Share buybacks · 2011–2025
Waters share buybacks
$14.7M+8.3% · FY2025
Waters (WAT) reported $14.7M in share buybacks for fiscal 2025, +8.3% year on year.
| Fiscal year | Share buybacks | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY20252025-12-31 | $14.7M | +8.3% | Open → |
| FY20242024-12-31 | $13.5M | −80.7% | Open → |
| FY20232023-12-31 | $70.3M | −88.8% | Open → |
| FY20222022-12-31 | $626M | −3.5% | Open → |
| FY20212021-12-31 | $649M | +230.4% | Open → |
| FY20202020-12-31 | $196M | −92.0% | Open → |
| FY20192019-12-31 | $2.5B | +87.8% | Open → |
| FY20182018-12-31 | $1.3B | +295.5% | Open → |
| FY20172017-12-31 | $333M | +2.1% | Open → |
| FY20162016-12-31 | $326M | −2.7% | Open → |
| FY20152015-12-31 | $335M | −0.8% | Open → |
| FY20142014-12-31 | $337M | +11.9% | Open → |
| FY20132013-12-31 | $302M | +1.9% | Open → |
| FY20122012-12-31 | $296M | −20.2% | Open → |
| FY20112011-12-31 | $371M | — | Open → |
Share buybacks — Share buybacks are the cash a company spent during the year repurchasing its own stock, taken from the financing section of the cash-flow statement. Most companies buy back nothing at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the minority that do.
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth −20.6%
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CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). Waters share buybacks. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/waters/share-buybacksBibTeX
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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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