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

Waters (WAT) has 15 years of Return on Equity data on record, last reported at 0.21% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity changed N/A year-over-year to 0.21%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.21%, changed N/A, while the annual FY2023 figure was 0.78%, 85.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity reached 0.21% in Q4 2025 per WAT's latest filing, up from 0.21% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.62% in Q4 2023 and bottomed at 0.21% in Q3 2025.
  • Average Return on Equity over 3 years is 0.39%, with a median of 0.39% recorded in 2024.
  • The widest YoY moves for Return on Equity: up -17bps in 2025, down -24bps in 2025.
  • A 3-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.62% in 2023, then dropped by -29bps to 0.45% in 2024, then tumbled by -52bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Equity were 0.21% in Q4 2025, 0.21% in Q3 2025, and 0.32% in Q2 2025.