Waters (WAT) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Waters (WAT) recorded quarterly Debt Ratio of 0.2 in Q2 2026, up 6.1% quarter-over-quarter from 0.19 in Q4 2025, and down 33.02% on a YoY basis from 0.3 in Q2 2025.

Waters (WAT) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waters' Debt Ratio history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 0.2 for Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, Debt Ratio fell 33.02% year-over-year to 0.2; the TTM figure through Apr 2026 stood at 0.2 (down 33.02% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 0.19, down 47.78% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio was 0.2 for Q2 2026 at Waters, up from 0.19 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.55 in Q3 2023 to a low of 0.19 in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Debt Ratio has averaged 0.36 across 5 years, with a median of 0.38 in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2025: Debt Ratio grew 7.23% in 2023, then sank 51.88% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt Ratio shows it stood at 0.46 in 2022, then gained by 7.23% to 0.5 in 2023, then slipped by 28.32% to 0.36 in 2024, then plunged by 47.78% to 0.19 in 2025, then climbed by 6.1% to 0.2 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.2 (Q2 2026), 0.19 (Q4 2025), and 0.19 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Waters 29,902.70 Bn 29,902.24 Bn 1.11 Bn 0.20
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 175.99 Bn 172.74 Bn 7.74 Bn 0.38
3 Danaher 129.87 Bn 124.18 Bn 3.59 Bn 0.22
4 Idexx Laboratories 44.75 Bn 44.55 Bn 722.74 Mn 0.25
5 Agilent Technologies 37.52 Bn 35.72 Bn 990.00 Mn 0.02
6 Iqvia Holdings 30.91 Bn 28.94 Bn 1.36 Bn 0.53
7 Natera 30.21 Bn 29.11 Bn 696.04 Mn 0.01
8 Illumina 24.19 Bn 23.04 Bn 721.00 Mn 0.23
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.12 Bn 23.06 Bn 555.82 Mn 0.61
10 Quest Diagnostics 21.68 Bn 21.59 Bn 942.00 Mn 0.34

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 0.20
Dec 31, 2025 0.19
Sep 27, 2025 0.19
Jun 28, 2025 0.25
Mar 29, 2025 0.30
Dec 31, 2024 0.36
Sep 28, 2024 0.40
Jun 29, 2024 0.45
Mar 30, 2024 0.44
Dec 31, 2023 0.50
Sep 30, 2023 0.55
Dec 31, 2022 0.46
Dec 31, 2021 0.49
Dec 31, 2020 0.42
Sep 26, 2020 0.53
Jun 27, 2020 0.58
Mar 28, 2020 0.69
Dec 31, 2019 0.62
Sep 28, 2019 0.49
Jun 29, 2019 0.41