Essential Utilities (Essential Utilities) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

: $5 Mil (As of Dec. 2023)

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Essential Utilities's quarterly cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities declined from Jun. 2023 ($11.64 Mil) to Sep. 2023 ($8.51 Mil) but then stayed the same from Sep. 2023 ($8.51 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($4.61 Mil).

Essential Utilities's annual cash, cash equivalents, marketable securities increased from Dec. 2021 ($10.57 Mil) to Dec. 2022 ($11.40 Mil) but then declined from Dec. 2022 ($11.40 Mil) to Dec. 2023 ($4.61 Mil).

Essential Utilities Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Historical Data

The historical data trend for Essential Utilities's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Essential Utilities Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities

1,868.92

4.83

10.57

11.40

4.61

Essential Utilities Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities																11.40	20.15	11.64	8.51	4.61

Essential Utilities Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Calculation

Cash and cash equivalents are the most liquid assets on the balance sheet. Cash equivalents are assets that are readily convertible into cash, such as money market holdings, short-term government bonds or Treasury bills, marketable securities and commercial paper.

Marketable Securities are very liquid securities that can be converted into cash quickly at a reasonable price.

Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities Explanation

Marketable securities are very liquid as they tend to have maturities of less than one year. Furthermore, the rate at which these securities can be bought or sold has little effect on their prices.

A high number means either:

1) The company has competitive advantage generating lots of cash

2) Just sold a business or bonds (not necessarily good)

A low stockpile of cash usually means poor to mediocre economics.

There are 3 ways to create large cash reserve.

1) Sell new bonds or equity to public

2) Sell business or asset

3) It has an ongoing business generating more cash than it burns (usually means durable competitive advantage)

When a company is suffering a short term problem, Buffett looks at cash or marketable securities to see whether it has the financial strength to ride it out.

Important: Lots of cash and marketable securities + little debt = good chance that the business will sail on through tough times.

Test to see what is creating cash by looking at past 7 yrs of balance sheets. This will reveal how the cash was created.

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Essential Utilities (Essential Utilities) Business Description

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Address

762 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA, USA, 19010-3489

Website

https://www.essential.co

Essential Utilities is a Pennsylvania-based holding company for U.S. water, wastewater, and natural gas distribution utilities. The company's water business serves 3 million people in eight states. Nearly three fourths of its water earnings come from Pennsylvania, primarily suburban Philadelphia. Its Peoples subsidiary serves more than 700,000 gas distribution customers in Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Essential exited its noncore competitive water and energy services businesses.

Executives

Roderick K West	director	1600 PERDIDO STREET, BLDG 505, NEW ORLEANS LA 70112
Arnold Colleen	officer: President	762 W. LANCASTER AVENUE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Chris Franklin	officer: Aqua America Southern Oper	762 W.LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Michael Huwar	officer: President	762 W. LANCASTER AVENUE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Ellen T Ruff	director	762, W LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Wilbert Bryan Lewis	director	762 W. LANCASTER AVENUE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Robert A Rubin	officer: Chief Accounting Officer	762 W LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Daniel Schuller	officer: Executive Vice President	40 SACHEM ROAD, GREENWICH CT 06830
David Alan Ciesinski	director	H. J. HEINZ COMPANY, P.O. BOX 57, PITTSBURGH PA 15230
Edwina Kelly	director	510 MADISON AVENUE, 15FL, NEW YORK NY 10022
Richard Scott Fox	officer: Chief Operating Officer	14812 BALLANTYNE COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Matthew Rhodes	officer: EVP, Strategy & Corp Dev	762 LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010
Wendy Franks	director	ONE QUEEN STREET EAST, SUITE 2500, TORONTO A6 M5C 2W5
Hilferty Daniel J Iii	director	C/O FS INVESTMENT CORPORATION III, CIRA CENTRE, 2929 ARCH STREET, SUITE 675, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104
Christopher Paul Luning	officer: Sr. VP, General Counsel & Sec	762 W. LANCASTER AVE, BRYN MAWR PA 19010