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Waters (WAT) Research & Development (2016 - 2025)

Waters (WAT) has 17 years of Research & Development data on record, last reported at $59.6 million in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Research & Development changed N/A year-over-year to $59.6 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $208.4 million, changed N/A, while the annual FY2025 figure was $195.7 million, 6.93% up from the prior year.
  • Research & Development reached $59.6 million in Q4 2025 per WAT's latest filing, up from $53.6 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $59.6 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $38.1 million in Q1 2021.
  • Average Research & Development over 5 years is $45.4 million, with a median of $44.5 million recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Research & Development: soared 44.28% in 2021, then dropped 8.06% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $43.3 million in 2021, then increased by 11.41% to $48.3 million in 2022, then dropped by 8.06% to $44.4 million in 2023, then grew by 2.14% to $45.3 million in 2024, then surged by 31.46% to $59.6 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Research & Development were $59.6 million in Q4 2025, $53.6 million in Q3 2025, and $48.5 million in Q2 2025.