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Waters Corporation WAT Ratios & Valuation

TTM Q1 '26TTM Q4 '25TTM Q3 '25TTM Q2 '25TTM Q1 '25
Profitability
Operating margin95.6%-12.3pp107.9%-2.6pp110.5%-0.9pp111.4%+1.0pp110.4%+1.6pp
Net margin74.8%-10.1pp84.9%-1.3pp86.1%-0.6pp86.7%+1.0pp85.7%+1.3pp
Returns
Return on equity104.4%-35.6pp140%-13.6pp153.6%-16.7pp170.3%-17.6pp187.8%-24.2pp
Return on invested capital72%-19.0pp91%0.0pp91%+0.8pp90.2%+1.1pp89.1%-6.0pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover2.2×-0.4×2.6×0.0×2.6×0.0×2.6×0.0×2.6×-0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio6.8×0.0×6.8×-0.4×7.2×-0.5×7.7×-0.3×-0.1×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity1.8×-0.4×2.2×-0.5×2.7×-0.7×3.4×-0.9×4.3×-0.9×
Net debt / EBITDA8.8×+5.6×3.2×-1.0×4.2×-1.2×5.4×-1.1×6.5×-0.9×
Per Share
Book value per share$304.34+102%$151.02+8.8%$138.82+9.6%$126.67+10.9%$114.21+11.4%
Valuation
Market capitalization$90.32B+8.8%$83B+0.7%$82.41B-4.1%$85.92B+4.2%$82.46B+1.9%
Price / earnings159×+31.7×127.3×+0.7×126.6×-6.8×133.4×+2.4×131×-0.4×
Price / sales27.4×+0.4×27×-0.3×27.3×-1.6×28.9×+0.8×28.1×+0.3×
Price / book28×-9.3×37.2×-3.2×40.4×-5.7×46.1×-2.6×48.7×-5.1×
EV / EBITDA117.3×+23.5×93.9×+0.3×93.6×-5.7×99.3×+1.0×98.3×-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.