WAT

Waters Corp

453.08

Nov 05 • 3:59 PM ET -14.52 (-3.11%)

453.08

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Healthcare Diagnostics & Research USA Large NYSE

Nov 03, 10:37 AMWaters posts double-digit organic growth, raises 2026 guidance and outlines stronger 2027 margin plan

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Index	S&P 500
Market Cap	44.51B
Enterprise Value	49.05B
Income	98.21M
Sales	5.61B
Book/sh	154.70
Cash/sh	6.04
Dividend Est.	-
Dividend TTM	-
Dividend Ex-Date	-
Dividend Gr. 3/5Y	- -
Payout	0.00%
Employees	7900
IPO	Nov 17, 1995

P/E	194.61
Forward P/E	27.42
PEG	2.23
P/S	7.93
P/B	2.93
P/C	75.07
P/FCF	166.56
EV/EBITDA	34.55
EV/Sales	8.74
Quick Ratio	1.29
Current Ratio	1.86
Debt/Eq	0.34
LT Debt/Eq	0.34
Option/Short	Yes / Yes

EPS (ttm)	2.33
EPS next Y	16.53
EPS next Q	4.66
EPS this Y	11.77%
EPS next Y	12.60%
EPS next 5Y	12.29%
EPS past 3/5Y	-2.83% 5.19%
Sales past 3/5Y	2.12% 6.00%
EPS Y/Y TTM	-78.51%
Sales Y/Y TTM	80.68%
EPS Q/Q	-67.13%
Sales Q/Q	120.91%
Earnings	Nov 03 BMO
EPS/Sales Surpr.	2.45% 0.75%

Insider Own	0.14%
Insider Trans	-2.57%
Inst Own	102.80%
Inst Trans	1.61%
ROA	0.68%
ROE	1.11%
ROIC	0.48%
Gross Margin	37.98%
Oper. Margin	9.97%
Profit Margin	1.75%
SMA20	0.34%
SMA50	4.45%
SMA200	22.17%
Trades

Shs Outstand	98.25M
Shs Float	98.11M
Short Float	3.25%
Short Ratio	3.86
Short Interest	3.19M
52W High	482.28 -6.05%
52W Low	282.77 60.23%
Volatility	4.15% 3.43%
ATR (14)	15.75
RSI (14)	52.12
Beta	1.15
Rel Volume	1.39
Avg Volume	826.52K
Volume	1,149,805

Perf Week	-5.62%
Perf Month	3.92%
Perf Quarter	11.36%
Perf Half Y	29.27%
Perf YTD	19.28%
Perf Year	21.81%
Perf 3Y	73.93%
Perf 5Y	32.07%
Perf 10Y	228.22%
Recom	1.77
Target Price	509.76
Prev Close	467.60
Price	453.08
Change %	-3.11%

Consensus

Buy

Avg. Price Target

$509.76

Implied Upside

+12.5%

Analysts16incl. previous ratings

Rating Distribution15 Buy · 1 Hold · 0 Sell

Date	Action	Analyst	Rating Change	Price Target Change	Implied Upside
Sep 09, 2026	Resumed	UUBS	Buy	$490	+8.1%
Aug 27, 2026	Upgrade	PPiper Sandler	Neutral → Overweight	$480	+5.9%
Aug 05, 2026	Upgrade	TTD Cowen	Hold → Buy	$475	+4.8%
Jul 09, 2026	Initiated	RRBC Capital Mkts	Outperform	$435	-4.0%
Jun 26, 2026	Resumed	BBernstein	Outperform	$435	-4.0%
Jun 11, 2026	Initiated	PPiper Sandler	Neutral	$400	-11.7%
Jun 02, 2026	Resumed	WWolfe Research	Outperform	$425	-6.2%
Apr 06, 2026	Upgrade	EEvercore ISI	In-line → Outperform	$350	-22.8%
Feb 10, 2026	Resumed	EEvercore ISI	In-line	$360	-20.5%
Feb 10, 2026	Resumed	CCitigroup	Buy	$425	-6.2%
Feb 10, 2026	Resumed	BBarclays	Overweight	$400	-11.7%
Jan 06, 2026	Initiated	GGuggenheim	Buy	$440	-2.9%
Jan 05, 2026	Initiated	WWilliam Blair	Outperform
Dec 10, 2025	Upgrade	WWolfe Research	Peer Perform → Outperform	$480	+5.9%
Dec 02, 2025	Initiated	MMorgan Stanley	Equal-Weight	$423	-6.6%
Oct 08, 2025	Initiated	RRothschild & Co Redburn	Buy	$390	-13.9%
Mar 31, 2025	Upgrade	KKeyBanc Capital Markets	Sector Weight → Overweight	$460	+1.5%
Mar 26, 2025	Upgrade	RRobert W. Baird	Neutral → Outperform	$396 → $407	-10.2%
Feb 13, 2025	Upgrade	BScotiabank	Sector Perform → Sector Outperform	$450	-0.7%
Feb 10, 2025	Upgrade	BBarclays	Underweight → Equal Weight	$360 → $415	-8.4%

