Waters Corporation cash flow to debt ratio of 43.76% indicates that the company generates enough cash to cover its debts. This level indicates strong financial health.

Waters Corporation's free cash flow has decreased 12.88% from $619.64M last year to $539.81M, signaling decreasing performance

Waters Corporation's debt to equity ratio is 0.33, which means that the company's assets are healthy financed, signaling financial stability.

Waters Corporation's debt has decreased relative to shareholder equity from 0.93 last year to 0.33 today, signaling strengthened financials

Waters Corporation has a net debt to EBITDA ratio of 0.89x, which is below the 3.00x threshold, indicating healthy leverage and financial stability

Waters Corporation's interest coverage ratio of 2.67 indicates that earnings with margin can cover interest payments on company debt

Waters Corporation's profit margin has decreased (83.41%) in the last year from 21.56% to 3.58%, signaling decreasing performance

Waters Corporation's short-term assets of $2.15B exceed its short-term liabilities of $1.24B

Waters Corporation's return on assets of 0.67% is lower than the 5.00% threshold, indicating inefficient asset utilization

Waters Corporation's return on equity of 1.88%, is lower than 15.00%, indicating bad performance

Waters Corporation's operating cash flow exceeds its net income, indicating high-quality earnings backed by actual cash generation

Waters Corporation had positive net income in 5 out of 5 years, indicating stable and consistent earnings

Waters Corporation has positive free cash flow, indicating the company generates cash after capital expenditures

Waters Corporation has a free cash flow yield of 1.75%, which is below the 2.00% threshold, indicating limited cash return relative to market value

Waters Corporation's yearly earnings has increased 0.75% since last year from $637.83M to $642.63M, signaling increasing performance

Waters Corporation's yearly revenue has increased 6.99% since last year from $2.96B to $3.17B, signaling increasing performance

ROIC 1.28% (Source: FMP key-metrics). Below the 5% partial-credit threshold. Score: 0 of 2. The 5% and 10% cutoffs anchor to typical US weighted-average cost of capital. Below 5% indicates the company is not generating returns above its likely cost of capital under this definition of invested capital. Invested capital here includes equity, non-current liabilities (pension obligations, deferred taxes, lease obligations), and short-term debt. Cash is not subtracted. Companies with substantial float, lease portfolios, or cash holdings will score lower under this definition than under narrower operating-capital definitions. See methodology.

Waters Corporation's 3-year revenue CAGR of 2.12% is positive, indicating growing revenue over the past 3 years

Waters Corporation had revenue growth in 4 out of 5 years, indicating consistent revenue performance

Waters Corporation had positive ROE in 5 out of 5 years, indicating consistent and reliable returns on equity

Waters Corporation is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 80.84 based on Discounted Cash Flow model

Waters Corporation has an earnings yield of 0.41%, which is below the 4.00% threshold, indicating the stock may be expensive relative to its earnings

Waters Corporation is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 105.26 based on EBITDA multiple model

Waters Corporation has an EV/EBITDA ratio of 31.33x, which exceeds the 20.00x threshold, indicating the stock may be overvalued relative to its operating earnings

Waters Corporation is overvalued relative to its fair value price of 264.36 based on Earnings Fair Value model

Waters Corporation has a PEG-ratio over 1 which is considered overvalued

Waters Corporation has a price-to-book ratio of 2.66x, which is below the 5.00x threshold, indicating reasonable valuation relative to its book value

Waters Corporation has a price-to-sales ratio of 8.71x, which exceeds the 8.00x threshold, indicating the stock may be overvalued relative to its revenue