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Waters Corporation WAT Ratios & Valuation

Q1 '26Q4 '25Q3 '25Q2 '25Q1 '25
Profitability
Operating margin16%-12.3pp25.4%-2.6pp26.5%-0.9pp27.7%+1.0pp28.3%+1.6pp
Net margin11.9%-10.1pp20.3%-1.3pp20.9%-0.6pp21.7%+1.0pp22%+1.3pp
Returns
Return on equity5.2%-35.6pp29.3%-13.6pp33%-16.7pp37%-17.6pp40.8%-24.2pp
Return on invested capital4.5%-19.0pp22%0.0pp22.9%+0.8pp22.6%+1.1pp23.5%-6.0pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover0.3×-0.4×0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×0.7×0.0×0.7×-0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio1.8×0.0×1.7×-0.4×1.5×-0.5×1.8×-0.3×1.8×-0.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity0.3×-0.4×0.4×-0.5×0.4×-0.7×0.6×-0.9×0.7×-0.9×
Net debt / EBITDA6.7×+5.6×0.5×-1.0×0.6×-1.2×-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 / earnings65×+31.7×35.2×+0.7×27.5×-6.8×31.2×+2.4×33.3×-0.4×
Price / sales7.7×+0.4×7.1×-0.3×5.7×-1.6×6.8×+0.8×7.3×+0.3×
Price / book1.9×-9.3×8.8×-3.2×7.7×-5.7×9.6×-2.6×11.2×-5.1×
EV / EBITDA48.1×+23.5×25.9×+0.3×20.2×-5.7×23.2×+1.0×24.6×-1.0×

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Questions, answered.

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.