Waters Corp
NYSE:WAT

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NYSE:WAT
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Price: 381.91 USD -5.77% Market Closed
Market Cap: 22.7B USD
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Profitability Summary

We take all the information about a company's profitability (such as its margins, capital efficiency, free cash flow generating ability, and more) and consolidate it into one single number - the profitability score. The higher the profitability score, the more profitable the company is.

Past Growth

To be successful and remain in business, both growth and profitability are important and necessary. Net Income growth is often seen as a sign of a company's efficiency from an operational standpoint, but is influenced heavily by a company's goals and challenges and should therefore be assessed in conjunction with other metrics like revenue and operating income growth.

Margins

Profit margins represent what percentage of sales has turned into profits. Simply put, the percentage figure indicates how many cents of profit the company has generated for each dollar of sale.

Profit margins help investors assess if a company's management is generating enough profit from its sales and whether operating costs and overhead costs are being contained.

Earnings Waterfall
Waters Corp

Revenue
2.9B USD
Cost of Revenue
-1.2B USD
Gross Profit
1.7B USD
Operating Expenses
-886.3m USD
Operating Income
848.9m USD
Other Expenses
-226.2m USD
Net Income
622.6m USD

Margins Comparison
Waters Corp Competitors

Country Company Market Cap Gross
Margin
Operating
Margin
Net
Margin
US
Waters Corp
NYSE:WAT
22.7B USD
60%
29%
21%
US
PerkinElmer Inc
LSE:0KHE
1.2T USD
56%
13%
10%
US
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
NYSE:TMO
205.8B USD
42%
18%
15%
US
Danaher Corp
NYSE:DHR
145.4B USD
60%
20%
16%
KR
Samsung Biologics Co Ltd
KRX:207940
83.8T KRW
49%
31%
24%
CH
Lonza Group AG
SIX:LONN
41.8B CHF
37%
19%
10%
US
Agilent Technologies Inc
NYSE:A
39.4B USD
55%
24%
20%
US
IQVIA Holdings Inc
NYSE:IQV
35.9B USD
35%
14%
9%
US
Mettler-Toledo International Inc
NYSE:MTD
27.5B USD
60%
29%
22%
US
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc
NYSE:WST
23.4B USD
35%
20%
17%
CN
WuXi AppTec Co Ltd
SSE:603259
165.8B CNY
40%
27%
21%
No Stocks Found

Return on Capital

Return on capital ratios give a sense of how well a company is using its capital (equity, assets, capital employed, etc.) to generate profits (operating income, net income, etc.). In simple words, these ratios show how much income is generated for each dollar of capital invested.

Return on Capital Comparison
Waters Corp Competitors

Country Company Market Cap ROE ROA ROCE ROIC
US
Waters Corp
NYSE:WAT
22.7B USD
52%
14%
23%
18%
US
PerkinElmer Inc
LSE:0KHE
1.2T USD
4%
2%
3%
3%
US
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
NYSE:TMO
205.8B USD
13%
6%
9%
8%
US
Danaher Corp
NYSE:DHR
145.4B USD
8%
5%
7%
5%
KR
Samsung Biologics Co Ltd
KRX:207940
83.8T KRW
10%
7%
11%
7%
CH
Lonza Group AG
SIX:LONN
41.8B CHF
7%
4%
9%
7%
US
Agilent Technologies Inc
NYSE:A
39.4B USD
22%
11%
16%
14%
US
IQVIA Holdings Inc
NYSE:IQV
35.9B USD
22%
5%
11%
9%
US
Mettler-Toledo International Inc
NYSE:MTD
27.5B USD
-624%
26%
53%
31%
US
West Pharmaceutical Services Inc
NYSE:WST
23.4B USD
18%
13%
18%
17%
CN
WuXi AppTec Co Ltd
SSE:603259
165.8B CNY
15%
11%
18%
17%
No Stocks Found

Free Cash Flow

Free cash flow (FCF) is the money a company has left over after paying its operating expenses and capital expenditures. The more free cash flow a company has, the more it can allocate to dividends, paying down debt, and growth opportunities.

If a company has a decreasing free cash flow, that is not necessarily bad if the company is investing in its growth.