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Last updated: April 2026

WAT PEER ANALYSIS

Waters Corporation — metric-by-metric comparison with peers and the industry median

WATWaters Corporation

🇺🇸 USA · US · Healthcare · Diagnostics & Research

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PriceFinancialsPeers

Overall Profile & Returns

· Diagnostics & Research

Position Within Industry

0 = weak quartile, 100 = strong quartile
ValuationProfitabilityGrowthFinancial Health
WATIndustry median

Scores normalize each metric against industry quartiles (p25–p75); direction is inverted for lower-is-better metrics.

Return Comparison

1-Year
Split-adjusted
WAT+7.8%ERF+15.0%SHL-17.1%
Year-to-Date (YTD)
WAT-0.1%ERF+12.5%SHL-4.2%
1-Year
Split-adjusted
WAT+7.8%ILMN+88.0%IQV+25.7%MTD+8.5%A+9.0%NTRA+72.9%
Year-to-Date (YTD)
WAT-0.1%ILMN+43.9%IQV-8.1%MTD-6.2%A-3.6%NTRA+21.9%

Key Metric Comparison

P/E

Lower is better
WAT69.35ERF27.31SHL19.48Median 30.33

ROE

Higher is better
WAT5.2%ERF10.7%SHL6.4%Median 6.4%

Net Margin

Higher is better
WAT11.9%ERF6.5%SHL5.2%Median 6.7%

Revenue Growth

Higher is better
WAT26.4%ERF5.0%SHL11.4%Median 9.1%

P/E

Lower is better
WAT69.35ILMN34.06IQV25.38MTD30.33A26.25NTRA—Median 30.33

ROE

Higher is better
WAT5.2%ILMN33.8%IQV22.7%MTD—A21.3%NTRA-15.0%Median 6.4%

Net Margin

Higher is better
WAT11.9%ILMN19.4%IQV8.3%MTD21.4%A19.6%NTRA-9.0%Median 6.7%

Revenue Growth

Higher is better
WAT26.4%ILMN1.2%IQV7.3%MTD6.8%A9.1%NTRA36.6%Median 9.1%

All Metrics

Valuation
MetricWATERFSHLInd. Median
P/E69.3527.3119.48●30.33
P/B2.043.661.23●3.45
EV/EBITDA39.2312.159.63●20.99
P/S8.261.781.01●4.32
Financial Health
MetricWATERFSHLInd. Median
Current Ratio1.79●1.091.011.87
Debt/Equity36.4%●153.3%85.8%49.3%
NetDebt/EBITDA5.533.20●3.781.92
Profitability
MetricWATERFSHLInd. Median
Net Margin11.9%●6.5%5.2%6.7%
ROE5.2%10.7%●6.4%6.4%
ROA3.1%4.3%●3.3%3.3%
EBITDA Margin24.5%●19.9%17.3%18.8%
Growth + Dividend
MetricWATERFSHLInd. Median
Rev. Growth26.4%●5.0%11.4%9.1%
NI Growth-31.6%16.9%●-1.1%12.4%
Div. Yield—1.0%5.2%●0.8%
Payout—23.2%96.9%23.2%
Valuation
MetricWATILMNIQVMTDANTRAInd. Median
P/E69.3534.0625.38●30.3326.25—30.33
P/B2.0410.865.65-633.74●5.2122.283.45
EV/EBITDA39.2321.6214.00●22.9319.71—20.99
P/S8.266.622.11●6.495.1315.804.32
Financial Health
MetricWATILMNIQVMTDANTRAInd. Median
Current Ratio1.791.750.751.202.102.96●1.87
Debt/Equity36.4%95.1%258.2%-5,321.1%●47.1%13.5%49.3%
NetDebt/EBITDA5.530.994.011.730.79●3.791.92
Profitability
MetricWATILMNIQVMTDANTRAInd. Median
Net Margin11.9%19.4%8.3%21.4%●19.6%-9.0%6.7%
ROE5.2%33.8%●22.7%—21.3%-15.0%6.4%
ROA3.1%13.4%4.9%25.4%●11.2%-10.4%3.3%
EBITDA Margin24.5%32.1%●21.2%30.6%27.1%-8.9%18.8%
Growth + Dividend
MetricWATILMNIQVMTDANTRAInd. Median
Rev. Growth26.4%1.2%7.3%6.8%9.1%36.6%●9.1%
NI Growth-31.6%—3.8%3.0%21.3%●—12.4%
Div. Yield————0.8%—0.8%
Payout————20.2%—23.2%

The green dot marks the best value in the group given the metric direction (higher/lower is better). All metrics use trailing-twelve-month (TTM) data.

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