Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Capital Expenditures (2016 - 2025)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed Capital Expenditures for 13 consecutive years, with $497.5 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Capital Expenditures changed N/A to $497.5 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $1.4 billion, a N/A change, with the full-year FY2025 number at $1.4 billion, up 956.65% from a year prior.
  • Capital Expenditures was $497.5 million for Q4 2025 at Essential Utilities, up from $270.5 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Capital Expenditures ranged from a high of $1.1 billion in Q4 2023 to a low of -$617.6 million in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $236.6 million and a median of $270.5 million in 2025 define the central range for Capital Expenditures.
  • Biggest YoY gain for Capital Expenditures was 276.98% in 2023; the steepest drop was 249.62% in 2023.
  • Essential Utilities' Capital Expenditures stood at $941.8 million in 2021, then crashed by 165.57% to -$617.6 million in 2022, then surged by 276.98% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then tumbled by 64.9% to $383.6 million in 2024, then rose by 29.68% to $497.5 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WTRG's Capital Expenditures are $497.5 million (Q4 2025), $270.5 million (Q1 2025), and $383.6 million (Q3 2024).