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

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has reported Long-Term Deferred Tax for 14 consecutive years, with $82.2 million the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2025.

• In Q4 2025, Long-Term Deferred Tax fell 39.1% year-over-year to $82.2 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at $82.2 million (down 39.1% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $82.2 million, down 39.1% from the prior year.
• Long-Term Deferred Tax declined 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.
• Historically, Long-Term Deferred Tax has averaged $88.8 million across 5 years, with a median of $82.2 million in 2025.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Long-Term Deferred Tax slumped 90.97% — and 2022, when it soared 3121.83%.
• Essential Utilities' Long-Term Deferred Tax 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 decreased by 26.29% to $135.0 million in 2024, then plunged by 39.1% to $82.2 million in 2025.
• Business Quant data shows WTRG's Long-Term Deferred Tax at $82.2 million in Q4 2025, $135.0 million in Q4 2024, and $183.2 million in Q4 2023.