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How Waters Corporation stacks up
WAT · against 1,335 other Healthcare companies
Profitability
43/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #756 of 1,336 · scores higher than 43% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score133 peers with a profitability score of 40–49, including WAT · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 43?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Its metrics sit close to the Healthcare norm.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 61% of peers. Return on invested capital: 1.3% vs peer median 4.7%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 0.7% vs peer median 1.7%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 7.1% vs peer median 7.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WAT, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WAT | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 1,226 reported | 1.3% | 4.7% | 39% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 1,251 reported | 7.1% | 7.1% | 50% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 1,315 reported | 0.7% | 1.7% | 44% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 1,252 reported | 1.9% | 3.2% | 46% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 1,394 reported | 56.3% | 45.9% | 62% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WATScores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score