Waters (WAT) Q4 FY2021 earnings: revenue $836 million, up 6.3% on the year

Waters Corp. (WAT) reported revenue of $836 million for Q4 FY2021, the quarter ended 31 December 2021, up 6.3% on the same quarter a year earlier as this quarter's filing gives it. Net income was $216 million, down 0.9% on the year as this quarter's filing gives it, and diluted earnings per share $3.52. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 24 February 2022.

Revenue

$836 million

+6.3% on the year · +26.9% on the quarter

Q1 FY2020Q4 FY2021

Operating margin

31.3%

33.5% a year earlier

Q1 FY2020Q4 FY2021

Net income

$216 million

-0.9% on the year · +34.2% on the quarter

Q1 FY2020Q4 FY2021

Diluted EPS

$3.52

+0.9% on the year · +35.4% on the quarter

Q1 FY2020Q4 FY2021

this quarterthe same quarter a year earlierHover a bar for its figure.

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ million	Q4 FY2021	Q3 FY2021	Q4 FY2020	On the quarter	On the year
Revenue	836	659	787	+26.9%	+6.3%
Cost of revenue	351	271	n/a	+29.5%
Gross profit	485	388	n/a	+25.1%
Gross margin	58.0%	58.9%	n/a
Research and development	43.3	42.0	n/a	+3.2%
Selling, general and administrative	173	153	n/a	+13.4%
Operating income	262	192	264	+36.7%	-0.6%
Operating margin	31.3%	29.1%	33.5%
Interest expense	10.9	11.1	n/a	-1.8%
Pre-tax income	252	183	n/a	+38.1%
Income tax	36.1	21.5	n/a	+67.9%
Effective tax rate	14.3%	11.8%	n/a
Net income	216	161	218	+34.2%	-0.9%
Net margin	25.9%	24.5%	n/a
Diluted EPS	$3.52	$2.60	$3.49	+35.4%	+0.9%

$ million except per share.

Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ million	Q4 FY2021	Q3 FY2021	Q4 FY2020	On the quarter	On the year
Operating cash flow	218	168	n/a	+29.8%
Capital expenditure	44.7	39.7	n/a	+12.4%
Free cash flow	173	128	n/a	+35.2%
Free cash flow margin	20.7%	19.4%	n/a
Cash from investing	16.8	32.7	n/a	-48.6%
Cash from financing	-254	-136	n/a
Depreciation and amortisation	n/a	32.9	n/a
Share-based compensation	8.0	6.4	n/a	+25.4%
Buybacks	156	151	n/a	+3.3%
Diluted shares, weighted	61m	62m	63m	-0.8%	-1.7%
Shares outstanding at period end	61m	61m	62m	-0.7%	-2.5%

Cash flow lines for the quarter; where the company files them year to date, the quarter is the difference between two filings.

Balance sheet

$ million	Q4 FY2021	Q3 FY2021	Q4 FY2020	On the quarter	On the year
Shareholders' equity	368	295	232	+24.5%	+58.3%
Debt	1,520	1,614	1,360	-5.8%	+11.8%
Operating lease liabilities	59.6	58.4	n/a	+2.1%
Other liabilities	1,148	1,149	n/a	-0.1%
Total liabilities and equity	3,095	3,116	n/a	-0.7%
Fixed assets	548	530	n/a	+3.4%
Goodwill	438	437	n/a	+0.3%
Intangible assets	242	246	n/a	-1.5%
Investments	68.1	130	n/a	-47.8%
Cash and equivalents	501	525	437	-4.5%	+14.8%
Receivables	613	533	n/a	+15.0%
Inventory	356	389	n/a	-8.4%
Other assets	329	326	n/a	+0.8%
Total assets	3,095	3,116	n/a	-0.7%

Questions

What was Waters' revenue in Q4 FY2021?

Waters (WAT) reported revenue of $836 million for Q4 FY2021, the quarter ended 31 December 2021, up 6.3% on the same quarter a year earlier as the company restated it.

