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Essential Utilities (WTRG) Interest Coverage Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed Interest Coverage Ratio for 9 consecutive years, with 2.32 as the latest value for Q2 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Interest Coverage Ratio rose 16.71% to 2.32 in Q2 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 1.72, a N/A change, with the full-year FY2024 number at 2.5, up 2.56% from a year prior.
  • Interest Coverage Ratio was 2.32 for Q2 2025 at Essential Utilities, down from 4.13 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Interest Coverage Ratio ranged from a high of 4.58 in Q1 2021 to a low of 1.95 in Q3 2021.
  • A 5-year average of 2.72 and a median of 2.47 in 2022 define the central range for Interest Coverage Ratio.
  • Peak YoY movement for Interest Coverage Ratio: soared 118.7% in 2021, then fell 26.89% in 2023.
  • Essential Utilities' Interest Coverage Ratio stood at 2.64 in 2021, then dropped by 6.56% to 2.47 in 2022, then fell by 3.47% to 2.39 in 2023, then dropped by 15.41% to 2.02 in 2024, then increased by 15.03% to 2.32 in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WTRG's Interest Coverage Ratio are 2.32 (Q2 2025), 4.13 (Q1 2025), and 2.02 (Q3 2024).