Essential Utilities (WTRG) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026)
Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported Retained Earnings of $2.42 billion for Q2 2026, up 7.4% from $2.25 billion a year earlier and up 4.6% from the prior quarter.
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Essential Utilities (WTRG) Retained Earnings (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Essential Utilities posted Retained Earnings of $2.28 billion, up 17.0% from FY2024.
- Retained Earnings has increased for 16 consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 12.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Retained Earnings came in at $1.95 billion in FY2024 (+14.2%), $1.71 billion in FY2023 (+11.2%), $1.53 billion in FY2022 (+7.0%) and $1.43 billion in FY2021 (+13.7%).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Retained Earnings in data going back to Q4 2009.
- Year over year, Retained Earnings has now increased in each of the last 27 quarters, with growth averaging 12.7% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Retained Earnings ran from 7.0% in Q4 2022 to 17.0% in Q4 2025.
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at $2.31 billion (Q1 2026), $2.28 billion (Q4 2025) and $2.24 billion (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Retained Earnings (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enel Chile | 292.57 Bn | 292.57 Bn | 890.00 Mn | - |
| 2 | National Grid | 78.85 Bn | 60.37 Bn | - | 56.50 Bn |
| 3 | Dominion Energy | 53.27 Bn | 55.95 Bn | - | 2.08 Bn |
| 4 | Xcel Energy | 44.01 Bn | 38.91 Bn | - | 9.61 Bn |
| 5 | Wec Energy | 32.84 Bn | 33.08 Bn | 1.51 Bn | 8.98 Bn |
| 6 | Ameren | 27.51 Bn | 27.59 Bn | - | 5.55 Bn |
| 7 | Fortis | 26.81 Bn | 27.29 Bn | 1.60 Bn | 4.01 Bn |
| 8 | Atmos Energy | 26.44 Bn | 25.21 Bn | 870.85 Mn | 5.59 Bn |
| 9 | American Water Works Company | 25.73 Bn | 25.14 Bn | - | 2.91 Bn |
| 10 | Essential Utilities | 11.12 Bn | 10.99 Bn | - | 2.42 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.42 Bn |
| 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 |
API Access
Essential Utilities Retained Earnings API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=retained-earnings&ticker=WTRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "retained-earnings", "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=retained-earnings&ticker=WTRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();