Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Dividends Paid - Common (2016 - 2025)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed Dividends Paid - Common for 17 consecutive years, with $96.9 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Dividends Paid - Common rose 8.47% to $96.9 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $373.8 million through Dec 2025, up 7.92% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $373.8 million for FY2025, 7.92% up from the prior year.
  • Dividends Paid - Common for Q4 2025 was $96.9 million at Essential Utilities, up from $96.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Dividends Paid - Common was $96.9 million in Q4 2025, with the low at $61.5 million in Q1 2021.
  • Average Dividends Paid - Common over 5 years is $79.2 million, with a median of $78.6 million recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Dividends Paid - Common grew 17.84% in 2021, then increased 6.55% in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, Dividends Paid - Common stood at $67.8 million in 2021, then grew by 11.05% to $75.3 million in 2022, then increased by 11.44% to $83.9 million in 2023, then grew by 6.55% to $89.4 million in 2024, then rose by 8.47% to $96.9 million in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Dividends Paid - Common over the past three periods came in at $96.9 million, $96.2 million, and $91.2 million for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.