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Waters Corporation WAT

Healthcare  —  Diagnostics & Research
433.54 3.24 0.75% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$42.3B
P/E
108×
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Waters Corporation (WAT) Current ratio

Waters Corporation's current ratio at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 1.9×, up 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (1.7×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.7× (fiscal 2025) to 7.0× (fiscal 2017) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is below the Diagnostics & Research industry median of 2.0× and below the Healthcare sector median of 3.0×.

Current ratio, annual

Annual

Period Current ratio Change
FY2025 1.7× (18.01%)
FY2024 2.1× (4.80%)
FY2023 2.2× (1.11%)
FY2022 2.2× (6.22%)
FY2021 2.4× 37.53%
FY2020 1.7× (21.58%)
FY2019 2.2× (62.59%)
FY2018 5.9× (15.79%)
FY2017 7.0× 0.83%
FY2016 7.0× 22.64%

Quarterly

Period Current ratio Change
Jun 2026 1.9× 4.10%
Mar 2026 1.8× 3.13%
Dec 2025 1.7× 13.03%
Sep 2025 1.5× (12.54%)
42 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 1.7× High 7.0×
Ten-year median 2.2×
Current reading's percentile 9

Current ratio against peers

Company Current ratio
GH Guardant Health, Inc. compare 4.0×
NTRA Natera, Inc. compare 3.0×
A Agilent Technologies, Inc. compare 2.1×
WAT Waters Corporation 1.9×
ILMN Illumina, Inc. compare 1.8×
DGX Quest Diagnostics Incorporated compare 1.6×
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. compare 1.2×
MTD Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. compare 1.1×
IQV IQVIA Holdings Inc. compare 0.7×
Diagnostics & Research industry median 2.0×
Healthcare sector median 3.0×
Market median 1.6×

What Current ratio is

Current Ratio shows whether a company’s short-term assets are enough to cover the bills and debts it must pay within the next year.

Current Assets (Total) ÷ Current Liabilities (Total)

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