Growth Metrics

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

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed FCF Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 28.18% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin rose 603.0% to 28.18% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 34.97% through Dec 2025, up 453.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 34.97% for FY2025, 453.0% up from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin for Q4 2025 was 28.18% at Essential Utilities, down from 46.08% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for FCF Margin was 131.21% in Q3 2021, with the low at 40.8% in Q4 2023.
  • Average FCF Margin over 5 years is 22.0%, with a median of 21.94% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw FCF Margin plummeted -13383bps in 2023, then soared 8226bps in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, FCF Margin stood at 12.25% in 2021, then dropped by -11bps to 10.89% in 2022, then tumbled by -475bps to 40.8% in 2023, then surged by 154bps to 22.15% in 2024, then grew by 27bps to 28.18% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods came in at 28.18%, 46.08%, and 50.33% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.