Ownership and insider activity for Waters Corporation (WAT): insider transactions, US Senate and House trading disclosures and shares outstanding. Track how corporate insiders and politicians are trading the stock.
Waters Corporation is a global leader in specialized measurement, delivering analytical solutions across Asia, the Americas, and Europe. The company operates through two main divisions: Waters and TA. Under its Waters segment, it engineers, manufactures, sells, and provides support for high and ultra-performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry (MS) systems.
Price
| Price | $440.12 |
| Market Cap | $43.2B |
| Exchange | NYSE |
| Country | US |
Recent Insider Transactions
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | Knight Heather | A-Award | 57 | |
| 2026-09-30 | Jiang Wei | A-Award | 57 | |
| 2026-08-21 | Wu Tong (NMN) | |||
| 2026-08-06 | KUEBLER CHRISTOPHER A | M-Exempt | 3,626 | $495K |
| 2026-08-06 | KUEBLER CHRISTOPHER A | S-Sale | 3,626 | $1.4M |
| 2026-08-06 | KUEBLER CHRISTOPHER A | M-Exempt | 3,626 | $495K |
| 2026-06-30 | Knight Heather | A-Award | 63 | |
| 2026-06-30 | Jiang Wei | A-Award | 67 | |
| 2026-06-24 | Carpio Robert L III | F-InKind | 189 | $70K |
| 2026-05-12 | Chaubal Amol | F-InKind | 239 | $84K |
Balance Sheet (10y)
| Year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | $505.6M | $642.3M | $796.3M | $335.7M | $436.7M | $501.2M | $480.5M | $395.1M | $324.4M | $587.8M |
| Short-term Investments | $2.31B | $2.75B | $938.9M | $1.4M | $6.5M | $68.1M | $862,000 | $898,000 | $934,000 | 0 |
| Receivables | $489.3M | $533.8M | $568.3M | $587.7M | $573.3M | $612.6M | $722.9M | $702.2M | $733.4M | $828.8M |
| Inventory | $262.7M | $270.3M | $291.6M | $320.6M | $304.3M | $356.1M | $455.7M | $516.2M | $477.3M | $572.4M |
| Total Current Assets | $3.64B | $4.27B | $2.66B | $1.31B | $1.40B | $1.63B | $1.76B | $1.75B | $1.67B | $2.15B |
| Property, Plant & Equipment | $337.1M | $349.3M | $343.1M | $510.7M | $587.3M | $632.6M | $668.7M | $723.7M | $725.4M | $722.8M |
| Goodwill | $352.1M | $359.8M | $355.6M | $356.1M | $444.4M | $437.9M | $430.3M | $1.31B | $1.30B | $1.34B |
| Intangible Assets | $207.1M | $228.4M | $246.9M | $240.2M | $258.6M | $242.4M | $227.4M | $629.2M | $567.9M | $558.2M |
| Total Assets | $4.66B | $5.34B | $3.73B | $2.56B | $2.84B | $3.09B | $3.28B | $4.63B | $4.55B | $5.08B |
| Accounts Payable | $67.7M | $64.5M | $68.2M | $49.0M | $72.2M | $96.8M | $93.3M | $84.7M | $99.9M | $103.8M |
| Short-term Debt | $125.3M | $100.3M | $178,000 | $100.4M | $150.0M | 0 | $50.0M | $50.0M | 0 | $460.0M |
| Total Current Liabilities | $520.3M | $606.2M | $448.9M | $591.3M | $805.0M | $680.5M | $785.7M | $789.6M | $789.8M | $1.24B |
| Long-term Debt | $1.70B | $1.90B | $1.15B | $1.58B | $1.21B | $1.51B | $1.52B | $2.31B | $1.63B | $947.4M |
| Total Liabilities | $2.36B | $3.11B | $2.16B | $2.77B | $2.61B | $2.73B | $2.78B | $3.48B | $2.73B | $2.52B |
| Retained Earnings | $5.39B | $5.41B | $6.00B | $6.59B | $7.11B | $7.80B | $8.51B | $9.15B | $9.79B | $10.43B |
| Total Equity | $2.30B | $2.23B | $1.57B | -$216.3M | $232.1M | $367.6M | $504.5M | $1.15B | $1.83B | $2.56B |
| Total Debt | $1.83B | $2.00B | $1.15B | $1.78B | $1.45B | $1.60B | $1.66B | $2.44B | $1.70B | $1.49B |
| Net Debt | -$985.8M | -$1.40B | -$586.9M | $1.44B | $1.01B | $1.03B | $1.18B | $2.05B | $1.38B | $903.3M |
| Working Capital | $3.12B | $3.66B | $2.21B | $721.2M | $596.0M | $948.4M | $978.2M | $963.3M | $879.4M | $908.1M |
Financial Health
| Debt / Equity | 0.58 |
| Current Ratio | 1.73 |
| Piotroski F-Score | 5 |
| Altman Z-Score | 9.69 |
Profitability
| Return on Equity | 25.09% |
| Return on Invested Capital | 17.57% |
| Return on Assets | 12.66% |
| Gross Margin | 57.77% |
| Operating Margin | 28.22% |
| Net Margin | 20.30% |
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