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Waters (WAT) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Waters (WAT) has 17 years of Operating Expenses data on record, last reported at $811.1 million in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Expenses changed N/A year-over-year to $811.1 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $2.5 billion, changed N/A, while the annual FY2025 figure was $2.4 billion, 10.82% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses reached $811.1 million in Q4 2025 per WAT's latest filing, up from $607.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $811.1 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $214.4 million in Q3 2024.
  • Average Operating Expenses over 5 years is $523.7 million, with a median of $516.5 million recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Expenses: surged 226.52% in 2021, then plummeted 59.71% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $574.2 million in 2021, then dropped by 0.35% to $572.2 million in 2022, then decreased by 2.97% to $555.3 million in 2023, then tumbled by 61.38% to $214.4 million in 2024, then soared by 278.26% to $811.1 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Operating Expenses were $811.1 million in Q4 2025, $607.8 million in Q3 2025, and $583.1 million in Q2 2025.