Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Total Debt (2009 - 2026)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported Total Debt of $8.4 billion for Q1 2026, up 8.73% year-over-year from $7.7 billion in Q1 2025, and up 3.15% on a QoQ basis from $8.1 billion in Q4 2025.

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has 18 years of Total Debt data on file, last reported at $8.4 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Total Debt rose 8.73% year-over-year to $8.4 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $8.4 billion (up 8.73% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $8.1 billion, up 8.27% from the prior year.
  • Total Debt advanced to $8.4 billion in Q1 2026 per WTRG's latest filing, from $8.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Total Debt topped out at $8.4 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $6.0 billion in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Total Debt is $6.9 billion (2023), against an average of $7.1 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Total Debt climbed 12.52%; it then grew 3.59% in 2024.
  • Tracing WTRG's Total Debt over 5 years: stood at $6.6 billion in 2022, then rose by 5.59% to $6.9 billion in 2023, then advanced by 8.26% to $7.5 billion in 2024, then rose by 8.27% to $8.1 billion in 2025, then gained by 3.15% to $8.4 billion in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest WTRG Total Debt figures stand at $8.4 billion (Q1 2026), $8.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $7.8 billion (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Total Debt (Qtr)
1 American Water Works Company 24.16 Bn 24.02 Bn 714.00 Mn 14.26 Bn
2 Aris Mining 20.33 Bn 19.86 Bn 233.28 Mn 538.64 Mn
3 Essential Utilities 10.48 Bn 10.40 Bn 685.96 Mn 8.39 Bn
4 American States Water 2.94 Bn 2.93 Bn 104.19 Mn 141.00 Mn
5 California Water Service 2.58 Bn 2.48 Bn 183.34 Mn 1.47 Bn
6 H2O America 2.18 Bn 2.03 Bn 171.30 Mn 1.87 Bn
7 Middlesex Water 959.61 Mn 957.57 Mn 25.70 Mn 379.34 Mn
8 Consolidated Water 465.28 Mn 344.14 Mn 10.92 Mn 21,359.00
9 York Water 430.12 Mn 430.12 Mn 13.98 Mn 237.06 Mn
10 Artesian Resources 332.86 Mn 328.60 Mn 26.56 Mn 183.45 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 8.39 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 8.13 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 7.83 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 7.80 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 7.71 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 7.51 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 7.26 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 7.08 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 6.92 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 6.94 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 6.67 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 6.81 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 6.68 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 6.57 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 6.37 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 6.21 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 6.00 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 5.91 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 5.66 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 5.73 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 5.67 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 5.59 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 5.36 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 5.26 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 4.84 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 3.05 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 3.08 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 2.97 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 2.50 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 2.54 Bn
Sep 30, 2018 2.29 Bn
Jun 30, 2018 2.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2018 2.17 Bn
Dec 31, 2017 2.12 Bn
Sep 30, 2017 1.97 Bn
Jun 30, 2017 1.89 Bn
Mar 31, 2017 1.83 Bn
Dec 31, 2016 1.74 Bn
Sep 30, 2016 1.81 Bn
Jun 30, 2016 1.81 Bn
Mar 31, 2016 1.77 Bn
Dec 31, 2015 1.74 Bn
Sep 30, 2015 1.73 Bn
Jun 30, 2015 1.70 Bn
Mar 31, 2015 1.63 Bn
Dec 31, 2014 1.58 Bn
Sep 30, 2014 1.57 Bn
Jun 30, 2014 1.60 Bn
Mar 31, 2014 1.60 Bn
Dec 31, 2013 1.51 Bn
Sep 30, 2013 1.52 Bn
Jun 30, 2013 1.54 Bn
Mar 31, 2013 1.55 Bn
Dec 31, 2012 1.62 Bn
Sep 30, 2012 1.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2012 1.63 Bn
Mar 31, 2012 1.55 Bn
Dec 31, 2011 1.50 Bn
Sep 30, 2011 1.50 Bn
Jun 30, 2011 1.56 Bn
Mar 31, 2011 1.56 Bn
Dec 31, 2010 1.52 Bn
Sep 30, 2010 1.46 Bn
Jun 30, 2010 1.55 Bn
Dec 31, 2009 1.41 Bn