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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) Return on invested capital

Waters Corporation's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 1.05%, down 16.1 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (17.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.5% (fiscal 2024) to 56.1% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Diagnostics & Research industry median of 0.00% and above the Healthcare sector median of 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 17.2% 0.67
FY2024 16.5% (0.20)
FY2023 16.7% (18.56)
FY2022 35.3% (3.88)
FY2021 39.1% (1.38)
FY2020 40.5% (2.58)
FY2019 43.1% (4.07)
FY2018 47.2% (8.94)
FY2017 56.1% 23.31
FY2016 32.8% 2.03

Against its own ten years

Low 16.5% High 56.1%
Ten-year median 35.3%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
IDXX IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. compare 48.9%
MTD Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. compare 35.4%
ILMN Illumina, Inc. compare 17.5%
A Agilent Technologies, Inc. compare 11.1%
DGX Quest Diagnostics Incorporated compare 7.94%
IQV IQVIA Holdings Inc. compare 6.80%
WAT Waters Corporation 1.05%
NTRA Natera, Inc. compare −22.3%
GH Guardant Health, Inc. compare −129.7%
Diagnostics & Research industry median 0.00%
Healthcare sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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