Waters Corporation | Large-cap | Healthcare

TL;DR: Financial Overview - Revenue, Profits & Key Metrics

Latest Quarterly: Mar 2025

Income Metrics

Revenue 661.7M
Gross Profit 385.0M 58.18%
Operating Income 151.7M 22.93%
Net Income 121.4M 18.34%
EPS (Diluted) $2.03

Balance Sheet Metrics

Total Assets 4.6B
Total Liabilities 2.6B
Shareholders Equity 2.0B
Debt to Equity 1.34

Cash Flow Metrics

Operating Cash Flow 259.6M
Free Cash Flow 233.8M

Revenue & Profitability Trend

Waters Income Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Revenue i3.0B3.0B3.0B2.8B2.4B
Cost of Goods Sold i1.2B1.2B1.2B1.2B1.0B
Gross Profit i1.8B1.8B1.7B1.6B1.4B
Gross Margin % i59.4%59.6%58.0%58.5%57.4%
Operating Expenses
Research & Development i183.0M174.9M176.2M168.4M140.8M
Selling, General & Administrative i690.1M736.0M658.0M627.0M553.7M
Other Operating Expenses i-----
Total Operating Expenses i873.2M911.0M834.2M795.3M694.5M
Operating Income i837.9M817.7M883.2M826.9M653.6M
Operating Margin % i28.3%27.7%29.7%29.7%27.6%
Non-Operating Items
Interest Income i17.4M16.6M11.0M12.2M16.3M
Interest Expense i89.7M98.9M48.8M44.9M49.1M
Other Non-Operating Income-10.8M807.0K-7.6M12.0M-9.9M
Pre-tax Income i754.9M736.2M837.8M806.2M610.9M
Income Tax i117.0M94.0M130.1M113.4M89.3M
Effective Tax Rate % i15.5%12.8%15.5%14.1%14.6%
Net Income i637.8M642.2M707.8M692.8M521.6M
Net Margin % i21.6%21.7%23.8%24.9%22.1%
Key Metrics
EBITDA i1.0B1.0B1.0B988.0M793.5M
EPS (Basic) i$10.75$10.87$11.80$11.25$8.40
EPS (Diluted) i$10.71$10.84$11.73$11.17$8.36
Basic Shares Outstanding i5933300059076000599850006157500062094000
Diluted Shares Outstanding i5933300059076000599850006157500062094000

Income Statement Trend

Waters Balance Sheet From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Assets
Current Assets
Cash & Equivalents i324.4M395.1M480.5M501.2M436.7M
Short-term Investments i934.0K898.0K862.0K68.1M6.5M
Accounts Receivable i733.4M702.2M722.9M612.6M573.3M
Inventory i477.3M516.2M455.7M356.1M304.3M
Other Current Assets133.1M138.5M103.9M90.9M80.3M
Total Current Assets i1.7B1.8B1.8B1.6B1.4B
Non-Current Assets
Property, Plant & Equipment i753.4M749.3M641.5M622.5M589.8M
Goodwill i3.2B3.2B1.1B1.1B1.1B
Intangible Assets i567.9M629.2M227.4M242.4M258.6M
Long-term Investments-----
Other Non-Current Assets295.7M215.7M191.1M153.1M148.6M
Total Non-Current Assets i2.9B2.9B1.5B1.5B1.4B
Total Assets i4.6B4.6B3.3B3.1B2.8B
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts Payable i99.9M84.7M93.3M96.8M72.2M
Short-term Debt i25.5M77.8M76.4M27.9M177.8M
Current Portion of Long-term Debt-----
Other Current Liabilities149.3M168.7M140.3M155.1M197.1M
Total Current Liabilities i789.8M789.6M785.7M680.5M805.0M
Non-Current Liabilities
Long-term Debt i1.7B2.4B1.6B1.6B1.3B
Deferred Tax Liabilities i-----
Other Non-Current Liabilities183.8M137.8M117.5M89.8M98.0M
Total Non-Current Liabilities i1.9B2.7B2.0B2.0B1.8B
Total Liabilities i2.7B3.5B2.8B2.7B2.6B
Equity
Common Stock i1.6M1.6M1.6M1.6M1.6M
Retained Earnings i9.8B9.2B8.5B7.8B7.1B
Treasury Stock i10.1B10.1B10.1B9.4B8.8B
Other Equity-----
Total Shareholders Equity i1.8B1.2B504.5M367.6M232.1M
Key Metrics
Total Debt i1.7B2.4B1.7B1.6B1.5B
Working Capital i879.4M963.3M978.2M948.4M596.0M

Balance Sheet Composition

Waters Cash Flow Statement From 2020 to 2024

Metric20242023202220212020
Operating Activities
Net Income i637.8M642.2M707.8M692.8M521.6M
Depreciation & Amortization i191.8M165.9M130.4M131.7M125.4M
Stock-Based Compensation i44.7M36.9M42.6M29.9M36.9M
Working Capital Changes i-111.4M-240.3M-247.1M-114.1M102.5M
Operating Cash Flow i762.1M603.6M611.7M757.0M783.6M
Investing Activities
Capital Expenditures i-142.5M-160.6M-175.9M-161.3M-172.4M
Acquisitions i-1.5M742.0K8.9M-1.8M-80.5M
Investment Purchases i-3.7M-1.8M-11.4M-279.7M-32.0M
Investment Sales i3.7M1.8M78.0M218.1M20.9M
Investing Cash Flow i-144.0M-1.4B-100.4M-224.6M-264.1M
Financing Activities
Share Repurchases i-13.5M-70.3M-626.1M-648.9M-196.4M
Dividends Paid i-----
Debt Issuance i170.0M1.5B205.0M510.0M315.0M
Debt Repayment i-900.0M-670.0M-145.0M-350.0M-640.4M
Financing Cash Flow i-727.0M725.2M-552.4M-493.9M-506.5M
Free Cash Flow i619.6M442.2M428.2M579.0M618.1M
Net Change in Cash i-108.9M-113.6M-41.2M38.4M12.9M

Cash Flow Trend

Waters Key Financial Ratios

Valuation Ratios

P/E Ratio (TTM) 29.66
Forward P/E 25.40
Price to Book 9.05
Price to Sales 6.42
PEG Ratio 11.92

Profitability Ratios

Profit Margin 21.71%
Operating Margin 26.22%
Return on Equity 37.03%
Return on Assets 11.70%

Financial Health

Current Ratio 1.75
Debt to Equity 73.86
Beta 1.04

Per Share Data

EPS (TTM) $11.07
Book Value per Share $36.29
Revenue per Share $51.26

Peer Financial Comparison

CompanyMarket CapP/E RatioP/B RatioROEProfit MarginDebt/Equity
wat19.7B29.669.0537.03%21.71%73.86
Thermo Fisher 206.1B31.464.0613.42%15.24%69.62
Danaher 153.9B45.652.946.68%14.21%35.45
Idexx Laboratories 50.5B52.4234.6864.87%24.41%84.81
Agilent Technologies 40.2B33.026.3119.88%17.97%56.42
Iqvia Holdings 36.0B29.906.0819.79%7.88%272.12

Financial data is updated regularly. All figures are in the company's reporting currency.