Nov-03-26 11:20AM	Waters Matches The Whisper As Legacy Growth Accelerates, But Thin Q4 EPS Growth And Weak Cash Flow Show The BD Integration Is Still Unfinished (Earnings Whispers)
08:34AM	Waters Corporation Raises 2026 Guidance as Q3 Revenue Surges 121% to $1.77 Billion (InvestorsHub)
06:07AM	Waters: Q3 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
06:00AM	Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) Reports Third Quarter 2026 Financial Results (PR Newswire)
05:55AM	Waters Acquires MOBILion Systems, Bringing Advanced Ion-Mobility Separation to its Mass Spectrometry Portfolio with the Speed and Resolution AI Workflows Require for Proteomics Biomarker Discovery (PR Newswire)
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Oct-28-26 08:00AM	Waters Launches AI-Powered Peak Integration Expanding its Suite of Premium AI Subscription Capabilities for Empower Software (PR Newswire)
Oct-26-26 06:29PM	Waters Heads Into Q3 With A Rallying Stock And A BD Turnaround To Prove (Earnings Whispers)
Oct-23-26 08:00AM	Waters and Labcorp to Expand Access to Cervical Cancer Screening with the Most Comprehensive FDA-Approved HPV Testing Option Beginning in Late 2026 (PR Newswire)
Oct-20-26 08:00AM	Waters Corporation and Quest Diagnostics Help Close Cervical Cancer Screening Gap Bringing Nationwide Access to the Most Comprehensive FDA-Cleared At-Home HPV Screening Option (PR Newswire)
Oct-13-26 08:00AM	Waters Launches AI Link, Advancing AI-Enabled LC-MS Workflows from Research to Release (PR Newswire)
Oct-06-26 06:28AM	CellCarta, Waters Corporation collaborate on companion diagnostics (Medical Device Network)
Oct-01-26 09:00AM	Waters Corporation Schedules Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call (PR Newswire)
Sep-14-26 08:00AM	Waters Sets Benchmark for Standardized Spectral Flow Cytometry with Commercial Launch of BD FACSDiscover A7 Cell Analyzer (PR Newswire)
Sep-11-26 09:00AM	Waters Corporation to Present at the J.P. Morgan U.S. All Stars Conference (PR Newswire)
Aug-26-26 09:00AM	Waters Corporation to Present at the Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference (PR Newswire)
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Aug-24-26 10:26AM	Qiagen names Jonathan Pratt as CEO amid takeover talks (Investing.com)
Aug-04-26 03:03PM	Waters Corp (WAT) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Organic Growth and Raised Guidance ... (GuruFocus.com) +5.69%
08:22AM	Waters Exceeds Second-Quarter Forecasts as Broad-Based Growth Continues (InvestorsHub)
06:08AM	Waters: Q2 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
06:00AM	Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results (PR Newswire)
Jul-27-26 08:10AM	Waters Launches Industry's Most Sensitive and Robust Clinical IVD System with Xevo TQ Absolute XR IVD Mass Spectrometer (PR Newswire)
Jul-02-26 06:00AM	Waters Corporation Schedules Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call (PR Newswire)
Jun-24-26 08:00AM	IMU Biosciences Selects Waters to Advance Breakthrough AI Immune Mapping Platform to Transform Early Diagnosis, Monitoring, and Precision Medicine (Business Wire)
Jun-11-26 09:38AM	SpaceX initiated, Intel upgraded: Wall Street's top analyst calls (The Fly)
Jun-09-26 08:00AM	Waters Launches Coin Cell Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) to Advance Battery Safety with Integrated Thermal, Evolved Gas, and Electrochemical Analysis (PR Newswire)
Jun-08-26 08:00AM	Waters Launches Industry-First Reversed-Phase Bioseparation Columns to Deliver Up to 3x Faster GLP-1 Characterization and 2x Faster LNP Component Analysis (PR Newswire)
Jun-03-26 08:00AM	Waters Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance of BD BACTEC FXI Culture System, Enabling Broader Access to Bloodstream Infection Diagnostics (PR Newswire)
Jun-01-26 08:00AM	Waters Unveils Cyclic IMS P20 MS: The New Benchmark in Structural and Spatial Omics (PR Newswire)
08:00AM	Waters Introduces Unrivaled Sensitivity and Speed to Benchtop HRMS with Xevo MRT P10 MS, Accelerating Multiomics Research (PR Newswire)
May-28-26 04:30PM	Waters Corp. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day (MarketWatch) +7.16%
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May-18-26 04:00PM	Waters Corporation to Present at the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference (PR Newswire)
