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Waters (WAT) Share-based Compensation (2016 - 2025)

Waters (WAT) has 17 years of Share-based Compensation data on record, last reported at $21.1 million in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Share-based Compensation changed N/A year-over-year to $21.1 million; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $56.1 million, changed N/A, while the annual FY2025 figure was $54.1 million, 21.07% up from the prior year.
  • Share-based Compensation reached $21.1 million in Q4 2025 per WAT's latest filing, up from $12.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Share-based Compensation topped out at $21.1 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $4.6 million in Q4 2023.
  • Average Share-based Compensation over 5 years is $11.1 million, with a median of $10.9 million recorded in 2024.
  • Peak YoY movement for Share-based Compensation: surged 46.0% in 2022, then plummeted 60.09% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $8.0 million in 2021, then skyrocketed by 46.0% to $11.6 million in 2022, then tumbled by 60.09% to $4.6 million in 2023, then skyrocketed by 129.26% to $10.6 million in 2024, then skyrocketed by 98.5% to $21.1 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Share-based Compensation were $21.1 million in Q4 2025, $12.9 million in Q1 2025, and $10.6 million in Q3 2024.