Essential Utilities (WTRG) Long-Term Deferred Tax (2012 - 2025)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has 14 years of Long-Term Deferred Tax data on file, last reported at $82.2 million in Q4 2025.

• Quarterly Long-Term Deferred Tax fell 39.1% year-over-year to $82.2 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $82.2 million (down 39.1% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $82.2 million, down 39.1% from the prior year.
• Long-Term Deferred Tax slipped to $82.2 million in Q4 2025 per WTRG's latest filing, from $135.0 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Long-Term Deferred Tax topped out at $183.2 million in Q4 2023 and bottomed at $1.3 million in Q4 2021.
• The 5-year median for Long-Term Deferred Tax is $82.2 million (2025), against an average of $88.8 million.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2021, when Long-Term Deferred Tax plunged 90.97%; it then jumped 3121.83% in 2022.
• Tracing WTRG's Long-Term Deferred Tax over 5 years: stood at $1.3 million in 2021, then jumped by 3121.83% to $42.2 million in 2022, then soared by 334.01% to $183.2 million in 2023, then declined by 26.29% to $135.0 million in 2024, then sank by 39.1% to $82.2 million in 2025.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest WTRG Long-Term Deferred Tax figures stand at $82.2 million (Q4 2025), $135.0 million (Q4 2024), and $183.2 million (Q4 2023).

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