Waters Corporation

NYSE:WAT Stock Report

Market Cap: US$22.9b

Waters Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 5/6

Waters has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 1%, while the Life Sciences industry saw earnings growing at 0.9% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 4% per year. Waters's return on equity is 27.8%, and it has net margins of 20.9%.

Key information

1.02%

Earnings growth rate

2.13%

EPS growth rate

Life Sciences Industry Growth21.51%
Revenue growth rate4.02%
Return on equity27.84%
Net Margin20.89%
Last Earnings Update27 Sep 2025

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Waters Merger Risks Weakening Its Competitive Moat

Sep 29

Risks To Shareholder Returns Are Elevated At These Prices For Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT)

Sep 19
Risks To Shareholder Returns Are Elevated At These Prices For Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT)

Are Investors Undervaluing Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) By 36%?

Jul 24
Are Investors Undervaluing Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) By 36%?

These 4 Measures Indicate That Waters (NYSE:WAT) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

Jul 06
These 4 Measures Indicate That Waters (NYSE:WAT) Is Using Debt Reasonably Well

Waters Corporation's (NYSE:WAT) Shares May Have Run Too Fast Too Soon

May 07
Waters Corporation's (NYSE:WAT) Shares May Have Run Too Fast Too Soon

Is Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) Trading At A 24% Discount?

Apr 19
Is Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) Trading At A 24% Discount?

Waters Corporation: Instrument Replacement Cycle Momentum, But Valuation Is A Concern

Feb 21

Waters Corporation's (NYSE:WAT) Share Price Could Signal Some Risk

Feb 01
Waters Corporation's (NYSE:WAT) Share Price Could Signal Some Risk

Weighing In On Waters Corporation: Facing A Valuation Headwind

Jan 29

Should You Investigate Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) At US$377?

Dec 27
Should You Investigate Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) At US$377?

Waters Corp: Short Reinvestment Runway Diminishes High Multiples

Nov 13

Waters Corp.: Embedded Expectations High Under Present Conditions

Aug 15

Waters Corporation: Still Struggling A Bit

May 24

Waters Corporation: A Great (Share Price) Run

Mar 11

Waters Corporation: High Quality Niche Company In Mass Spectrometry

Dec 28

Waters Corporation: Appealing Levels Are Offset By Weaker Performance

Nov 13

Waters Corporation: Buybacks Ceased, Incremental Returns Languishing (Rating Downgrade)

Sep 27

Waters Corporation: Temporary Headwinds Present A Buying Opportunity

Jul 18

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Waters makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

NYSE:WAT Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
DateRevenueEarningsG+A ExpensesR&D Expenses
27 Sep 253,106649723196
28 Jun 253,046661705187
29 Mar 252,983657691185
31 Dec 242,958638691183
28 Sep 242,905623679180
29 Jun 242,877596669177
30 Mar 242,909604671177
31 Dec 232,956642678175
30 Sep 232,995653690179
01 Jul 232,992675696180
01 Apr 232,966689682178
31 Dec 222,972708658176
01 Oct 222,950697658171
02 Jul 222,901702645170
02 Apr 222,868705641171
31 Dec 212,786693627168
02 Oct 212,736695606165
03 Jul 212,671660563158
03 Apr 212,509616541144
31 Dec 202,365522555141
26 Sep 202,295504507138
27 Jun 202,278515524138
28 Mar 202,358537522143
31 Dec 192,407592526143
28 Sep 192,405577582144
29 Jun 192,406580584145
30 Mar 192,403591589144
31 Dec 182,420594585143
29 Sep 182,39255543140
30 Jun 182,38051550139
31 Mar 182,34227540136
31 Dec 172,30920545133
30 Sep 172,251548512130
01 Jul 172,212537501127
01 Apr 172,190533502127
31 Dec 162,167522512125
01 Oct 162,125498508121
02 Jul 162,099490509121
02 Apr 162,057467502119
31 Dec 152,042469493119
03 Oct 152,040469498119
04 Jul 152,032467496116
04 Apr 152,019457501112
31 Dec 141,989432502108

Quality Earnings: WAT has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: WAT's current net profit margins (20.9%) are lower than last year (21.4%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: WAT's earnings have grown by 1% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: WAT's earnings growth over the past year (4.3%) exceeds its 5-year average (1% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: WAT earnings growth over the past year (4.3%) exceeded the Life Sciences industry -0.2%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: WAT's Return on Equity (27.8%) is considered high.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

Discover strong past performing companies

7D

1Y

7D

1Y

7D

1Y

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/12/14 17:32
End of Day Share Price 2025/12/12 00:00
Earnings2025/09/27
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

Analysis Model and Snowflake

Details of the analysis model used to generate this report is available on our Github page, we also have guides on how to use our reports and tutorials on Youtube.

Learn about the world class team who designed and built the Simply Wall St analysis model.

Industry and Sector Metrics

Our industry and section metrics are calculated every 6 hours by Simply Wall St, details of our process are available on Github.

Analyst Sources

Waters Corporation is covered by 37 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Catherine Ramsey SchulteBaird
Luke SergottBarclays
Charles ButlerBarclays