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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 113.4%, EPS fell 156.3%, free cash flow grew 750.0% and total debt rose 308.2%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

436.95 7.20 −1.62%
Market cap
$43.6B
P/E
109×
Fwd P/E
44.3×
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 June 2026 was 52.5%, up 45.5 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 7.69% and above the Healthcare sector median of 8.27%.

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)
Jun 2026 113.4% 21.97
Mar 2026 91.4% 84.55
Dec 2025 6.84% (1.21)
Sep 2025 8.05% (0.77)
42 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 52.5%
NTRA Natera, Inc. compare 37.8%
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. compare 12.8%
DGX Quest Diagnostics Incorporated compare 9.87%
A Agilent Technologies, Inc. compare 8.60%
IQV IQVIA Holdings Inc. compare 8.17%
MTD Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. compare 6.91%
LH Labcorp Holdings Inc. compare 6.41%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. compare 4.88%
Diagnostics & Research industry median 7.69%
Healthcare sector median 8.27%
Market median 7.41%

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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