Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Net Margin (2016 - 2025)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed Net Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 18.52% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Net Margin fell 745.0% to 18.52% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 24.78% through Dec 2025, down 243.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 24.78% for FY2025, 243.0% down from the prior year.
  • Net Margin for Q4 2025 was 18.52% at Essential Utilities, down from 19.3% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Net Margin was 43.42% in Q1 2024, with the low at 0.84% in Q4 2022.
  • Average Net Margin over 5 years is 22.11%, with a median of 20.27% recorded in 2021.
  • The sharpest move saw Net Margin crashed -1932bps in 2022, then soared 2741bps in 2023.
  • Over 5 years, Net Margin stood at 20.16% in 2021, then plummeted by -96bps to 0.84% in 2022, then soared by 3271bps to 28.25% in 2023, then dropped by -8bps to 25.98% in 2024, then dropped by -29bps to 18.52% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Net Margin over the past three periods came in at 18.52%, 19.3%, and 20.94% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.