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WAT financials

Waters Corporation · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026

Waters Corporation
WAT · $42.9B
$436.95+16.6%last 60 sessions · close Oct 16, 2026
$283.32$444.1552 weeks
Buy · 24 analystsPT $456.07 +4.4%
  • P/E vs own+123.1%
  • P/E vs sector+287.0%
  • Target upside+4.4%
  • Off 52w high-1.6%
  • Insiders-$1.44M
  • FCF yield+0.9%
  • Earnings in18d
  • Trendsideways
  • Sector▲ +16.0%
  • RSI56
  • MA20×50—
  • Volume1.0x
  • Support-4.2%
  • Resistance—

WAT reported revenue of $1.65B for the quarter ended Jul 4, 2026 (Q2 FY2026), up 113.3% from a year earlier. It posted diluted EPS of -$1.39, free cash flow of $153M and a net margin of -8.3%.

Valuation

  • P/E109.0x
  • P/E vs own+123.1%
  • P/E vs sector+287.0%
  • FCF yield+0.9%
  • Market cap$42.9B

Quarterly results

Q2 FY2026: Revenue +113.3% year over year, free cash flow 9.3% of revenue, operating margin -5.2%.

RevenueFree cash flow
Q3 FY2023Q4 FY2023Q1 FY2024Q2 FY2024Q3 FY2024Q4 FY2024Q1 FY2025Q2 FY2025Q3 FY2025Q4 FY2025Q1 FY2026Q2 FY2026
Q2 FY2026Jul 4, 2026$1.65B-1.39$153M44.6%-5.2%-8.3%
Q1 FY2026Apr 4, 2026$1.27B-0.87-$42M47.0%-3.7%-5.7%
Q4 FY2025Dec 31, 2025$932M3.77$126M59.8%33.3%24.2%
Q3 FY2025Sep 27, 2025$800M2.50$162M59.0%24.0%18.6%
Q2 FY2025Jun 28, 2025$771M2.47$18.55M58.3%24.4%19.1%
Q1 FY2025Mar 29, 2025$662M2.03$234M58.2%22.9%18.3%
Q4 FY2024Dec 31, 2024$873M3.88$188M60.1%33.5%26.5%
Q3 FY2024Sep 28, 2024$740M2.71$179M59.3%28.5%21.8%
Q2 FY2024Jun 29, 2024$709M2.40$18.43M59.3%26.7%20.1%
Q1 FY2024Mar 30, 2024$637M1.72$234M58.9%21.0%16.0%
Q4 FY2023Dec 31, 2023$819M3.65$189M61.2%32.2%26.4%
Q3 FY2023Sep 30, 2023$712M2.27$120M59.1%25.2%18.9%