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Financials
As each period's own 10-K or 10-Q reported it
At the $433.77 close on Oct 9, 2026, against 98.23M shares and the balance sheet at Jul 4, 2026; earnings, sales and cash flow over the four quarters to Jul 4, 2026. A ratio is left out where its denominator is not positive. Fair value is the company's own median P/E, price to sales and price to free cash flow at its last ten fiscal year ends, applied to its trailing figures, the middle of the three: its valuation against its own past, not against its growth or its rivals.
| Line item | FY 2016 Dec 31, 2016 | FY 2017 Dec 31, 2017 | FY 2018 Dec 31, 2018 | FY 2019 Dec 31, 2019 | FY 2020 Dec 31, 2020 | FY 2021 Dec 31, 2021 | FY 2022 Dec 31, 2022 | FY 2023 Dec 31, 2023 | FY 2024 Dec 31, 2024 | FY 2025 Dec 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.2B | $2.3B | $2.4B | $2.4B | $2.4B | $2.8B | $3B | $3B | $3B | $3.2B |
| Gross margin | 58.9% | 59.0% | 59.0% | 58.0% | 57.4% | 58.5% | 58.0% | 59.6% | 59.4% | 59.3% |
| Operating income | $624.3M | $661.9M | $739.8M | $708.5M | $645.5M | $821.7M | $873.4M | $817.7M | $826.4M | $802.6M |
| Operating margin | 28.8% | 28.7% | 30.6% | 29.4% | 27.3% | 29.5% | 29.4% | 27.7% | 27.9% | 25.4% |
| Net income | $521.5M | $20.3M | $593.8M | $592.2M | $521.6M | $692.8M | $707.8M | $642.2M | $637.8M | $642.6M |
| Net margin | 24.1% | 0.9% | 24.5% | 24.6% | 22.1% | 24.9% | 23.8% | 21.7% | 21.6% | 20.3% |
| EPS (diluted) | $6.41 | $0.25 | $7.65 | $8.69 | $8.36 | $11.17 | $11.73 | $10.84 | $10.71 | $10.76 |
| Operating cash flow | $629.1M | $697.6M | $604.4M | $643.1M | $790.5M | $747.3M | $611.7M | $602.8M | $762.1M | $652.6M |
| Capital spending | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $160.6M | $142.5M | $112.7M |
| Free cash flow | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | $442.2M | $619.6M | $539.8M |
| Buybacks | $325.8M | $332.5M | $1.3B | $2.5B | $196.4M | $648.9M | $626.1M | $70.3M | $13.5M | $14.7M |
| Dividends paid | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cash | $505.6M | $642.3M | $796.3M | $335.7M | $436.7M | $501.2M | $480.5M | $395.1M | $324.4M | $587.8M |
| Debt | $1.8B | $2B | $1.1B | $1.7B | $1.4B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $2.3B | $1.6B | $947.4M |
| Shareholders' equity | $2.3B | $2.2B | $1.6B | -$216.3M | $232.1M | $367.6M | $504.5M | $1.2B | $1.8B | $2.6B |
| Shares outstanding | 80.02M | 79.34M | 73.12M | 62.59M | 62.31M | 60.73M | 59.1M | 59.18M | — | 59.55M |
Figures come from the company's XBRL filings as the SEC publishes them. Quarters are worked out from year-to-date figures, and a fourth quarter is the year less its first nine months, which is why it has no EPS: per-share figures do not subtract. Earlier years are on today's share basis where a split has happened since. A later restatement is not mixed into a year it was never applied to, so where a 10-K restated the year before — a business sold, say — that year's fourth quarter is left blank rather than worked out across two bases. A dash means the company did not report that line under a standard tag for that period. Every filing on EDGAR.
Short interest
Shares sold short, as brokers report them to FINRA twice a month
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 3.4M | +3.0% | 4.4 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 3.3M | +0.3% | 5.8 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 3.29M | -9.4% | 4.5 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 3.64M | -12.7% | 3.9 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 4.17M | +13.8% | 4.7 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 3.66M | -1.1% | 5.3 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 3.7M | -17.9% | 3.2 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.51M | +0.8% | 5.3 |
Largest fails to deliver, the last year
86 settlement days with at least $10,000 of shares sold and not delivered
| Settlement date | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2026 | 123.73K | $40.5M |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 56.47K | $18.1M |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 42.77K | $12.1M |
| Oct 14, 2025 | 17.55K | $5.9M |
| Mar 9, 2026 | 14.86K | $4.5M |
Short interest is every broker's short position at the settlement date, reported to FINRA and published about a week and a half later; it does not say who is short. Days to cover is the short position over the average day's trading, and the share of the company is against the shares outstanding on its latest filing. A fail to deliver is the balance of shares sold and not delivered by settlement, from the SEC: it can be a short seller who never borrowed the stock, but is as often a late delivery that clears within days.
What they lobby on
Disclosed to the Senate, largest spend first
- PORTERFIELD, FETTIG & SEARS, LLC$40K
Environment/Superfund, Health Issues
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
- PORTERFIELD, FETTIG & SEARS, LLC$40K
Environment/Superfund, Health Issues
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
- HB STRATEGIES$30K
Environment/Superfund, Budget/Appropriations
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
- CAPITOL PATH CONSULTING LLC FKA CULTON CONSULTING LLC$20K
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
- 9B GROUP, INC.$20K
Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
- CAPITOL PATH CONSULTING LLC FKA CULTON CONSULTING LLC$20K
Budget/Appropriations
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
- CROWELL & MORING LLP$20K
Clean Air and Water (quality), Real Estate/Land Use/Conservation
1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
- BIGHORN PUBLIC AFFAIRS GROUP$20K
Budget/Appropriations
2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
Federal contracts
Largest awards of the last two years
- Department of Education$14.2M
EDWARD WATERS UNIVERSITY, INC. · from Oct 1, 2022
- Department of Health and Human Services$10.1M
WINDING WATERS MEDICAL CLINIC · from Aug 1, 2015
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.7M
WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · from Jul 1, 2022
- Department of Defense$2.6M
WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · from Dec 10, 2020
- Department of Health and Human Services$2.1M
WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION · from Aug 23, 2021
- Department of Veterans Affairs$1.5M
HOT SPRINGS NURSING & REHABILITATION - A WATERS COMMUNITY, LLC · from Oct 1, 2024
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