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

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed Operating Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 80.64% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 11814.0% to 80.64% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 5.26% through Dec 2025, down 3106.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 5.26% for FY2025, 3106.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q4 2025 was 80.64% at Essential Utilities, down from 35.59% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Margin was 43.25% in Q1 2025, with the low at 80.64% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Operating Margin over 5 years is 27.88%, with a median of 33.43% recorded in 2023.
  • The sharpest move saw Operating Margin surged 1219bps in 2023, then plummeted -11814bps in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Operating Margin stood at 26.06% in 2021, then dropped by -8bps to 24.09% in 2022, then soared by 51bps to 36.29% in 2023, then rose by 3bps to 37.5% in 2024, then plummeted by -315bps to 80.64% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Margin over the past three periods came in at 80.64%, 35.59%, and 35.98% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.