Waters Corp. (WAT): Price and Financial Metrics

Waters Corp. (WAT): $344.23

0.96 (-0.28%)

POWR Rating

Component Grades

Momentum

D

Stability

C

Sentiment

Quality

B

WAT Price/Volume Stats

Current price $344.23 52-week high $363.80
Prev. close $345.19 52-week low $231.90
Day low $343.10 Volume 262,400
Day high $347.22 Avg. volume 418,266
50-day MA $333.20 Dividend yield N/A
200-day MA $291.38 Market Cap 20.38B

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WAT POWR Grades

  • WAT scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 84.8% of US stocks.
  • WAT's strongest trending metric is Stability; it's been moving down over the last 26 weeks.
  • WAT ranks lowest in Growth; there it ranks in the 9th percentile.

WAT Stock Summary

  • WATERS CORP's market capitalization of $18,085,759,725 is ahead of 88.41% of US-listed equities.
  • Price to trailing twelve month operating cash flow for WAT is currently 31.65, higher than 87.32% of US stocks with positive operating cash flow.
  • With a year-over-year growth in debt of 58.98%, WATERS CORP's debt growth rate surpasses 88.01% of about US stocks.
  • Stocks with similar financial metrics, market capitalization, and price volatility to WATERS CORP are SOFI, EVRI, TYL, MKTX, and ERII.
  • WAT's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit WATERS CORP's official web site, go to www.waters.com.

WAT Valuation Summary

  • WAT's price/sales ratio is 6.5; this is 195.45% higher than that of the median Healthcare stock.
  • WAT's price/earnings ratio has moved up 2.1 over the prior 243 months.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for WAT.

Stock Date P/S P/B P/E EV/EBIT
WAT 2023-12-29 6.5 21.5 29.8 25.4
WAT 2023-12-28 6.6 21.7 30.1 25.6
WAT 2023-12-27 6.6 21.7 30.2 25.6
WAT 2023-12-26 6.6 21.7 30.1 25.6
WAT 2023-12-22 6.5 21.5 29.9 25.4
WAT 2023-12-21 6.5 21.5 29.8 25.3

WAT Growth Metrics

    Its year over year price growth rate is now at 7.84%.
  • Its 3 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at -29.91%.
  • Its year over year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -15.22%.
Over the past 49 months, WAT's revenue has gone up $557,710,000.

The table below shows WAT's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date Revenue Operating Cash Flow Net Income to Common Stock
2022-09-30 2,949.895 630.89 696.932
2022-06-30 2,900.573 640.693 702.119
2022-03-31 2,867.901 726.83 704.547
2021-12-31 2,785.874 747.274 692.843
2021-09-30 2,736.083 796.818 694.915
2021-06-30 2,670.634 801.505 660.499

WAT's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.
  • WAT has a Quality Grade of B, ranking ahead of 94.95% of graded US stocks.
  • WAT's asset turnover comes in at 0.892 -- ranking 17th of 75 Measuring and Control Equipment stocks.
  • GEOS, BIO, and TRMB are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with WAT.

The table below shows WAT's key quality metrics over time.

Period Asset Turnover Gross Margin ROIC
2021-10-02 0.892 0.588 0.308
2021-07-03 0.903 0.582 0.307
2021-04-03 0.882 0.581 0.295
2020-12-31 0.873 0.574 0.247
2020-09-26 0.870 0.571 0.226
2020-06-27 0.874 0.577 0.235

WAT Price Target

For more insight on analysts targets of WAT, see our WAT price target page. And for a list of of all stocks sorted by upside potential based on analyst target price, see our Top Price Target page.

Average Price Target $356.85 Average Broker Recommendation 1.96 (Hold)

Waters Corp. (WAT) Company Bio


Waters Corporation is a publicly traded Analytical Laboratory instrument and software company headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts. The company employs more than 7,400 people, with manufacturing facilities located in Milford, Taunton, MassachusettsWexford, Ireland and Wilmslow,  Cheshire. Waters has Sites in 35 countries globally including FrankfurtSingapore, India, Germany and in Japan. (Source:Wikipedia)


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Latest WAT News From Around the Web

Below are the latest news stories about WATERS CORP that investors may wish to consider to help them evaluate WAT as an investment opportunity.

Waters Corporation to Present at the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) announced that Udit Batra Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the 42nd Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco on Monday, January 8, 2024 at 7:30PM Eastern Time (4:30PM Pacific Standard Time (PST)).

Yahoo | December 21, 2023

Waters Earns Sustainability Designation from My Green Lab for Xevo TQ Absolute System

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) announced it has been awarded the prestigious Accountability, Consistency, and Transparency (ACT) label for its Waters Xevo TQ Absolute system from My Green Lab, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the sustainability of scientific research. The Xevo TQ Absolute system is a compact benchtop tandem quadrupole mass spectrometer with industry-leading performance and design features that make it one of the most sustainable analytical systems in its class.ii

Yahoo | December 19, 2023

Waters Corporation Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the Third Consecutive Year

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) announced it has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI North America) for the third consecutive year, based on the strength of its enterprise-wide ESG practices. The DJSI is informed by the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), an annual evaluation of companies' sustainability practices.

Yahoo | December 19, 2023

Waters Corporation Board of Directors Named 2024 Public Company Board of the Year by National Association of Corporate Directors New England Chapter

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) today announced that its Board of Directors has been named 2024 "Public Company Board of the Year" by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) New England Chapter. This award recognizes exceptional corporate knowledge, leadership, and governance of directors in New England.

Yahoo | December 18, 2023

Waters Corporation Opens New State-of-the-Art Global Capability Center in Bengaluru, India

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) inaugurated its new Global Capability Center (GCC), a strategic investment to accelerate technology adoption, innovation, digital transformation, and business efficiencies through a concentrated hub of talent that will operate across the Waters global enterprise.

Yahoo | December 6, 2023

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WAT Price Returns

1-mo 1.94%
3-mo 4.56%
6-mo 25.54%
1-year 12.98%
3-year 21.85%
5-year 36.76%
YTD 4.56%
2023 -3.90%
2022 -8.06%
2021 50.59%
2020 5.89%
2019 23.85%

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