Waters CorporationWATNYSE
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R&D Expense Growth Under PressureDecelerating
Percentile Rank13
Year-over-Year Change

Year-over-year research & development expense growth

Percentile
P13
Within normal range
vs 5Y Ago
-0.5x
Contraction
Streak
1 qtr
Consecutive declineDecelerating
PeriodValue
Q4 2025-6.60%
Q3 202510.49%
Q2 20254.13%
Q1 2025-0.62%
Q4 20243.48%
Q3 2024-1.83%
Q2 20243.56%
Q1 20240.47%
Q4 20235.69%
Q3 2023-8.45%
Q3 20237.45%
Q2 2023-11.57%
Q4 202211.15%
Q4 2022-1.30%
Q3 20228.73%
Q2 2022-6.60%
Q4 20213.20%
Q4 2021-6.59%
Q3 202118.00%
Q2 2021-3.96%
Q4 202013.41%
Q3 202012.25%
Q2 2020-10.96%
Q1 2020-5.62%
Q4 20197.98%
Q3 2019-5.91%
Q2 20194.08%
Q1 2019-7.99%
Q4 20188.34%
Q3 2018-1.32%
Q2 20183.38%
Q1 2018-1.83%
Q4 20173.97%
Q3 20172.57%
Q3 20177.11%
Q2 2017-6.11%
Q4 20167.68%
Q4 2016-6.63%
Q3 201610.67%
Q2 20163.89%