Growth Metrics

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

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed EBT Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 21.15% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EBT Margin fell 464.0% to 21.15% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 25.05% through Dec 2025, down 244.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 25.05% for FY2025, 244.0% down from the prior year.
  • EBT Margin for Q4 2025 was 21.15% at Essential Utilities, up from 20.21% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for EBT Margin was 41.68% in Q1 2024, with the low at 14.44% in Q3 2021.
  • Average EBT Margin over 5 years is 22.44%, with a median of 20.99% recorded in 2025.
  • The sharpest move saw EBT Margin soared 1969bps in 2024, then crashed -810bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, EBT Margin stood at 18.03% in 2021, then decreased by -17bps to 14.88% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 47bps to 21.82% in 2023, then rose by 18bps to 25.79% in 2024, then dropped by -18bps to 21.15% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, EBT Margin over the past three periods came in at 21.15%, 20.21%, and 21.83% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.