Essential Utilities (WTRG) Shares Outstanding (2009 - 2026)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has 18 years of Shares Outstanding data on file, last reported at $286.9 million in Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Shares Outstanding rose 2.41% year-over-year to $286.9 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $286.9 million (up 2.41% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $283.1 million, up 3.01% from the prior year.
• Shares Outstanding steadied at $286.9 million in Q1 2026 per WTRG's latest filing, from $286.5 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Shares Outstanding topped out at $286.9 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $256.3 million in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Shares Outstanding is $276.9 million (2024), against an average of $274.7 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Shares Outstanding climbed 6.59%; it then rose 0.53% in 2024.
• Tracing WTRG's Shares Outstanding over 5 years: stood at $263.7 million in 2022, then increased by 3.62% to $273.3 million in 2023, then increased by 0.56% to $274.8 million in 2024, then climbed by 4.25% to $286.5 million in 2025, then gained by 0.12% to $286.9 million in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest WTRG Shares Outstanding figures stand at $286.9 million (Q1 2026), $286.5 million (Q4 2025), and $286.4 million (Q3 2025).

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