Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) EPS (Basic) (2016 - 2025)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed EPS (Basic) for 17 consecutive years, with $0.47 as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly EPS (Basic) fell 29.85% to $0.47 in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $2.21 through Dec 2025, up 1.84% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $2.2 for FY2025, 1.38% up from the prior year.
  • EPS (Basic) for Q4 2025 was $0.47 at Essential Utilities, up from $0.33 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for EPS (Basic) was $1.03 in Q1 2025, with the low at $0.2 in Q3 2021.
  • Average EPS (Basic) over 5 years is $0.48, with a median of $0.4 recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw EPS (Basic) skyrocketed 227.27% in 2021, then decreased 29.85% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, EPS (Basic) stood at $0.45 in 2021, then fell by 4.44% to $0.43 in 2022, then increased by 13.95% to $0.49 in 2023, then surged by 36.73% to $0.67 in 2024, then fell by 29.85% to $0.47 in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, EPS (Basic) over the past three periods came in at $0.47, $0.33, and $0.38 for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.