Waters (WAT) reported $3.2B in revenue for fiscal 2025, +7.0% year on year. That ranks #1066 by revenue among 2853 SEC filers and #163 in Technology. Net income was $643M, a net margin of 20.3%. Revenue has grown 4.3% a year on average since 2016 ($2.2B then). The fiscal 2025 balance sheet shows $5.1B in total assets, $588M in cash and $947M in long-term debt.

Key figures

$2.2B2016$2.3B2017$2.4B2018$2.4B2019$2.4B2020$2.8B2021$3.0B2022$3.0B2023$3.0B2024$3.2B2025
Waters — Key figures
Key figuresFY2025YoYSource
RevenueRevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax$3.2B+7.0%FY20252025-12-31
Gross profitGrossProfit$1.2B+3.0%FY20152015-12-31
Operating incomeOperatingIncomeLoss$803M−2.9%FY20252025-12-31
Net incomeNetIncomeLoss$643M+0.8%FY20252025-12-31
Operating cash flowNetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities$653M−14.4%FY20252025-12-31
Capital expenditurePaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets$113M−20.9%FY20252025-12-31
Total assetsAssets$5.1B+11.5%FY20252025-12-31
Shareholders' equityStockholdersEquity$2.6B+40.1%FY20252025-12-31
CashCashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue$588M+80.7%FY20252025-12-31
Long-term debtLongTermDebtNoncurrent$947M−41.8%FY20252025-12-31

Revenue is total net sales for the fiscal year, taken from each company's own annual filing.

Reported since the last full year

Three-month figures this company has filed since FY2025. A quarter is not comparable with a full year, and these figures are used nowhere else on the site: not in any ranking, not in comparisons, not in the download.

Waters — Reported since the last full year
QuarterRevenueNet incomeSource
Q1 20262026-04-04$1.3B−$72.0MOpen →
Q2 20262026-07-04$1.6B−$136MOpen →

Only periods that end on a calendar quarter appear here. A company whose fiscal year ends in June files on a different calendar, so it has no row.

Where this sits in its sector

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Waters — Where this sits in its sector
Where this sits in its sectorFY2025Position in sector
Net marginRank 59 of 298 companies compared20.3%
Operating marginRank 54 of 297 companies compared25.4%
R&D as share of revenueRank 179 of 253 companies compared6.2%
Cash as share of revenueRank 163 of 297 companies compared18.6%

All four are ratios derived from two reported lines, not single filing items. Peer group: companies in the same sector with revenue of $1bn or more; loss-making companies are included.

Profile

Legal name
Waters Corp
Ticker
WAT
Exchange
NYSE
SIC classification
Laboratory Analytical Instruments (3826)
Fiscal year end
12-31
CIK
0001000697

Filings

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TeradyneTER$3.2B$554M
WatersWAT$3.2B$643M
MSCIMSCI$3.1B$1.2B
HubspotHUBS$3.1B$45.9M
F5FFIV$3.1B$692M

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  title        = {{Waters — Key figures}},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
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The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001193125-26-062604 · February 23, 2026

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