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

Waters (WAT) has 17 years of Return on Sales data on record, last reported at 0.21% in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales changed N/A year-over-year to 0.21%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.21%, changed N/A, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.23%, N/A changed from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales reached 0.21% in Q4 2025 per WAT's latest filing, down from 0.32% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.32% in Q3 2025 and bottomed at 12.38% in Q2 2025.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.84%, with a median of 0.23% recorded in 2022.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Sales: skyrocketed 1186bps in 2021, then tumbled -1265bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.26% in 2021, then increased by 2bps to 0.26% in 2022, then fell by 0bps to 0.26% in 2023, then crashed by -2956bps to 7.53% in 2024, then skyrocketed by 103bps to 0.21% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Return on Sales were 0.21% in Q4 2025, 0.32% in Q3 2025, and 12.38% in Q2 2025.