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Waters — Q1 2025 Earnings Presentation

15 slides from Waters's earnings presentation, May 6, 2025

  1. Slide 1: Q1 2025 Earnings Call Presentation

    Q1 2025 Earnings Call Presentation May 6, 2025

  2. Slide 2: Forward-Looking Statements & Non-GAAP Financial Measures

    Forward-Looking Statements & Non-GAAP Financial Measures This presentation contains forward-looking statements regarding future results and events, including financial and operational guidance and projected estimates. For this purpose, any statements that are not statements of historical fact may be

  3. Slide 3: Key Messages

    Key Messages Strong Start to the Year Momentum Tied to Resilient Growth Drivers Demonstrating Operational Excellence ©2025 Waters Corporation 2

  4. Slide 4: Q1 2025 Results

    Q1 2025 Results Q1 2025 Revenue CC Revenue Growth Q1 2025 EPS Non-GAAP $662M +7% $2.25 As Reported: +3.9% FX: (3%) CC Instrument CC Recurring Revenue Growth Growth Growth +11% +4% +2% +7% in CC CC: Constant Currency; growth rates are versus prior year Note: A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financi

  5. Slide 5: Strong Start to the Year w/ Double-Digit Instrument Growth

    Strong Start to the Year w/ Double-Digit Instrument Growth Total 1Q25 Y/Y Instrument Sales Growth in Constant Currency Pharma Industrial Acad. & Govt +14% +10% +7% Total +11% Continued strong growth momentum from instrument replacement & idiosyncratic growth drivers Note: Constant currency sales gro

  6. Slide 6: We Serve Attractive, Secular Markets Driven by Testing Volume

    We Serve Attractive, Secular Markets Driven by Testing Volume Downstream Presence Serving High Volume, Regulated Applications Pharma Manufacturing QA/QC Testing 1 2 Late-Stage Drug Development Food & Environmental Safety Clinical Diagnostics 4 3 Materials Analysis & Battery Testing ©2025 Waters Corp

  7. Slide 7: Results Supported by Innovation

    Results Supported by Innovation Product Benefit 1Q25 Growth Adoption Eliminates common user errors by up to 40% >3x ~20% World’s Liquid Chromatography Sales Growth Y/Y1 of HPLC Sales Next-Gen Flagship HPLC Smartest HPLC Up to 15x better sensitivity while 45% more compact >50% ~50% Most Sensitive Mas

  8. Slide 8: Benefitting from Idiosyncratic Growth Drivers

    Benefitting from Idiosyncratic Growth Drivers Unique exposure to key drivers of downstream testing volume GLP-1s Therapies New therapeutic areas like GLP-1s expected +30bps / yr1 to accelerate QA/QC testing volume growth Avg annual est. growth contribution 2024-2030 from QA/QC of GLP-1 drugs PFAS PF

  9. Slide 9: Q1 2025 Revenue Stratification

    Q1 2025 Revenue Stratification Academic & 10% Government Service +3% Pharma +3% Instruments 39% 40% +8% +11% END MARKETS c Growth %* 59% 31% PRODUCTS & SERVICES Growth %* Industrial +6% Chemistry 21% +5% TA 11% Europe 28% +1% 33% +1% GEOGRAPHY c Growth %* Asia +13% OPERATING SEGMENTS c Growth %* Wat

  10. Slide 10: FY & Q2 2025 Guidance

    FY & Q2 2025 Guidance Constant Currency Constant Currency Revenue Growth vs. FY 2024 Revenue Growth vs. Q2 2024 FX (1.0%) FX (1.0%) Reported Growth +4.0% to +6.0% Reported Growth +4.0% to +6.0% NON-GAAP EPS NON-GAAP EPS $12.75 to $13.05 $2.88 to $2.98 FY Net Interest Exp. FY Tax Rate FY Avg. Shares

  11. Slide 11: Appendix: GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    Appendix GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations

  12. Slide 12: Q1 2025 Sales - Reported & Constant Currency Growth

    Q1 2025 Sales - Reported & Constant Currency Growth % Growth % Growth (in millions USD) 2025 2024 Impact of Currency Reported Constant Currency Waters 587.3 561.9 5% (3%) 8% Operating Segments TA 74.4 74.9 (1%) (1%) 1% Pharmaceutical 391.1 374.2 5% (3%) 8% End Industrial 203.4 195.3 4% (2%) 6% Marke

  13. Slide 13: Q1 2025 Instrument Sales – Reported & CC Growth

    Q1 2025 Instrument Sales – Reported & CC Growth % Growth % Growth (in millions USD) 2025 2024 Impact of Currency Reported Constant Currency Pharmaceutical 134.8 121.9 11% (3%) 14% Instrument Sales Industrial 93.0 85.8 8% (2%) 10% Q1 Academic & Government 35.1 34.3 2% (5%) 7% Total Instrument Sales –

  14. Slide 14: GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations

    GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliations Earnings Per Share FY 2025 and Q2 2025 Guidance Q1 2025 Q1 2024 Projected Sales FY 2025 Q2 2025 GAAP $ 2.03 $ 1.72 Constant currency sales 5.0% - 7.0% 5.0% - 7.0% Adjustments: growth rate* Purchased intangibles amortization (a) $ 0.15 $ 0.15 Currency translation impa

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