P/FCF Ratio for Waters Corporation (WAT)

Waters Corporation (WAT) P/FCF ratio is 113.7× as of June 5, 2026. The 5-year average is 40.3×. The sector median currently stands at 19.8×. The current ratio is at the 99th percentile of its own 10-year history.

Waters Corporation (WAT) historical P/FCF ratio has ranged from a low of 10.2× (2008) to a high of 119.3× (2026) in the available daily series.

The price-to-free-cash-flow (P/FCF) ratio compares a company's market capitalisation to its trailing twelve-month (TTM) free cash flow. It is calculated as market cap ÷ TTM free cash flow, where free cash flow = operating cash flow − capital expenditures. Because FCF cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting items, P/FCF is often considered a cleaner measure of "earnings-power valuation" than P/E — especially for capital-intensive businesses where depreciation diverges from real cash outflows.