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Waters (WAT) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Waters has reported Return on Equity over the past 14 years, most recently at 0.26% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Equity at 0.26% for Q4 2025, down 11.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 0.26% (down 11.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.29%, down 14.0%.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.26% at Waters, down from 0.29% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Equity for WAT hit a ceiling of 0.62% in Q4 2023 and a floor of 0.26% in Q4 2025.
  • Median Return on Equity over the past 3 years was 0.37% (2024), compared with a mean of 0.4%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Equity: fell -25bps in 2024 and later decreased -11bps in 2025.
  • Waters' Return on Equity stood at 0.62% in 2023, then crashed by -41bps to 0.37% in 2024, then fell by -29bps to 0.26% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Equity were 0.26% (Q4 2025), 0.29% (Q3 2025), and 0.32% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.