Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Interest Coverage Ratio (2018 - 2025)

Historic Interest Coverage Ratio for Essential Utilities (WTRG) over the last 11 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 2.06.

  • Essential Utilities' Interest Coverage Ratio rose 225.1% to 2.06 in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 2.85, marking a year-over-year increase of 1952.97%. This contributed to the annual value of 2.5 for FY2024, which is 255.94% up from last year.
  • Latest data reveals that Essential Utilities reported Interest Coverage Ratio of 2.06 as of Q3 2025, which was up 225.1% from 2.32 recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Essential Utilities' Interest Coverage Ratio's 5-year high stood at 4.58 during Q1 2021, with a 5-year trough of 1.95 in Q3 2021.
  • For the 5-year period, Essential Utilities' Interest Coverage Ratio averaged around 2.7, with its median value being 2.47 (2022).
  • Its Interest Coverage Ratio has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first soared by 11870.44% in 2021, then tumbled by 2689.07% in 2023.
  • Over the past 5 years, Essential Utilities' Interest Coverage Ratio (Quarter) stood at 2.64 in 2021, then fell by 6.56% to 2.47 in 2022, then dropped by 3.47% to 2.39 in 2023, then rose by 19.78% to 2.86 in 2024, then decreased by 27.79% to 2.06 in 2025.
  • Its Interest Coverage Ratio stands at 2.06 for Q3 2025, versus 2.32 for Q2 2025 and 4.13 for Q1 2025.