How much did Waters earn in Q4 FY2021?

Net income for Q4 FY2021 was $216 million, down 0.9% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $3.52.

When did Waters report Q4 FY2021 results?

Waters filed its 10-K for the quarter ended 31 December 2021 with the SEC on 24 February 2022.

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

	Q3 FY2021	Q4 FY2021	Q1 FY2022	Q2 FY2022	Q3 FY2022	Q4 FY2022	Q1 FY2023	Q2 FY2023	Q3 FY2023	Q4 FY2023	Q1 FY2024	Q2 FY2024	Q3 FY2024	Q4 FY2024	Q1 FY2025	Q2 FY2025	Q3 FY2025	Q4 FY2025	Q1 FY2026	Q2 FY2026
Revenue	659	836	691	714	709	859	685	741	712	819	637	709	740	873	662	771	800	932	1,267	1,645
Cost of revenue	271	351	286	307	307	348	284	301	291	318	262	288	302	349	277	321	328	363	679	911
Gross profit	388	485	405	407	401	510	400	440	420	501	375	420	439	524	385	450	472	569	588	734
Gross margin	59%	58%	59%	57%	57%	59%	58%	59%	59%	61%	59%	59%	59%	60%	58%	58%	59%	61%	46%	45%
R&D	42.0	43.3	40.5	44.0	43.4	48.3	42.7	45.9	42.0	44.4	44.6	46.2	45.3	46.9	46.6	48.5	53.6	46.9	96.0	122
SG&A	153	173	157	162	164	174	182	187	187	180	175	173	169	173	175	201	214	240	387	405
Operating income	192	262	195	200	192	286	174	200	179	264	134	189	211	292	152	188	192	271	-47.0	-86.0
Operating margin	29%	31%	28%	28%	27%	33%	25%	27%	25%	32%	21%	27%	29%	33%	23%	24%	24%	29%	-4%	-5%
Interest expense	11.1	10.9	11.1	11.4	12.4	13.9	14.4	23.3	30.4	30.7	25.5	23.7	21.4	19.0	14.3	14.4	26.6	14.3	48.0	60.0
Pre-tax income	183	252	187	192	183	275	165	180	153	238	115	169	194	277	143	178	170	264	-88.0	-141
Tax rate	12%	14%	14%	14%	15%	18%	15%	16%	12%	9%	11%	16%	17%	16%	15%	17%	12%	15%	n/a	n/a
Net income	161	216	160	165	156	227	141	151	135	216	102	143	162	231	121	147	149	225	-72.0	-136
Net margin	24%	26%	23%	23%	22%	26%	21%	20%	19%	26%	16%	20%	22%	27%	18%	19%	19%	24%	-6%	-8%
Diluted EPS	$2.60	$3.52	$2.62	$2.72	$2.60	$3.81	$2.38	$2.55	$2.27	$3.65	$1.72	$2.40	$2.71	$3.88	$2.03	$2.47	$2.50	$3.77	-$0.87	-$1.39
Operating cash flow	168	218	198	56.9	158	199	197	18.1	158	230	n/a	n/a	n/a	240	n/a	n/a	n/a	165	-3.0	201
Capital expenditure	39.7	44.7	27.8	47.0	39.0	62.2	34.4	46.6	38.0	41.6	n/a	n/a	n/a	52.1	n/a	n/a	n/a	39.0	39.0	48.0
Free cash flow	128	173	170	9.9	119	137	162	-28.5	120	189	n/a	n/a	n/a	188	n/a	n/a	n/a	126	-42.0	153
Buybacks	151	156	170	152	155	149	69.5	0.2	0.7	-0.2	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.1	n/a	n/a	n/a	0.1	12.0	2.0
Shares outstanding	61m	61m	60m	60m	60m	59m	59m	59m	59m	59m	59m	59m	59m	n/a	98m	98m	98m	60m	98m	98m
Filing	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-K	10-Q	10-Q

Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.

Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

10-K for the period ended 31 December 2021, filed 24 February 2022: the filing.