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Waters Corporation WAT Inventory turnover

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3.3×+0.2×
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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.3B+91.4%
Operating income-$47.0M-131%
Net income-$72.0M-160%
EPS (diluted)-$0.87-143%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$462.0M+20.7%
Total debt$5.2B+263%
Total equity$15.3B+679%
Total assets$24.5B+434%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow-$3.0M-101%
CapEx$39.0M+50.0%
Free cash flow-$42.0M-118%

Valuation

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Market cap$35.05B+33.4%
Enterprise value$39.8B+48.0%
P/E78×+38.0×
P/S9.3×+0.5×

Profitability

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Gross margin59.3%-0.1pp
Operating margin16%-12.3pp
Net margin11.9%-10.1pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity5.2%-35.6pp
Debt / equity0.3×-0.4×
Current ratio1.8×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Waters Corporation’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Waters Corporation’s 10-Q, filed May 12, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Waters Corporation's inventory turnover?
Waters Corporation (WAT) reported inventory turnover of 2.5× in Q4 2025.
How has Waters Corporation's inventory turnover changed year-over-year?
Waters Corporation's inventory turnover increased by 1.7% year-over-year, from 2.4× to 2.5×.
What is the long-term trend for Waters Corporation's inventory turnover?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Waters Corporation's inventory turnover has grown at a -7.7% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 13× to 9.5×.
What does inventory turnover mean?
How many times a year the company sells through and restocks its inventory.
How do you interpret inventory turnover?
Higher turnover ties up less cash in stock and reduces obsolescence risk, but too high can signal stock-outs and lost sales. Read against peers and the company's own history.
How does inventory turnover compare across companies?
Only meaningful for businesses that carry inventory; automatically null for asset-light and financial firms with no inventory line.