Waters (WAT) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026)

Waters (WAT) recorded quarterly Debt to Equity of $0.32 in Q2 2026, down 14.11% quarter-over-quarter from $0.37 in Q4 2025, and down 54.09% on a YoY basis from $0.69 in Q2 2025.

Waters (WAT) Debt to Equity (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waters' Debt to Equity history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $0.32 for Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, Debt to Equity fell 54.09% year-over-year to $0.32; the TTM figure through Apr 2026 stood at $0.32 (down 54.09% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $0.37, down 58.43% from the prior year.
  • Debt to Equity was $0.32 for Q2 2026 at Waters, down from $0.37 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt to Equity ranged from a high of $3.02 in Q4 2022 to a low of $0.32 in Q2 2026.
  • Historically, Debt to Equity has averaged $1.26 across 5 years, with a median of $1.01 in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Debt to Equity slipped 26.61% in 2022, then tumbled 64.33% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Debt to Equity shows it stood at $3.02 in 2022, then tumbled by 33.69% to $2.0 in 2023, then tumbled by 55.63% to $0.89 in 2024, then sank by 58.43% to $0.37 in 2025, then retreated by 14.11% to $0.32 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt to Equity figures came in at $0.32 (Q2 2026), $0.37 (Q4 2025), and $0.41 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt/Equity (Qtr)
1 Waters 29,902.70 Bn 29,902.24 Bn 1.11 Bn 0.32
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 175.99 Bn 172.74 Bn 7.74 Bn 0.83
3 Danaher 129.87 Bn 124.18 Bn 3.59 Bn 0.35
4 Idexx Laboratories 44.75 Bn 44.55 Bn 722.74 Mn 0.53
5 Agilent Technologies 37.52 Bn 35.72 Bn 990.00 Mn -1.50
6 Iqvia Holdings 30.91 Bn 28.94 Bn 1.36 Bn 2.49
7 Natera 30.21 Bn 29.11 Bn 696.04 Mn 0.01
8 Illumina 24.19 Bn 23.04 Bn 721.00 Mn 0.56
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.12 Bn 23.06 Bn 555.82 Mn -53.21
10 Quest Diagnostics 21.68 Bn 21.59 Bn 942.00 Mn 0.74

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 0.32
Dec 31, 2025 0.37
Sep 27, 2025 0.41
Jun 28, 2025 0.55
Mar 29, 2025 0.69
Dec 31, 2024 0.89
Sep 28, 2024 1.14
Jun 29, 2024 1.42
Mar 30, 2024 1.60
Dec 31, 2023 2.00
Sep 30, 2023 2.71
Dec 31, 2022 3.02
Dec 31, 2021 4.12
Dec 31, 2020 5.20
Sep 26, 2020 -34.18
Jun 27, 2020 -8.06
Mar 28, 2020 -5.46
Dec 31, 2019 -7.31
Sep 28, 2019 10.87
Jun 29, 2019 2.07