Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Deferred Taxes (2016 - 2025)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed Deferred Taxes for 17 consecutive years, with $17.1 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Deferred Taxes rose 378.48% to $17.1 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $1.5 million through Dec 2025, up 133.19% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $1.5 million for FY2025, 133.19% up from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes for Q4 2025 was $17.1 million at Essential Utilities, up from $1.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Deferred Taxes was $19.3 million in Q1 2021, with the low at -$63.1 million in Q4 2023.
  • Average Deferred Taxes over 5 years is -$6.8 million, with a median of -$3.6 million recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Deferred Taxes tumbled 710.22% in 2023, then surged 2446.91% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Deferred Taxes stood at -$21.2 million in 2021, then surged by 63.21% to -$7.8 million in 2022, then crashed by 710.22% to -$63.1 million in 2023, then surged by 90.25% to -$6.2 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 378.48% to $17.1 million in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Deferred Taxes over the past three periods came in at $17.1 million, $1.1 million, and $1.9 million for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.