Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported Retained Earnings of $2.3 billion for Q1 2026, up 7.83% year-over-year from $2.1 billion in Q1 2025, and up 1.32% on a QoQ basis from $2.3 billion in Q4 2025.

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has 18 years of Retained Earnings data on file, last reported at $2.3 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Retained Earnings rose 7.83% year-over-year to $2.3 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $2.3 billion (up 7.83% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $2.3 billion, up 16.99% from the prior year.
  • Retained Earnings advanced to $2.3 billion in Q1 2026 per WTRG's latest filing, from $2.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Retained Earnings topped out at $2.3 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $1.5 billion in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Retained Earnings is $1.9 billion (2024), against an average of $1.9 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Retained Earnings gained 6.98%; it then advanced 16.99% in 2025.
  • Tracing WTRG's Retained Earnings over 5 years: stood at $1.5 billion in 2022, then advanced by 11.23% to $1.7 billion in 2023, then advanced by 14.23% to $1.9 billion in 2024, then increased by 16.99% to $2.3 billion in 2025, then climbed by 1.32% to $2.3 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest WTRG Retained Earnings figures stand at $2.3 billion (Q1 2026), $2.3 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.2 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Retained Earnings (Qtr)
1 American Water Works Company 24.16 Bn 24.02 Bn 714.00 Mn 8.00 Mn
2 Aris Mining 20.33 Bn 19.86 Bn 233.28 Mn -7.19 Mn
3 Essential Utilities 10.48 Bn 10.40 Bn 685.96 Mn 2.31 Bn
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 -13.54 Mn
6 H2O America 2.18 Bn 2.03 Bn 171.30 Mn 1.47 Mn
7 Middlesex Water 959.61 Mn 957.57 Mn 25.70 Mn 218.80 Mn
8 Consolidated Water 465.28 Mn 344.14 Mn 10.92 Mn 118.28 Mn
9 York Water 430.12 Mn 430.12 Mn 13.98 Mn 101.92 Mn
10 Artesian Resources 332.86 Mn 328.60 Mn 26.56 Mn 97.81 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 2.31 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.28 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 2.24 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.25 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 2.14 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.95 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.94 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.96 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.89 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.71 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.74 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.74 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.65 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.57 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.58 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.50 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.43 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.39 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.40 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 1.38 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 1.26 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 1.22 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 1.23 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 1.21 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 1.21 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 1.20 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 1.16 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 1.15 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 1.17 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 1.22 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 1.18 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 1.15 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 860,000.00
Sep 30, 2017 806,000.00
Jun 30, 2017 764,000.00
Mar 31, 2017 1.05 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 1.03 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 1.02 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 636,000.00
Mar 31, 2016 950.16 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 687,000.00
Sep 30, 2015 933.14 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 897.26 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 869.20 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 788,000.00
Sep 30, 2014 812.41 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 773.72 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 667,000.00
Dec 31, 2013 346,000.00
Sep 30, 2013 223,000.00
Jun 30, 2013 635.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 633.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 115,000.00
Sep 30, 2012 544.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2012 541.74 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 523.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2011 256,000.00
Sep 30, 2011 474.36 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 477.57 Mn
Mar 31, 2011 501,000.00
Dec 31, 2010 499,000.00
Sep 30, 2010 124,000.00
Jun 30, 2010 -148,000.00
Dec 31, 2009 409.40 Mn