Waters Corporation WAT
433.54
3.24
0.75%
as of 25 Sep
- Market cap
- $42.3B
- P/E
- 108×
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Waters Corporation (WAT) Operating margin
Waters Corporation's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 7.10%, down 18.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (25.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 25.4% (fiscal 2025) to 30.6% (fiscal 2018) — the current reading is the lowest in ten years. That is above the Diagnostics & Research industry median of −8.57% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.
Operating margin, annual
Annual
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 25.4% | (2.57) |
| FY2024 | 27.9% | 0.27 |
| FY2023 | 27.7% | (1.73) |
| FY2022 | 29.4% | (0.11) |
| FY2021 | 29.5% | 2.21 |
| FY2020 | 27.3% | (2.15) |
| FY2019 | 29.4% | (1.13) |
| FY2018 | 30.6% | 1.89 |
| FY2017 | 28.7% | (0.16) |
| FY2016 | 28.8% | 1.06 |
Quarterly
| Period | Operating margin | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 2026 | −5.23% | (1.52) |
| Mar 2026 | −3.71% | (32.72) |
| Dec 2025 | 29.0% | 4.99 |
| Sep 2025 | 24.0% | (0.36) |
| 42 more quarters | Free account |
Against its own ten years
Low 25.4%
High 30.6%
Ten-year median
28.7%
Current reading's percentile
9
Operating margin against peers
| Company | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. compare | 32.0% |
| MTD Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. compare | 28.4% |
| A Agilent Technologies, Inc. compare | 22.2% |
| ILMN Illumina, Inc. compare | 19.7% |
| DGX Quest Diagnostics Incorporated compare | 14.1% |
| IQV IQVIA Holdings Inc. compare | 13.0% |
| WAT Waters Corporation | 7.10% |
| NTRA Natera, Inc. compare | −10.7% |
| GH Guardant Health, Inc. compare | −39.8% |
| Diagnostics & Research industry median | −8.57% |
| Healthcare sector median | 0.00% |
| Market median | 0.00% |
What Operating margin is
EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.
EBIT ÷ Revenue
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