Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed Share-based Compensation for 17 consecutive years, with $1.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Share-based Compensation fell 77.11% to $1.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $4.8 million through Dec 2025, down 24.81% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $12.9 million for FY2025, 31.37% up from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation for Q4 2025 was $1.0 million at Essential Utilities, up from $308000.0 in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Share-based Compensation was $13.6 million in Q4 2022, with the low at $13000.0 in Q2 2022.
  • Average Share-based Compensation over 5 years is $2.6 million, with a median of $1.0 million recorded in 2024.
  • The sharpest move saw Share-based Compensation crashed 98.26% in 2024, then surged 2269.23% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Share-based Compensation stood at $12.2 million in 2021, then rose by 11.19% to $13.6 million in 2022, then tumbled by 82.39% to $2.4 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 84.71% to $4.4 million in 2024, then tumbled by 77.11% to $1.0 million in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Share-based Compensation over the past three periods came in at $1.0 million, $308000.0, and $840000.0 for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.