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WAT's free cash flow for Q1 2026 was $0.47. For the 2026 fiscal year, WAT's free cash flow was decreased by $ and operating cash flow was $-0.04. See a summary of the company’s cash flow.
Ratios
TTM
Dec 25Dec 24Dec 23Dec 22
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
 1.79 1.73 2.11 2.22 2.24
Quick Ratio
 1.13 1.27 1.51 1.57 1.66
Cash Ratio
 0.20 0.47 0.41 0.50 0.61
Solvency Ratio
 0.08 0.34 0.30 0.23 0.30
Operating Cash Flow Ratio
 0.17 0.53 0.97 0.76 0.78
Short-Term Operating Cash Flow Coverage
 1.08 1.42 0.00 12.06 12.23
Net Current Asset Value
$ -5.17B$ -367.66M$ -1.06B$ -1.72B$ -1.01B
Leverage Ratios
Debt-to-Assets Ratio
 0.23 0.29 0.37 0.53 0.51
Debt-to-Equity Ratio
 0.36 0.58 0.93 2.12 3.30
Debt-to-Capital Ratio
 0.27 0.37 0.48 0.68 0.77
Long-Term Debt-to-Capital Ratio
 0.24 0.27 0.47 0.67 0.75
Financial Leverage Ratio
 1.60 1.98 2.49 4.02 6.50
Debt Service Coverage Ratio
 1.88 1.76 10.25 6.09 8.98
Interest Coverage Ratio
 7.03 17.59 9.21 8.27 17.90
Debt to Market Cap
 0.23 0.06 0.07 0.12 0.08
Interest Debt Per Share
 68.93 25.91 30.20 43.01 28.54
Net Debt to EBITDA
 5.53 0.89 1.33 2.05 1.16
Profitability Margins
Gross Profit Margin
55.02%57.77%59.43%59.57%58.00%
EBIT Margin
16.33%25.45%28.55%28.25%29.83%
EBITDA Margin
24.52%31.97%35.03%33.86%34.22%
Operating Profit Margin
17.08%28.22%27.93%27.66%29.39%
Pretax Profit Margin
13.90%23.85%25.52%24.90%28.19%
Net Profit Margin
11.91%20.30%21.56%21.72%23.81%
Continuous Operations Profit Margin
11.91%20.30%21.56%21.72%23.81%
Net Income Per EBT
85.74%85.13%84.50%87.23%84.47%
EBT Per EBIT
81.38%84.51%91.35%90.04%95.93%
Return on Assets (ROA)
1.83%12.66%14.01%13.88%21.57%
Return on Equity (ROE)
8.04%25.09%34.88%55.83%140.29%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
2.89%23.28%21.95%21.31%35.00%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
2.44%17.57%18.43%18.22%28.68%
Return on Tangible Assets
6.98%20.22%23.71%23.86%26.98%
Earnings Yield
1.60%2.84%2.90%3.30%3.44%
Efficiency Ratios
Receivables Turnover
 2.15 3.82 4.03 4.21 4.11
Payables Turnover
 2.82 12.88 12.01 14.11 13.38
Inventory Turnover
 1.13 2.34 2.51 2.32 2.74
Fixed Asset Turnover
 2.01 4.38 4.08 4.09 4.44
Asset Turnover
 0.15 0.62 0.65 0.64 0.91
Working Capital Turnover Ratio
 2.79 3.54 3.21 3.05 3.09
Cash Conversion Cycle
 362.08 223.54 205.23 218.47 194.76
Days of Sales Outstanding
 169.69 95.58 90.48 86.69 88.78
Days of Inventory Outstanding
 321.93 156.30 145.14 157.65 133.26
Days of Payables Outstanding
 129.55 28.34 30.39 25.87 27.28
Operating Cycle
 491.62 251.88 235.62 244.34 222.04
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow Per Share
 4.75 10.97 12.84 10.20 10.20
Free Cash Flow Per Share
 3.21 9.07 10.44 7.48 7.14
CapEx Per Share
 1.53 1.89 2.40 2.72 3.06
Free Cash Flow to Operating Cash Flow
 0.68 0.83 0.81 0.73 0.70
Dividend Paid and CapEx Coverage Ratio
 3.10 5.79 5.35 3.75 3.33
Capital Expenditure Coverage Ratio
 3.10 5.79 5.35 3.75 3.33
Operating Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
 0.07 0.44 0.45 0.25 0.37
Operating Cash Flow to Sales Ratio
 0.10 0.21 0.26 0.20 0.21
Free Cash Flow Yield
1.19%2.39%2.82%2.27%2.08%
Valuation Ratios
Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio
 62.41 35.17 34.51 30.28 29.03
Price-to-Sales (P/S) Ratio
 5.90 7.14 7.44 6.58 6.91
Price-to-Book (P/B) Ratio
 1.83 8.83 12.04 16.91 40.73
Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) Ratio
 84.27 41.87 35.52 43.99 47.99
Price-to-Operating Cash Flow Ratio
 71.89 34.64 28.88 32.26 33.60
Price-to-Earnings Growth (PEG) Ratio
 -2.17 75.62 -31.26 -3.84 5.94
Price-to-Fair Value
 1.83 8.83 12.04 16.91 40.73
Enterprise Value Multiple
 29.59 23.23 22.57 21.48 21.37
Enterprise Value
 27.36B 23.51B 23.39B 21.50B 21.73B
EV to EBITDA
 29.59 23.23 22.57 21.48 21.37
EV to Sales
 7.26 7.43 7.91 7.27 7.31
EV to Free Cash Flow
 103.62 43.55 37.75 48.62 50.75
EV to Operating Cash Flow
 70.14 36.02 30.69 35.66 35.53
Tangible Book Value Per Share
 -34.10 11.14 -0.59 -13.28 -2.55
Shareholders’ Equity Per Share
 186.17 43.04 30.82 19.47 8.41
Tax and Other Ratios
Effective Tax Rate
 0.14 0.15 0.16 0.13 0.16
Revenue Per Share
 45.90 53.19 49.86 50.04 49.54
Net Income Per Share
 5.47 10.80 10.75 10.87 11.80
Tax Burden
 0.86 0.85 0.84 0.87 0.84
Interest Burden
 0.85 0.94 0.89 0.88 0.94
Research & Development to Revenue
 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06
SG&A to Revenue
 0.27 0.23 0.23 0.00 0.00
Stock-Based Compensation to Revenue
 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01
Income Quality
 0.87 1.02 1.19 0.94 0.86
Currency in USD