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Waters (WAT) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Historic Operating Margin for Waters (WAT) over the last 17 years, with Q3 2025 value amounting to 24.02%.

  • Waters' Operating Margin fell 45000.0% to 24.02% in Q3 2025 from the same period last year, while for Sep 2025 it was 26.54%, marking a year-over-year decrease of 9400.0%. This contributed to the annual value of 27.93% for FY2024, which is 2700.0% up from last year.
  • Per Waters' latest filing, its Operating Margin stood at 24.02% for Q3 2025, which was down 45000.0% from 24.4% recorded in Q2 2025.
  • Over the past 5 years, Waters' Operating Margin peaked at 33.49% during Q4 2024, and registered a low of 21.02% during Q1 2024.
  • Moreover, its 5-year median value for Operating Margin was 27.95% (2022), whereas its average is 27.63%.
  • Its Operating Margin has fluctuated over the past 5 years, first skyrocketed by 134600bps in 2021, then crashed by -45000bps in 2025.
  • Waters' Operating Margin (Quarter) stood at 31.35% in 2021, then increased by 6bps to 33.35% in 2022, then fell by -3bps to 32.24% in 2023, then grew by 4bps to 33.49% in 2024, then decreased by -28bps to 24.02% in 2025.
  • Its last three reported values are 24.02% in Q3 2025, 24.4% for Q2 2025, and 22.93% during Q1 2025.