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Waters Corporation WAT Ratios & Valuation

FY'25FY'24FY'23FY'22
Profitability
Gross margin236.5%-2.0pp238.5%+3.3pp235.2%+2.9pp232.3%-1.4pp
Operating margin107.9%-0.9pp108.8%-4.1pp112.9%-4.0pp116.9%-2.0pp
Net margin84.9%+0.4pp84.5%-4.8pp89.3%-6.9pp96.2%-3.3pp
Returns
Return on equity140%-72.0pp212%-224pp436.1%-376pp812.4%
Return on invested capital91%-4.1pp95.1%-43.4pp138.5%-61.2pp199.6%-13.7pp
Efficiency
Asset turnover2.6×0.0×2.7×-0.6×3.3×-0.5×3.7×+0.1×
Liquidity
Current ratio6.8×-1.3×8.2×-0.5×8.7×-0.1×8.8×-0.7×
Leverage
Debt-to-equity2.2×-3.1×5.3×-5.6×10.9×-4.4×15.3×-8.5×
Net debt / EBITDA3.2×-4.1×7.4×-0.9×8.3×+3.5×4.8×-0.4×
Per Share
Book value per share$151.02+47.3%$102.50+77.1%$57.87+110%$27.50+46.6%
Valuation
Market capitalization$83B+2.5%$80.96B+16.3%$69.64B-7.4%$75.21B-9.4%
Price / earnings127.3×-4.2×131.5×+26.5×104.9×-2.1×107×-17.3×
Price / sales27×-0.8×27.8×+4.4×23.4×-2.3×25.7×-5.2×
Price / book37.2×-16.6×53.8×-31.9×85.6×-97.5×183.2×-106×
EV / EBITDA93.9×-5.4×99.3×+15.2×84.1×-1.8×85.9×-14.9×

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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.