Essential Utilities (WTRG) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026)

Essential Utilities (WTRG) posted quarterly Times Interest Earned of $3.56 for Q1 2026, down 13.84% year-over-year from $4.13 in Q1 2025, and up 33.13% quarter-over-quarter from $2.67 in Q4 2025.

Essential Utilities (WTRG) Times Interest Earned (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Essential Utilities (WTRG) has reported Times Interest Earned for 18 consecutive years, with $3.56 the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.

  • In Q1 2026, Times Interest Earned fell 13.84% year-over-year to $3.56; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $2.67 (down 4.02% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $2.8, up 11.72% from the prior year.
  • Times Interest Earned climbed to $3.56 in Q1 2026 per WTRG's latest filing, from $2.67 in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Times Interest Earned topped out at $4.13 in Q1 2025 and bottomed at $0.02 in Q1 2022.
  • Historically, Times Interest Earned has averaged $2.29 across 5 years, with a median of $2.32 in 2025.
  • On a YoY basis, Times Interest Earned climbed as much as 18377.44% in 2022 and fell as far as 32.75% in 2022.
  • Essential Utilities' Times Interest Earned stood at $2.47 in 2022, then increased by 13.37% to $2.8 in 2023, then advanced by 1.99% to $2.86 in 2024, then fell by 6.48% to $2.67 in 2025, then jumped by 33.13% to $3.56 in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows WTRG's Times Interest Earned at $3.56 in Q1 2026, $2.67 in Q4 2025, and $2.06 in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Times Interest Earned (Qtr)
1 American Water Works Company 26.62 Bn 26.43 Bn - 3.25
2 Essential Utilities 11.34 Bn 11.33 Bn - 2.17
3 American States Water 3.37 Bn 3.35 Bn 278.03 Mn 4.44
4 California Water Service 3.02 Bn 2.93 Bn 263.45 Mn 3.41
5 H2O America 2.61 Bn 2.50 Bn 197.11 Mn 2.38
6 Middlesex Water 1.09 Bn 1.09 Bn - 4.54
7 York Water 517.01 Mn 516.45 Mn - 4.30
8 Consolidated Water 515.68 Mn 389.35 Mn 10.92 Mn 8.60
9 Artesian Resources 361.44 Mn 357.18 Mn 26.56 Mn 2.82
10 Pure Cycle 275.03 Mn 266.59 Mn 4.29 Mn 3.49

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 2.17
Mar 31, 2026 3.56
Dec 31, 2025 2.67
Sep 30, 2025 2.06
Jun 30, 2025 2.32
Mar 31, 2025 4.13
Dec 31, 2024 2.86
Sep 30, 2024 2.02
Jun 30, 2024 1.99
Mar 31, 2024 3.15
Dec 31, 2023 2.80
Sep 30, 2023 2.00
Jun 30, 2023 2.24
Mar 31, 2023 0.04
Dec 31, 2022 2.47
Sep 30, 2022 2.08
Jun 30, 2022 2.49
Mar 31, 2022 0.02
Dec 31, 2021 2.98
Sep 30, 2021 0.01