Essential Utilities Current Cash

Essential Utilities posts a current cash of $76M as of March 2026. That compares with $21M in the prior-year period — up 265.3% year over year. Comparing that reading with peers and prior periods is usually more useful than looking at the number in isolation.

In the prior comparable period, Essential Utilities's current cash was $21M. The latest reading is $76M — a 265.3% year-over-year increase (period ending March 2026). Use the history and growth charts on this page for a longer lookback.

Current Cash is one piece of Essential Utilities's financial statement story. At $76M, it should be interpreted next to related metrics — for example revenue with costs, assets with liabilities, or income with margins. Stockcircle links those related pages so you can move from this number to the surrounding context quickly.

Context for WTRG's current cash usually means three checks: (1) trend versus prior periods, (2) level versus peers, and (3) consistency with growth and profitability. This page covers the first two; Essential Utilities's other metric pages and overview cover the third.

Judging Essential Utilities against Utilities peers is usually better than using a market-wide rule of thumb. Business models inside Utilities are more comparable, which makes gaps in current cash easier to interpret. Start with $76M here, then scan peer and history charts to see if the gap is persistent.