Waters Corporation (WAT)

Exchange
NYSE
Symbol
WAT
Sector
Life Sciences
Industry
Laboratory Analytical Instruments
Description
Waters Corporation is a publicly traded Analytical Laboratory instrument and software company headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts.
Country
USA

Stock price

At close: October 3, 2024

  • Open
    353.25
  • High
    358.31
  • Low
    351.12
  • Close
    354.40
  • Volume
    435,704

Financial ratios

Dec 31, 2023

Activity ratios
Inventory turnover
2.26
Receivables turnover
4.07
Payables turnover
13.76
Working capital turnover
2.97
Days of inventory on hand (DOH)
161.61
Days of sales outstanding (DSO)
89.69
Number of days of payables
26.52
Fixed asset turnover
4.47
Total asset turnover
0.62
 Liquidity ratios
Current ratio
2.22
Quick ratio
1.39
Cash ratio
0.50
Cash conversion cycle
224.78
 Solvency ratios
Debt-to-assets ratio
0.50
Debt-to-capital ratio
0.67
Debt-to-equity ratio
2.00
Financial leverage ratio
4.02
Interest coverage
8.27
 Profitability ratios
Gross profit margin
59.20%
Operating profit margin
28.61%
Pretax margin
25.76%
Net profit margin
22.47%
Operating return on assets (Operating ROA)
17.67%
Return on assets (ROA)
13.88%
Return on total capital
23.66%
Return on equity (ROE)
55.83%