 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | American Electric Power | 65.09 Bn | 63.47 Bn | 3.84 Bn | 718.00 Mn |
| 7 | Dominion Energy | 53.95 Bn | 56.63 Bn | - | 618.00 Mn |
| 8 | Sempra | 51.22 Bn | 50.35 Bn | 2.89 Bn | 395.00 Mn |
| 9 | Entergy | 47.09 Bn | 36.28 Bn | - | 487.82 Mn |
| 10 | Essential Utilities | 11.17 Bn | 11.04 Bn | - | 105.73 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 105.73 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 224.39 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 132.68 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 92.08 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 107.83 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 283.79 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 184.76 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 69.40 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 75.39 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 265.77 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 135.45 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 80.08 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 91.27 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 191.43 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 114.93 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 68.64 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 82.29 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 199.38 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 116.51 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 50.50 Mn |
API Access
Essential Utilities Profit After Tax API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=profit-after-tax&ticker=WTRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "profit-after-tax", "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=profit-after-tax&ticker=WTRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();