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WAT NYSE

Waters Corporation
1W: +5.8% 1M: +5.8% 3M: +23.5% YTD: +22.7% 1Y: +30.3% 3Y: +84.7% 5Y: +34.0%
$468.55
+12.57 (+2.76%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±3.8%
$419 $436 $454 $471 $488
NYSE · Healthcare · Medical - Diagnostics & Research · Tech Score Strong Buy · Power 67 · $46.0B mcap · 98M float · 0.851% daily turnover · Short 65% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 76% of companies Debt: 10.2% of company value Bonds: $314.4M held by 260 funds, 67 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $3.80 (down 99.2%), Waters Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $5.25B against a stock market value of $46.00B.
Distance to default 8.84 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-07-04, debt counted $2.44B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 35.3%; Altman Z'' 3.66. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$653M -14.4% ▼
5Y CAGR: -3.8%
Capital Expenditures
$113M +20.9% ▲
5Y CAGR: -8.1%
Free Cash Flow
$540M -12.9% ▼
5Y CAGR: -2.7%
Dividends Paid
$0 +0.0% ▲
Buybacks
$15M -8.3% ▼
Net Change in Cash
$262M +471.5% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$693M$708M$642M$638M$643M
Depreciation & Amort.$132M$130M$166M$192M$206M
Stock-Based Comp.$30M$43M$37M$45M$54M
Change in Working Capital-$107M-$269M-$240M-$111M-$250M
Other Non-Cash Items-$17M$32M-$742K$0$0
Operating Cash Flow$747M$612M$603M$762M$653M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$168M-$183M-$161M-$142M-$113M
Acquisitions (Net)$7M-$1M-$1.3B-$1M-$35M
Investment Purchases-$63M-$11M-$2M-$4M-$7M
Investment Sales$218M$87M$3M$4M$0
Other Investing-$225M$1M$0$0$3M
Investing Cash Flow-$232M-$108M-$1.4B-$144M-$152M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance$160M$60M$780M-$730M-$243M
Stock Repurchased-$649M-$626M-$70M-$14M-$15M
Dividends Paid$0$0$0$0$0
Other Financing$51M$56M$45M$47M-$7K
Financing Cash Flow-$438M-$510M$755M-$697M-$237M
Net Change in Cash$65M-$21M-$85M-$71M$262M
Cash End of Period$501M$481M$395M$324M$588M
Free Cash Flow$579M$428M$442M$620M$540M

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