Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Return on Sales (2009 - 2026)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported Return on Sales of 0.0% for Q1 2026, little changed year-over-year from 0.0% in Q1 2025, and up 37.21% on a QoQ basis from 0.0% in Q4 2025.

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has 18 years of Return on Sales data on file, last reported at 0.0% in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.0% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.0% (changed 0.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.0%, changed 0.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales advanced to 0.0% in Q1 2026 per WTRG's latest filing, from 0.0% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.0% in Q1 2024 and bottomed at 0.0% in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.0% (2023), against an average of 0.0%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Sales reached 0 bps in 2022, while the deepest fall reached 0 bps in 2022.
  • Tracing WTRG's Return on Sales over 5 years: stood at 0.0% in 2022, then dropped by 29 bps to 0.0% in 2023, then soared by 164 bps to 0.0% in 2024, then sank by 38 bps to 0.0% in 2025, then soared by 37 bps to 0.0% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest WTRG Return on Sales figures stand at 0.0% (Q1 2026), 0.0% (Q4 2025), and 0.0% (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROS (Qtr)
1 American Water Works Company 24.16 Bn 24.02 Bn 714.00 Mn 0.00%
2 Aris Mining 20.33 Bn 19.86 Bn 233.28 Mn 0.00%
3 Essential Utilities 10.48 Bn 10.40 Bn 685.96 Mn 0.00%
4 American States Water 2.94 Bn 2.93 Bn 104.19 Mn 0.00%
5 California Water Service 2.58 Bn 2.48 Bn 183.34 Mn 0.00%
6 H2O America 2.18 Bn 2.03 Bn 171.30 Mn 0.00%
7 Middlesex Water 959.61 Mn 957.57 Mn 25.70 Mn 0.00%
8 Consolidated Water 465.28 Mn 344.14 Mn 10.92 Mn 0.00%
9 York Water 430.12 Mn 430.12 Mn 13.98 Mn 0.00%
10 Artesian Resources 332.86 Mn 328.60 Mn 26.56 Mn 0.00%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 0.00%
Dec 31, 2025 0.00%
Sep 30, 2025 0.00%
Jun 30, 2025 0.00%
Mar 31, 2025 0.00%
Dec 31, 2024 0.00%
Sep 30, 2024 0.00%
Jun 30, 2024 0.00%
Mar 31, 2024 0.00%
Dec 31, 2023 0.00%
Sep 30, 2023 0.00%
Jun 30, 2023 0.00%
Mar 31, 2023 0.00%
Dec 31, 2022 0.00%
Sep 30, 2022 0.00%
Jun 30, 2022 0.00%
Mar 31, 2022 0.00%
Dec 31, 2021 0.00%
Sep 30, 2021 0.00%
Jun 30, 2021 0.00%
Mar 31, 2021 0.00%
Dec 31, 2020 0.00%
Sep 30, 2020 0.00%
Jun 30, 2020 0.00%
Mar 31, 2020 0.00%
Dec 31, 2019 0.00%
Sep 30, 2019 0.00%
Jun 30, 2019 0.00%
Mar 31, 2019 0.00%
Dec 31, 2018 0.00%
Sep 30, 2018 0.00%
Jun 30, 2018 0.00%
Mar 31, 2018 0.00%
Dec 31, 2017 0.00%
Sep 30, 2017 0.00%
Jun 30, 2017 0.00%
Mar 31, 2017 0.00%
Dec 31, 2016 0.00%
Sep 30, 2016 0.00%
Jun 30, 2016 0.00%
Mar 31, 2016 0.00%
Dec 31, 2015 0.00%
Sep 30, 2015 0.00%
Jun 30, 2015 0.00%
Mar 31, 2015 0.00%
Dec 31, 2014 0.00%
Sep 30, 2014 0.00%
Jun 30, 2014 0.00%
Mar 31, 2014 0.00%
Dec 31, 2013 0.00%
Sep 30, 2013 0.00%
Jun 30, 2013 0.00%
Mar 31, 2013 0.00%
Dec 31, 2012 0.00%
Sep 30, 2012 0.00%
Jun 30, 2012 0.00%
Mar 31, 2012 0.00%
Dec 31, 2011 0.01%
Sep 30, 2011 -0.02%
Jun 30, 2011 0.01%
Mar 31, 2011 0.00%
Dec 31, 2010 0.00%
Sep 30, 2010 0.00%
Jun 30, 2010 0.00%
Mar 31, 2010 0.00%
Dec 31, 2009 0.00%
Sep 30, 2009 0.00%
Jun 30, 2009 0.00%