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Waters (WAT) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Waters has reported Return on Capital Employed over the past 13 years, most recently at 0.22% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Capital Employed at 0.22% for Q4 2025, down 1.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.22% (down 1.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.22%, up 1.0%.
  • Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.22% at Waters, down from 0.23% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Capital Employed for WAT hit a ceiling of 0.23% in Q1 2025 and a floor of 0.21% in Q2 2024.
  • Median Return on Capital Employed over the past 3 years was 0.22% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.22%.
  • Peak annual rise in Return on Capital Employed hit 3bps in 2025, while the deepest fall reached -1bps in 2025.
  • Waters' Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.22% in 2023, then rose by 2bps to 0.22% in 2024, then dropped by -3bps to 0.22% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Capital Employed were 0.22% (Q4 2025), 0.23% (Q3 2025), and 0.23% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.