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Waters (WAT) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Waters (WAT) has 17 years of Gross Margin data on record, last reported at 29.01% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Gross Margin changed N/A year-over-year to 29.01%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 73.27%, changed N/A, while the annual FY2025 figure was 59.28%, N/A changed from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin reached 29.01% in Q4 2025 per WAT's latest filing, down from 83.65% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 83.65% in Q1 2025 and bottomed at 29.01% in Q4 2025.
  • Average Gross Margin over 5 years is 59.49%, with a median of 58.87% recorded in 2021.
  • Peak YoY movement for Gross Margin: plummeted -1599bps in 2021, then surged 1748bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 58.04% in 2021, then rose by 2bps to 59.44% in 2022, then grew by 3bps to 61.15% in 2023, then grew by 24bps to 75.95% in 2024, then tumbled by -62bps to 29.01% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Gross Margin were 29.01% in Q4 2025, 83.65% in Q1 2025, and 75.95% in Q1 2024.