Growth Metrics

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

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 9 consecutive years, with $123.5 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses changed N/A to $123.5 million in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $974.9 million, a N/A change, with the full-year FY2025 number at $403.2 million, up 10.8% from a year prior.
  • Operating Expenses was $123.5 million for Q4 2025 at Essential Utilities, down from $307.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $535.4 million in Q4 2022 to a low of $99.5 million in Q2 2025.
  • A 5-year average of $325.8 million and a median of $307.2 million in 2025 define the central range for Operating Expenses.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Expenses: soared 92.88% in 2021, then crashed 65.57% in 2025.
  • Essential Utilities' Operating Expenses stood at $396.1 million in 2021, then soared by 35.17% to $535.4 million in 2022, then tumbled by 42.95% to $305.4 million in 2023, then dropped by 8.28% to $280.2 million in 2024, then plummeted by 55.92% to $123.5 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WTRG's Operating Expenses are $123.5 million (Q4 2025), $307.2 million (Q3 2025), and $99.5 million (Q2 2025).