Waters (WAT) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Waters' Tax Rate history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 18.18% for Q2 2026.

• In Q2 2026, Tax Rate rose 280.0% year-over-year to 18.18%; the TTM figure through Apr 2026 stood at 14.26% (down 188.0% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was 14.87%, down 63.0% from the prior year.
• Tax Rate was 18.18% for Q2 2026 at Waters, up from 14.75% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 18.18% in Q2 2026 to a low of 9.0% in Q4 2023.
• Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 14.78% across 5 years, with a median of 14.93% in 2022.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Tax Rate plunged 858 bps in 2023, then surged 745 bps in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Tax Rate shows it stood at 17.58% in 2022, then sank by 49 bps to 9.0% in 2023, then surged by 83 bps to 16.46% in 2024, then dropped by 10 bps to 14.75% in 2025, then climbed by 23 bps to 18.18% in 2026.
• The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 18.18% (Q2 2026), 14.75% (Q4 2025), and 12.46% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.