Waters (WAT) Deferred Taxes (2009 - 2026)

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

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

Waters (WAT) has reported Deferred Taxes for 18 consecutive years, with -$1.0 million the latest figure, recorded in 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 came in at -$1.0 million for Q2 2026 at Waters, down from $2.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Deferred Taxes was $6.7 million in Q3 2023, with the low at -$19.2 million in Q3 2025.
  • Average Deferred Taxes over 5 years is -$1.9 million, with a median of -$309500.0 recorded in 2024.
  • Across the five-year window, Deferred Taxes tumbled 250.42% in 2022 and jumped 174.45% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Deferred Taxes 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 tumbled by 138.21% to -$1.0 million in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, Deferred Taxes over the past three periods registered -$1.0 million, $2.6 million, and -$19.2 million for Q2 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 Waters 31,055.11 Bn 31,054.65 Bn 1.11 Bn -1.00 Mn
2 Thermo Fisher Scientific 191.02 Bn 187.77 Bn 7.74 Bn -258.00 Mn
3 Danaher 137.16 Bn 131.47 Bn 3.59 Bn -
4 Idexx Laboratories 42.82 Bn 42.62 Bn 722.74 Mn 13.89 Mn
5 Natera 39.09 Bn 37.99 Bn 696.04 Mn -
6 Agilent Technologies 37.61 Bn 35.81 Bn 990.00 Mn 32.00 Mn
7 Iqvia Holdings 34.23 Bn 32.25 Bn 1.36 Bn -38.00 Mn
8 Illumina 28.14 Bn 26.98 Bn 721.00 Mn 3.00 Mn
9 Mettler Toledo International 26.40 Bn 26.33 Bn 555.82 Mn -1.99 Mn
10 Quest Diagnostics 23.76 Bn 23.67 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