Waters Corporation WAT Ratios & Valuation
| Q1 '26 | Q4 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q1 '25 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profitability | ||||||
| Operating margin | 16%-12.3pp | 25.4%-2.6pp | 26.5%-0.9pp | 27.7%+1.0pp | 28.3%+1.6pp | |
| Net margin | 11.9%-10.1pp | 20.3%-1.3pp | 20.9%-0.6pp | 21.7%+1.0pp | 22%+1.3pp | |
| Returns | ||||||
| Return on equity | 5.2%-35.6pp | 29.3%-13.6pp | 33%-16.7pp | 37%-17.6pp | 40.8%-24.2pp | |
| Return on invested capital | 4.5%-19.0pp | 22%0.0pp | 22.9%+0.8pp | 22.6%+1.1pp | 23.5%-6.0pp | |
| Efficiency | ||||||
| Asset turnover | 0.3×-0.4× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×0.0× | 0.7×-0.1× | |
| Liquidity | ||||||
| Current ratio | 1.8×0.0× | 1.7×-0.4× | 1.5×-0.5× | 1.8×-0.3× | 1.8×-0.1× | |
| Leverage | ||||||
| Debt-to-equity | 0.3×-0.4× | 0.4×-0.5× | 0.4×-0.7× | 0.6×-0.9× | 0.7×-0.9× | |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.7×+5.6× | 0.5×-1.0× | 0.6×-1.2× | 1×-1.1× | 1.1×-0.9× | |
| Per Share | ||||||
| Book value per share | $186.17+467% | $42.87+39.8% | $39.09+45.1% | $36.20+52.4% | $32.86+55.4% | |
| Valuation | ||||||
| Market capitalization | $29.21B+33.4% | $22.62B+2.7% | $17.85B-16.4% | $20.64B+20.1% | $21.9B+7.4% | |
| Price / earnings | 65×+31.7× | 35.2×+0.7× | 27.5×-6.8× | 31.2×+2.4× | 33.3×-0.4× | |
| Price / sales | 7.7×+0.4× | 7.1×-0.3× | 5.7×-1.6× | 6.8×+0.8× | 7.3×+0.3× | |
| Price / book | 1.9×-9.3× | 8.8×-3.2× | 7.7×-5.7× | 9.6×-2.6× | 11.2×-5.1× | |
| EV / EBITDA | 48.1×+23.5× | 25.9×+0.3× | 20.2×-5.7× | 23.2×+1.0× | 24.6×-1.0× |
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- What are Waters Corporation's profit margins?
- Waters Corporation (WAT) runs a 59.3% gross margin and a 16.0% operating margin, with a 11.9% net margin.
- Where do Waters Corporation's ratios come from?
- Every ratio is computed from Waters Corporation's SEC filings — trailing-twelve-month flows over period-end balances. Valuation multiples combine those fundamentals with market data, recomputed each period. Switch between quarterly, annual, and TTM, or open any ratio for its full history and peer comparisons.
