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Waters (WAT) Debt Ratio (2016 - 2025)

Waters has reported Debt Ratio over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.19 for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Debt Ratio at 0.19 for Q4 2025, down 47.75% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.19 (down 47.75% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.19, down 47.75%.
  • Debt Ratio for Q4 2025 was 0.19 at Waters, down from 0.19 in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Debt Ratio for WAT hit a ceiling of 0.55 in Q3 2023 and a floor of 0.19 in Q4 2025.
  • Median Debt Ratio over the past 5 years was 0.42 (2024), compared with a mean of 0.38.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Debt Ratio: rose 15.14% in 2021 and later crashed 51.88% in 2025.
  • Waters' Debt Ratio stood at 0.49 in 2021, then dropped by 5.0% to 0.46 in 2022, then increased by 7.23% to 0.5 in 2023, then dropped by 28.32% to 0.36 in 2024, then crashed by 47.75% to 0.19 in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Debt Ratio were 0.19 (Q4 2025), 0.19 (Q3 2025), and 0.25 (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.