Essential Utilities (WTRG) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 9 consecutive years, with 0.02% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Return on Capital Employed changed N/A to 0.02% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 0.02%, a N/A change, with the full-year FY2023 number at 0.04%, changed 0.0% from a year prior.
  • Return on Capital Employed was 0.02% for Q4 2025 at Essential Utilities, down from 0.05% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.05% in Q1 2025 to a low of 0.02% in Q4 2025.
  • A 5-year average of 0.04% and a median of 0.04% in 2021 define the central range for Return on Capital Employed.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: rose 2bps in 2021, then changed 0bps in 2022.
  • Essential Utilities' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.04% in 2021, then grew by 4bps to 0.05% in 2022, then fell by -4bps to 0.04% in 2023, then decreased by -4bps to 0.04% in 2024, then plummeted by -64bps to 0.02% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WTRG's Return on Capital Employed are 0.02% (Q4 2025), 0.05% (Q2 2025), and 0.05% (Q1 2025).