WAT
Waters Corporation
430.30$
+2.3%
vs. previous close
Closing price · As of: Sep 24, 2026
Statements
Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| Line item | Q3 16 | Q4 16 | Q1 17 | Q2 17 | Q3 17 | Q4 17 | Q1 18 | Q2 18 | Q3 18 | Q4 18 | Q1 19 | Q2 19 | Q3 19 | Q4 19 | Q1 20 | Q2 20 | Q3 20 | Q4 20 | Q1 21 | Q2 21 | Q3 21 | Q4 21 | Q1 22 | Q2 22 | Q3 22 | Q4 22 | Q1 23 | Q2 23 | Q3 23 | Q4 23 | Q1 24 | Q2 24 | Q3 24 | Q4 24 | Q1 25 | Q2 25 | Q3 25 | Q4 25 | Q1 26 | Q2 26 |
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| Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25.9 | 20.9 | 23.7 | 27.7 | 26.4 | 755.8 | 593.1 | 300.3 | 270.7 | 23.9 | 30.8 | 25.8 | 25.8 | 25.4 | 21.2 | 21.8 | 24.2 | 29.6 | 28.9 | 32.5 | 31.8 | 33.0 | 26.9 | 28.5 | 23.2 | 28.9 | 26.7 | 23.3 | 24.9 | 30.4 | 33.9 | 29.0 | 34.4 | 34.7 | 33.5 | 31.5 | 27.5 | 35.3 | 54.4 | 221.7 | |
| 6.1 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 8.2 | 6.6 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 5.8 | 7.2 | 6.5 | 7.9 | |
| 5.7 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 18.8 | 26.9 | 129.0 | – | – | – | – | 66.6 | 77.1 | 80.1 | 74.9 | 62.3 | 50.5 | 51.1 | 42.0 | 40.5 | 30.6 | 20.4 | 17.9 | 17.0 | 16.3 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 11.2 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 1.6 | 2.4 | |
| 6.7 | 5.6 | 6.3 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 5.9 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 6.1 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.9 | |
| 20.1 | 16.5 | 18.5 | 21.3 | 20.4 | 20.8 | 19.5 | 18.1 | 17.7 | 17.4 | 23.1 | 19.2 | 19.8 | 19.7 | 16.6 | 16.6 | 18.0 | 21.1 | 20.9 | 23.8 | 23.5 | 24.3 | 20.0 | 21.3 | 17.5 | 21.2 | 19.4 | 18.0 | 18.3 | 21.5 | 22.7 | 19.4 | 22.8 | 22.6 | 21.9 | 20.7 | 18.1 | 23.4 | 31.7 | 46.0 | |
| 25.5 | 20.4 | 22.7 | 25.7 | 24.3 | 25.3 | 25.9 | 28.3 | 30.7 | 29.8 | 39.0 | 31.5 | 30.4 | 31.4 | 26.5 | 22.7 | 22.7 | 25.0 | 25.6 | 33.4 | 35.3 | 39.5 | 33.5 | 41.3 | 34.2 | 46.9 | 42.4 | 40.7 | 41.6 | 44.2 | 39.8 | 30.7 | 34.5 | 35.7 | 35.5 | 33.6 | 29.7 | 42.0 | 92.7 | 92.4 | |
| 3.9% | 4.9% | 4.4% | 3.9% | 4.1% | 4.0% | 3.9% | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 2.6% | 3.2% | 3.3% | 3.2% | 3.8% | 4.4% | 4.4% | 4.0% | 3.9% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.5% | 3.0% | 2.4% | 2.9% | 2.1% | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 3.0% | 3.4% | 2.4% | 1.1% | 1.1% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 58.7% | 58.9% | 58.8% | 58.8% | 58.8% | 59.0% | 59.1% | 59.2% | 59.2% | 59.0% | 58.7% | 58.5% | 58.5% | 58.0% | 57.6% | 57.7% | 57.1% | 57.4% | 58.1% | 58.2% | 58.8% | 58.5% | 58.6% | 58.1% | 57.6% | 58.0% | 58.0% | 58.5% | 59.1% | 59.6% | 59.7% | 59.7% | 59.7% | 59.4% | 59.3% | 59.0% | 59.0% | 58.9% | 55.0% | 50.8% | |
| 28.1% | 28.8% | 28.8% | 28.6% | 28.4% | 28.7% | 29.4% | 30.0% | 30.3% | 30.6% | 29.8% | 29.7% | 29.8% | 29.4% | 27.8% | 27.8% | 26.9% | 27.3% | 29.8% | 29.6% | 30.1% | 29.5% | 29.5% | 29.3% | 28.8% | 29.4% | 28.7% | 28.5% | 28.0% | 27.7% | 26.7% | 26.7% | 27.5% | 27.9% | 28.3% | 27.7% | 26.5% | 26.6% | 17.1% | 8.0% | |
| 23.4% | 24.1% | 24.3% | 24.3% | 24.3% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 24.5% | 24.6% | 24.1% | 24.0% | 24.6% | 22.8% | 22.6% | 22.0% | 22.1% | 24.6% | 24.7% | 25.4% | 24.9% | 24.6% | 24.2% | 23.6% | 23.8% | 23.2% | 22.5% | 21.8% | 21.7% | 20.7% | 20.7% | 21.4% | 21.6% | 22.0% | 21.7% | 20.9% | 20.3% | 11.9% | 3.6% | |
