Essential Utilities Inc 's Cash & cash equivalent grew by 118.32 % in the Q1 2026 sequentially, while Current Liabilities decreased, this led to improvement in Essential Utilities Inc 's Quick Ratio to 0.12, Quick Ratio remained below Essential Utilities Inc average.

Within Water Supply industry 6 other companies have achieved higher Quick Ratio than Essential Utilities Inc in first quarter 2026. While Quick Ratio total ranking in the first quarter 2026 has deteriorated compared to the prior quarter from 2018 to 3590.

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WTRG Quick Ratio	(Mar 31 2026) Q1	(Dec 31 2025) Q4	(Sep 30 2025) Q3	(Jun 30 2025) Q2	(Mar 31 2025) Q1
Y / Y Current Liabilities Change	-15.75 %	-70.23 %	6.58 %	-4.83 %	14.47 %
Y / Y Cash & cash equivalent Change	265.31 %	-63.77 %	-24.17 %	33.22 %	-40.95 %
Quick Ratio MRQ	0.12	0.05	0.01	0.04	0.03
WTRG's Total Ranking	# 3590	# 2018	# 1318	# 3206	# 2978
Seq. Current Liabilities Change	-14.39 %	5 %	21.6 %	-22.92 %	-69.75 %
Seq. Cash & cash equivalent Change	118.32 %	443.66 %	-74.48 %	20.63 %	-78.35 %

Quick Ratio first quarter 2026 Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Water Supply Industry	# 7
Utilities Sector	# 56
Overall Market	# 3590

Quick Ratio Statistics
High	Average	Low
4.95	0.14	0.01
(Jun 30 2019)		(Dec 31 2023)

Financial Statements
Essential Utilities Inc 's Current Liabilities	$ 654 Millions	Visit WTRG's Balance sheet
Essential Utilities Inc 's Cash & cash equivalent	$ 76 Millions	Visit WTRG's Balance sheet
Source of WTRG's Sales		Visit WTRG's Sales by Geography

Cumulative Essential Utilities Inc 's Quick Ratio

WTRG's Quick Ratio for the trailling 12 Months

WTRG Quick Ratio	(Mar 31 2026) 12 Months	(Dec 31 2025) 12 Months	(Sep 30 2025) 12 Months	(Jun 30 2025) 12 Months	(Mar 31 2025) 12 Months
Y / Y Current Liabilities TTM Growth	-41.04 %	-37.09 %	61.3 %	48.79 %	43.49 %
Y / Y Cash & cash equivalent TTM Growth	-1.3 %	-45.08 %	121.05 %	123.86 %	140.23 %
Quick Ratio TTM	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
Total Ranking TTM	# 4144	# 3021	# 1084	# 3245	# 2531
Seq. Current Liabilities TTM Growth	-4.27 %	-38.6 %	0.97 %	-0.65 %	2.15 %
Seq. Cash & cash equivalent TTM Growth	63.36 %	-41.3 %	-1.36 %	4.34 %	-9.1 %

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On the trailing twelve months basis WTRG Cash & cash equivalent more than doubled by 265.31 % in Q1 2026 year on year, while Current Liabilities fell to $654 millions, this led to increase in in Essential Utilities Inc 's Quick Ratio to 0.05, Quick Ratio remained below WTRG average.
Quick Ratio is the average cumulative value over the last four quarters.

Among companies operating within Water Supply industry 10 other companies have achieved higher Quick Ratio than Essential Utilities Inc . While Quick Ratio total ranking has deteriorated compared to the previous twelve months ending in the fourth quarter 2025 from 3021 to 4144.

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TTM Quick Ratio Company Ranking
Within:	No.
Within the Water Supply Industry	# 11
Utilities Sector	# 115
Within the Market	# 4144

trailing twelve months Quick Ratio Statistics
High	Average	Low
1.7	0.21	0.01
(Dec 31 2019)		(Sep 30 2023)

Companies with similar Quick Ratio in the quarter ending Mar 31 2026, within Water Supply Industry	Quick Ratio	Mar 31 2026 MRQ Cash & cash equivalent	Mar 31 2026 MRQ Current Liabilities
Companhia De Saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo sabesp	0.24	$ 679.313 Millions	$ 2,863.354 Millions
Artesian Resources Corporation	0.16	$ 4.255 Millions	$ 26.165 Millions
American States Water Co	0.12	$ 22.155 Millions	$ 181.597 Millions
Essential Utilities Inc	0.12	$ 75.926 Millions	$ 654.446 Millions
California Water Service Group	0.11	$ 58.102 Millions	$ 544.957 Millions
Global Water Resources Inc	0.09	$ 1.800 Millions	$ 19.829 Millions
American Water Works Company Inc	0.04	$ 156.000 Millions	$ 4,118.000 Millions

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