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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |