Waters Corporation

WAT Healthcare Diagnostics & Research

Waters Corporation’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $3.2 billion, up 6.99% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+120.9%
EPS
−67.0%
Free cash flow
−66.7%
Total debt
+308.2%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

461.19 8.11 +1.79%
Market cap
$44.5B
P/E
194×
Fwd P/E
81.0×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
9.63
Beneish M
−2.37
Dividend safety
n/a

Waters Corporation (WAT) Revenue growth

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Waters Corporation's revenue growth over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 80.7%, up 73.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (6.99%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.71% (fiscal 2020) to 17.8% (fiscal 2021); the current reading is higher than 91% of that period. That is above the Diagnostics & Research industry median of 8.99% and above the Healthcare sector median of 7.80%.

Revenue growth, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
FY2025 6.99% 6.92
FY2024 0.07% 0.59
FY2023 −0.52% (7.20)
FY2022 6.68% (11.10)
FY2021 17.8% 19.49
FY2020 −1.71% (1.16)
FY2019 −0.55% (5.35)
FY2018 4.80% (1.74)
FY2017 6.54% 0.42
FY2016 6.12% 3.46

Quarterly newest first

Period Revenue growth Change (points)
Sep 2026 120.9% 7.55
Jun 2026 113.4% 21.97
Mar 2026 91.4% 84.55
Dec 2025 6.84% (1.21)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low −1.71% High 17.8%
Ten-year median 4.80%
Current reading's percentile 91

Revenue growth against peers

Company Revenue growth
WAT Waters Corporation 80.7%
NTRA Natera, Inc. compare 37.4%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. compare 11.9%
DGX Quest Diagnostics Incorporated compare 9.13%
IQV IQVIA Holdings Inc. compare 8.85%
A Agilent Technologies, Inc. compare 8.60%
MTD Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. compare 6.91%
LH Labcorp Holdings Inc. compare 6.02%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. compare 5.83%
Diagnostics & Research industry median 8.99%
Healthcare sector median 7.80%
Market median 7.58%

What Revenue growth is

Revenue Growth shows how fast a company’s sales are rising or falling compared with the same period a year earlier.

(Revenue − Revenue a year earlier) ÷ |Revenue a year earlier|

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