---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-201110"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WAT"
cik: "0001000697"
company_name: "WATERS CORP /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T10:54:26.041517+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Waters Q2 sales up 4% to $741M, non-GAAP EPS $2.80; lowers FY organic growth guide to 0.5-1.5%

## Summary
- Pharmaceutical market sales down 4% organic CC; China sales declined high teens.
- Industrial +11% organic CC; Academic & Government +21% organic CC.
- Full-year 2023 organic CC growth guided 0.5-1.5% (vs. prior); Q3 organic CC growth seen -4% to -2%.
- Wyatt acquisition contributed 2% to Q2 sales; full-year impact ~2.5%.
- Gross margin expanded 230 bps; non-GAAP EPS $2.80 vs. $2.75 a year ago.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-201110
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WAT
- cik: 0001000697
- company_name: WATERS CORP /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312523201110/0001193125-23-201110-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312523201110/d454905d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-201110.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  WATERS CORP /DE/ reported the quarter ended July 1, 2023 results: revenue $741 million, EPS $2.55.
  - Period: the quarter ended July 1, 2023
  - Revenue: $741 million
  - EPS: $2.55
  - Result: reported results
  source text: Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2023. Sales for the second quarter of 2023 were $741 million
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312523201110/0001193125-23-201110-index.htm

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