Waters (WAT) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026)

Waters (WAT) recorded quarterly Deferred Taxes of -$1.0 million in Q2 2026, down 138.21% quarter-over-quarter from $2.6 million in Q4 2025, and down 150.0% on a YoY basis from $2.0 million in Q2 2025.

Waters (WAT) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Waters' Deferred Taxes history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at -$1.0 million for Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, Deferred Taxes fell 150.0% year-over-year to -$1.0 million; the TTM figure through Apr 2026 stood at -$17.7 million (down 430.24% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was -$14.7 million, down 1571.27% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes was -$1.0 million for Q2 2026 at Waters, down from $2.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Deferred Taxes ranged from a high of $6.7 million in Q3 2023 to a low of -$19.2 million in Q3 2025.
  • Historically, Deferred Taxes has averaged -$1.9 million across 5 years, with a median of -$309500.0 in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Deferred Taxes slumped 250.42% in 2022, then jumped 174.45% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Deferred Taxes shows it stood at -$11.2 million in 2022, then surged by 86.87% to -$1.5 million in 2023, then surged by 174.45% to $1.1 million in 2024, then soared by 140.09% to $2.6 million in 2025, then slumped by 138.21% to -$1.0 million in 2026.
  • The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at -$1.0 million (Q2 2026), $2.6 million (Q4 2025), and -$19.2 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Waters 29,902.70 Bn 29,902.24 Bn 1.11 Bn -1.00 Mn
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 175.99 Bn 172.74 Bn 7.74 Bn -258.00 Mn
3 Danaher 129.87 Bn 124.18 Bn 3.59 Bn -
4 Idexx Laboratories 44.75 Bn 44.55 Bn 722.74 Mn 13.89 Mn
5 Agilent Technologies 37.52 Bn 35.72 Bn 990.00 Mn 32.00 Mn
6 Iqvia Holdings 30.91 Bn 28.94 Bn 1.36 Bn -38.00 Mn
7 Natera 30.21 Bn 29.11 Bn 696.04 Mn -
8 Illumina 24.19 Bn 23.04 Bn 721.00 Mn 3.00 Mn
9 Mettler Toledo International 23.12 Bn 23.06 Bn 555.82 Mn -1.99 Mn
10 Quest Diagnostics 21.68 Bn 21.59 Bn 942.00 Mn 48.00 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 -1.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 2.62 Mn
Sep 27, 2025 -19.15 Mn
Jun 28, 2025 -124,000.00
Mar 29, 2025 2.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 1.09 Mn
Sep 28, 2024 -5.93 Mn
Jun 29, 2024 -495,000.00
Mar 30, 2024 4.45 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -1.46 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 6.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -11.15 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 7.41 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -3.78 Mn
Sep 26, 2020 1.87 Mn
Jun 27, 2020 1.75 Mn
Mar 28, 2020 -2.53 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 7.80 Mn
Sep 28, 2019 185,000.00
Jun 29, 2019 190,000.00