Growth Metrics

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Short term Debt (2016 - 2025)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has disclosed Short term Debt for 17 consecutive years, with $21.8 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Short term Debt fell 84.72% to $21.8 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $21.8 million through Dec 2025, down 84.72% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $21.8 million for FY2025, 84.72% down from the prior year.
  • Short term Debt for Q4 2025 was $21.8 million at Essential Utilities, down from $135.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Short term Debt was $218.6 million in Q3 2023, with the low at $21.8 million in Q4 2025.
  • Average Short term Debt over 5 years is $119.2 million, with a median of $131.9 million recorded in 2022.
  • The sharpest move saw Short term Debt crashed 86.64% in 2024, then soared 364.66% in 2025.
  • Over 5 years, Short term Debt stood at $132.1 million in 2021, then surged by 50.86% to $199.4 million in 2022, then tumbled by 66.18% to $67.4 million in 2023, then surged by 111.83% to $142.8 million in 2024, then tumbled by 84.72% to $21.8 million in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Short term Debt over the past three periods came in at $21.8 million, $135.8 million, and $132.1 million for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.