Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) EBITDA Margin (2016 - 2025)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed EBITDA Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 18.98% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBITDA Margin fell 1159.0% to 18.98% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 24.91% through Dec 2025, down 363.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 24.91% for FY2025, 363.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBITDA Margin for Q4 2025 was 18.98% at Essential Utilities, down from 19.3% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for EBITDA Margin was 43.42% in Q1 2024, with the low at 13.96% in Q3 2021.
  • Average EBITDA Margin over 5 years is 23.21%, with a median of 20.64% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw EBITDA Margin surged 1707bps in 2024, then plummeted -1159bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, EBITDA Margin stood at 21.75% in 2021, then decreased by -25bps to 16.29% in 2022, then soared by 73bps to 28.25% in 2023, then increased by 8bps to 30.57% in 2024, then tumbled by -38bps to 18.98% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, EBITDA Margin over the past three periods came in at 18.98%, 19.3%, and 20.94% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.