Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Interest Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed Interest Expenses for 17 consecutive years, with $84.9 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Interest Expenses rose 7.11% to $84.9 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $329.1 million through Dec 2025, up 8.8% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $329.1 million for FY2025, 8.8% up from the prior year.
  • Interest Expenses for Q4 2025 was $84.9 million at Essential Utilities, up from $82.3 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Interest Expenses was $84.9 million in Q4 2025, with the low at $50.8 million in Q1 2021.
  • Average Interest Expenses over 5 years is $68.0 million, with a median of $70.9 million recorded in 2023.
  • Peak annual rise in Interest Expenses hit 44.55% in 2021, while the deepest fall reached 0.72% in 2021.
  • Over 5 years, Interest Expenses stood at $52.8 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 30.32% to $68.8 million in 2022, then increased by 6.04% to $72.9 million in 2023, then rose by 8.75% to $79.3 million in 2024, then rose by 7.11% to $84.9 million in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Interest Expenses over the past three periods came in at $84.9 million, $82.3 million, and $79.8 million for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.