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Waters Corporation (WAT)

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Financials

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Waters Corpshowed a sharp split between top-line momentum and profitability pressure in FY 2026 Q2. Revenue growthaccelerated to 52.47%, but EPS growthfell to -63.93%, while gross margindropped to 50.89%and operating marginslid to 7.10%.

Valuation stayed elevated despite the mixed operating picture. P/Ejumped to 223.50xin FY 2026 Q2, EV/EBITDArose to 34.83x, and P/Sincreased to 8.02x, implying investors are still pricing in strong future execution.

Cash and capital efficiency weakened as well. ROICfell to 2.33%and free cash flow yieldstayed negative at -0.44in FY 2026 Q2, while R&D expense-to-revenuerose to 6.84%, showing continued investment even as near-term profitability softened.

Valuation Measures

Currency in USD Download
Current 6/30/2026 3/31/2026 12/31/2025 9/30/2025 6/30/2025
Market Cap
44.93B 36.82B 29.21B 22.62B 17.85B 20.77B
Enterprise Value
49.47B 41.93B 30.12B 23.65B 19.02B 21.92B
Trailing P/E
195.65 -- -- -- -- --
Forward P/E
27.29 25.81 20.71 25.05 21.08 26.89
PEG Ratio (current)
37.79 -- -- -- -- --
Price/Sales
7.04 -- -- -- -- --
Price/Book
3.00 -- -- -- -- --
Enterprise Value/Revenue
8.82 11.12 9.52 7.61 6.24 7.35
Enterprise Value/EBITDA
43.84 43.22 29.76 23.03 18.28 21.14
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Financial Highlights

Fiscal Year

Fiscal Year Ends 12/31/2025
Most Recent Quarter (mrq) 10/3/2026

Profitability

Profit Margin 1.76%
Operating Margin (ttm) 11.38%

Management Effectiveness

Return on Assets (ttm) 2.36%
Return on Equity (ttm) 1.12%

Income Statement

Revenue (ttm) 5.61B
Revenue Per Share (ttm) 66.43
Quarterly Revenue Growth (yoy) 120.90%
Gross Profit (ttm) 2.8B
EBITDA 1.41B
Net Income Avi to Common (ttm) 98.63M
Diluted EPS (ttm) 2.39
Quarterly Earnings Growth (yoy) -45.60%

Balance Sheet

Total Cash (mrq) 593M
Total Cash Per Share (mrq) 6.03
Total Debt (mrq) 5.13B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq) 33.57%
Current Ratio (mrq) --
Book Value Per Share (mrq) 155.63

Cash Flow Statement

Operating Cash Flow (ttm) 460.56M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm) --

Trading Information

Stock Price History

Beta (5Y Monthly) 1.15
52 Week Change 3 21.52%
S&P 500 52-Week Change 3 7.97%
52 Week High 3 482.28
52 Week Low 3 282.77
50-Day Moving Average 3 434.51
200-Day Moving Average 3 371.14

Share Statistics

Avg Vol (3 month) 3 823.14k
Avg Vol (10 day) 3 1.15M
Shares Outstanding 5 98.19M
Implied Shares Outstanding 6 98.19M
Float 8 98.07M
% Held by Insiders 1 0.10%
% Held by Institutions 1 102.17%
Shares Short (10/15/2026) 4 3.19M
Short Ratio (10/15/2026) 4 3.72
Short % of Float (10/15/2026) 4 3.25%
Short % of Shares Outstanding (10/15/2026) 4 3.25%
Shares Short (prior month 9/15/2026) 4 3.3M

Dividends & Splits

Forward Annual Dividend Rate 4 --
Forward Annual Dividend Yield 4 0.00%
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 3 0.00
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 3 0.00%
5 Year Average Dividend Yield 4 --
Payout Ratio 4 0.00%
Dividend Date 3 --
Ex-Dividend Date 4 11/26/1996
Last Split Factor 2 2:1
Last Split Date 3 8/28/2000

Footnotes

  • 1 Data provided by Refinitiv.
  • 2 Data provided by EDGAR Online.
  • 3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo Finance.
  • 4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
  • 5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
  • 6 Implied Shares Outstanding of common equity, assuming the conversion of all convertible subsidiary equity into common.
  • 7 EBITDA is calculated by S&P Global Market Intelligence using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting.
  • 8 A company's float is a measure of the number of shares available for trading by the public. It's calculated by taking the number of issued and outstanding shares minus any restricted stock, which may not be publicly traded.

Abbreviation Guide

  • mrq  =  Most Recent Quarter
  • ttm  =  Trailing Twelve Months
  • yoy  =  Year Over Year
  • lfy  =  Last Fiscal Year
  • fye  =  Fiscal Year Ending

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