Flagship explainer

How Waters Corporation makes its money

Start with a dollar of revenue and follow what the filing says remains.

revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$3.2B · 100%Cost of revenue$1.3B · 41%Gross profit$1.9B · 59%Operating income$803M · 25%Income before tax$755M · 24%Income tax$112M · 4%Net income$643M · 20%As of 2025-12-31 · 2 SEC filing sourcesBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

Table alternative
Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$3.2B100%
Cost of revenue$1.3B41%
$1.9B59%
$803M25%
Income before tax$755M24%
Income tax$112M4%
$643M20%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Jul 26, 2026 · annual-row source set
Embed this chart

View the full Waters Corporation analysis at Buy Like Buffett