| 23.8% | 24.6% | 25.4% | 26.1% | 26.5% | 26.3% | 26.1% | 22.5% | 20.4% | 19.7% | 19.4% | 19.7% | 20.4% | 19.9% | 18.2% | 21.7% | 23.4% | 26.1% | 27.8% | 24.0% | 22.9% | 20.8% | 19.7% | 16.7% | 16.0% | 14.7% | 14.6% | 12.9% | 13.0% | 15.0% | 17.7% | 19.5% | 21.3% | 20.9% | 20.8% | 20.3% | 19.4% | 17.1% | 7.0% | 8.6% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22.1% | 22.7% | 22.3% | 21.3% | 20.8% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 37.9% | 61.1% | 104.2% | 499.3% | – | – | – | – | 224.7% | 266.8% | 246.2% | 235.4% | 188.5% | 187.9% | 179.1% | 180.9% | 140.3% | 114.8% | 87.5% | 72.1% | 55.8% | 48.0% | 42.2% | 38.8% | 34.9% | 33.5% | 30.6% | 27.8% | 25.1% | 2.9% | 1.1% | |
| 10.9% | 11.2% | 11.1% | 10.7% | 10.6% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 1.4% | 15.9% | 18.2% | 20.5% | 22.5% | 23.2% | 20.1% | 19.5% | 18.8% | 18.4% | 19.2% | 21.3% | 22.3% | 22.4% | 23.2% | 23.1% | 22.7% | 21.6% | 20.8% | 14.8% | 14.5% | 13.9% | 13.4% | 13.4% | 13.8% | 14.0% | 14.3% | 14.0% | 13.3% | 12.7% | 1.8% | 0.7% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1,352 | 1,322 | 1,283 | 1,345 | 1,354 | 1,355 | 531 | 406 | 459 | 352 | 491 | 586 | 975 | 1,373 | 1,534 | 1,384 | 1,223 | 1,098 | 1,046 | 1,171 | 1,116 | 1,041 | 990 | 1,141 | 1,175 | 1,171 | 1,019 | 2,326 | 2,195 | 1,988 | 1,745 | 1,706 | 1,521 | 1,328 | 1,101 | 1,118 | 977 | 1,311 | 4,806 | 4,398 | |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 5.2 | 4.9 | |
| 49.4% | 49.4% | 49.8% | 50.4% | 50.9% | 41.8% | 47.1% | 47.5% | 46.4% | 42.0% | 29.8% | 19.7% | 4.5% | -8.5% | -12.7% | -7.2% | -1.6% | 8.2% | 7.2% | 8.6% | 9.5% | 11.9% | 12.3% | 12.9% | 12.5% | 15.4% | 18.1% | 17.0% | 20.1% | 24.9% | 27.9% | 31.7% | 35.5% | 40.2% | 42.7% | 45.8% | 47.9% | 50.5% | 62.3% | 61.4% | |
| 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 11.9 | – | – | – | – | 6.6 | 7.5 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6.12 | 6.44 | 6.60 | 6.64 | 6.80 | 0.26 | 0.34 | 0.64 | 0.72 | 7.88 | 8.16 | 8.34 | 8.64 | 9.20 | 8.57 | 8.29 | 8.09 | 8.35 | 9.84 | 10.63 | 11.23 | 11.28 | 11.56 | 11.60 | 11.60 | 11.87 | 11.61 | 11.43 | 11.02 | 10.83 | 10.15 | 10.02 | 10.46 | 10.69 | 11.00 | 11.09 | 10.88 | 10.75 | 5.47 | 1.69 | |
| 26.11 | 26.77 | 27.12 | 27.39 | 27.95 | 29.06 | 29.38 | 30.34 | 31.01 | 32.12 | 33.19 | 34.62 | 36.03 | 37.40 | 37.65 | 36.64 | 36.84 | 37.85 | 40.06 | 42.97 | 44.21 | 45.36 | 47.05 | 47.94 | 49.10 | 49.83 | 50.00 | 50.71 | 50.55 | 49.85 | 48.94 | 48.38 | 48.82 | 49.60 | 49.96 | 51.06 | 52.09 | 52.96 | 45.90 | 47.29 | |
| 27.76 | 28.44 | 29.65 | 31.19 | 32.65 | 28.11 | 26.53 | 25.18 | 24.33 | 20.80 | 13.36 | 8.00 | 1.73 | -3.36 | -5.40 | -3.08 | -0.67 | 3.71 | 3.69 | 4.32 | 4.77 | 5.98 | 6.15 | 6.48 | 6.41 | 8.46 | 10.11 | 13.07 | 15.28 | 19.40 | 21.14 | 23.75 | 26.94 | 30.66 | 32.86 | 36.20 | 39.09 | 42.86 | 186.17 | 154.73 | |
| 6.23 | 6.60 | 6.88 | 7.15 | 7.40 | 7.64 | 7.66 | 6.83 | 6.34 | 6.33 | 6.45 | 6.83 | 7.35 | 7.45 | 6.86 | 7.96 | 8.60 | 9.89 | 11.12 | 10.33 | 10.12 | 9.43 | 9.28 | 8.01 | 7.87 | 7.31 | 7.30 | 6.56 | 6.58 | 7.46 | 8.65 | 9.44 | 10.42 | 10.39 | 10.37 | 10.38 | 10.10 | 9.03 | 3.21 | 4.06 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: September 24, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.