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Waters (WAT) Free Cash Flow (2016 - 2025)

Waters has reported Free Cash Flow over the past 16 years, most recently at $125.6 million for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Free Cash Flow at $125.6 million for Q4 2025, down 33.21% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was $539.8 million (down 12.88% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was $539.8 million, down 12.88%.
  • Free Cash Flow for Q4 2025 was $125.6 million at Waters, down from $161.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Free Cash Flow for WAT hit a ceiling of $234.2 million in Q1 2024 and a floor of $18.4 million in Q2 2024.
  • Median Free Cash Flow over the past 5 years was $167.6 million (2021), compared with a mean of $148.1 million.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Free Cash Flow: skyrocketed 49.42% in 2024 and later plummeted 33.21% in 2025.
  • Waters' Free Cash Flow stood at $173.3 million in 2021, then fell by 21.21% to $136.5 million in 2022, then surged by 38.09% to $188.5 million in 2023, then dropped by 0.26% to $188.0 million in 2024, then plummeted by 33.21% to $125.6 million in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Free Cash Flow were $125.6 million (Q4 2025), $161.9 million (Q3 2025), and $18.5 million (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.