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Price / sales at other companies

Thermo Fisher Scientific logo
Thermo Fisher ScientificTMO
4.4×-0.8×
Danaher logo
DanaherDHR
5.4×-0.7×
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. logo
Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.MTD
6.2×-0.2×
Agilent Technologies logo
Agilent TechnologiesA
4.5×-0.1×
Veralto logo
VeraltoVLTO
3.9×-0.7×
Ecolab logo
EcolabECL
4.6×0.0×

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×

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 the most recent quarter.

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 price / sales?
Waters Corporation (WAT) reported price / sales of 7.7× in Q1 2026.
How has Waters Corporation's price / sales changed year-over-year?
Waters Corporation's price / sales increased by 5.6% year-over-year, from 7.3× to 7.7×.
What is the long-term trend for Waters Corporation's price / sales?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Waters Corporation's price / sales has grown at a -3.3% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 30.9× to 27×.
What does price / sales mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual sales.
How do you interpret price / sales?
Useful when earnings are negative or volatile (e.g. early-stage or cyclical firms). Only comparable across companies with similar margins — a sales dollar is worth more at a high-margin business.
How does price / sales compare across companies?
Best compared within a margin cohort; a software P/S and a retailer P/S are not directly comparable.