Essential Utilities (WTRG) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported Tax Rate of 3.11% for Q2 2026, down 0.96 percentage points from 4.07% a year earlier but up 0.34 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Essential Utilities (WTRG) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Jun 30, 2026, Essential Utilities' Tax Rate came in at 5.01%, up 9.72 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 0.56%, up 4.36 percentage points from FY2024.
- Tax Rate has a five-year change of +8.06 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Tax Rate came in at -3.81% in FY2024 (+11.58 pp), -15.39% in FY2023 (-12.21 pp), -3.18% in FY2022 (-0.90 pp) and -2.28% in FY2021 (+5.22 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Tax Rate spans a low of -29.47% in Q4 2023 and a high of 18.58% in Q3 2024.
- Year over year, Tax Rate gained in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +7.09 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Tax Rate in five years was Q4 2025 (a gain of 28.80 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2023 (a drop of 19.95 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 2.77% (Q1 2026), 10.26% (Q4 2025) and 4.46% (Q3 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enel Chile | 287.73 Bn | 287.73 Bn | 890.00 Mn | - |
| 2 | Nextera Energy | 160.25 Bn | 161.15 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Southern | 96.31 Bn | 87.36 Bn | 5.92 Bn | 13.60% |
| 4 | Duke Energy | 88.79 Bn | 87.40 Bn | 6.74 Bn | 17.55% |
| 5 | National Grid | 79.16 Bn | 60.69 Bn | - | - |
| 6 | American Electric Power | 65.09 Bn | 63.47 Bn | 3.84 Bn | 6.75% |
| 7 | Dominion Energy | 53.95 Bn | 56.63 Bn | - | 16.49% |
| 8 | Sempra | 51.22 Bn | 50.35 Bn | 2.89 Bn | 22.09% |
| 9 | Entergy | 47.09 Bn | 36.28 Bn | - | 21.26% |
| 10 | Essential Utilities | 11.17 Bn | 11.04 Bn | - | 3.11% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.11% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 2.77% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 10.26% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 4.46% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 4.07% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 18.58% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.41% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 6.53% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 8.96% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.38% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 4.47% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 2.53% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 6.74% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 0.62% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 4.79% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 8.57% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 4.27% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 8.37% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 5.63% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 7.53% |
API Access
Essential Utilities Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=WTRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "WTRG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=WTRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();