May-05-26 07:48AM	Waters Shares Climb 5% After Strong Q1 Earnings Beat (InvestorsHub) +13.54%
06:08AM	Waters: Q1 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press)
06:00AM	Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) Reports First Quarter 2026 Financial Results (PR Newswire)
Apr-24-26 12:33PM	Becton Dickinson at 13x Earnings: MedTech's Most Mispriced Compounder (GuruFocus.com)
Apr-20-26 04:15PM	Waters Corporation Schedules First Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call (PR Newswire)
11:18AM	EY on the current state of the medtech industry (Medical Device Network)
Apr-15-26 08:00AM	Waters Announces CE Mark for Next-Generation Fully Automated BD BACTEC FXI Culture System for Bloodstream Infection Diagnosis (PR Newswire)
Apr-14-26 08:00AM	Waters Debuts Industry-First Extended-Range MALS Detector for UHPLC/UPLC, Powering Rapid Characterization of Large Molecules (PR Newswire)
Apr-08-26 08:00AM	Waters Announces FDA Clearance of the Most Comprehensive At-Home Cervical Cancer Screening Tool, the Onclarity HPV Self-Collection Kit and FDA-Approved HPV Assay (PR Newswire)
Mar-18-26 06:00AM	Waters Prices Offering of Senior Notes (PR Newswire)
Mar-09-26 08:00AM	Waters Flagship ARES-G3 Rheometer Sets New Benchmark for Data Quality at Breakthrough Speed (PR Newswire)
Mar-06-26 07:28PM	Analyst Report: Waters Corporation (Morningstar Research)
Mar-05-26 12:00PM	Waters (WAT) Upgraded to Buy: What Does It Mean for the Stock? (Zacks)
Mar-03-26 11:05PM	3 Reasons to Sell WAT and 1 Stock to Buy Instead (StockStory)
09:35AM	Down 19% in 4 Weeks, Here's Why You Should You Buy the Dip in Waters (WAT) (Zacks)
Mar-02-26 11:03PM	3 Reasons to Avoid WAT and 1 Stock to Buy Instead (StockStory)
Feb-27-26 09:55AM	Waters (WAT) Could Find a Support Soon, Here's Why You Should Buy the Stock Now (Zacks)
Feb-23-26 04:45PM	Waters Corporation to Present at the TD Cowen Health Care Conference (PR Newswire)
Feb-20-26 12:02PM	What Are Wall Street Analysts' Target Price for Waters Corporation Stock? (Barchart)
Feb-18-26 11:33PM	1 S&P 500 Stock on Our Buy List and 2 We Ignore (StockStory)
Feb-17-26 08:00AM	Waters Introduces Next-Generation Microflow LC Columns with MaxPeak Premier Technology, Delivering Higher Sensitivity with Lower Sample and Solvent Usage (PR Newswire)
Feb-13-26 01:11PM	Waters Q4 Earnings Surpass Estimates, Revenues Increase Y/Y (Zacks)
09:35AM	Down 19.0% in 4 Weeks, Here's Why Waters (WAT) Looks Ripe for a Turnaround (Zacks)
12:33AM	WAT Q4 Deep Dive: Acquisition Integrates BD Biosciences, Margin Pressures Offset Revenue Growth (StockStory)
Feb-11-26 08:11AM	Waters resumed with an In Line at Evercore ISI (TipRanks)
Feb-10-26 02:17PM	What's Going On With Becton Dickinson Stock Tuesday? (Benzinga)
Feb-09-26 06:01PM	Waters Corp. shares slide after Q4 earnings report. Here's why (The Milford Daily News) -13.94%
04:42PM	Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) Reports Q4 CY2025 In Line With Expectations (StockStory)
04:34PM	Stocks Settle Higher on Strength in Tech (Barchart)
04:01PM	Waters Corp (WAT) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Revenue Growth and Strategic Acquisitions (GuruFocus.com)
01:16PM	Software Stocks Rebound, Silver Rallies 6% To $82: What's Moving Markets Monday? (Benzinga)
12:36PM	Why Is Waters Stock Sinking Monday? (Benzinga)
11:19AM	Waters Q4 Earnings Call Highlights (MarketBeat)
11:11AM	Analyst Report: Waters Corporation (Morningstar Research)
10:01AM	Stocks Slip Ahead of this Week's US News on Jobs and Inflation (Barchart)
09:23AM	Becton Dickinson Slashes Profit Outlook Post-Spinoff (Benzinga)
08:40AM	Waters Completes Combination with BD's Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions Businesses (PR Newswire)
08:40AM	BD Completes Combination of Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions Business with Waters Corporation (PR Newswire)
07:45AM	Waters (WAT) Beats Q4 Earnings and Revenue Estimates (Zacks)
06:50AM	Waters: Q4 Earnings Snapshot (Associated Press Finance)
06:30AM	Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2025 Financial Results (PR Newswire)
Feb-05-26 10:00AM	Waters (WAT) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth (Zacks)
Feb-02-26 07:49PM	Waters Corporation (WAT): A Bull Case Theory (Insider Monkey)
Jan-31-26 11:37AM	Becton, Dickinson Shareholders Approve All Proposals at Annual Meeting, Recap Record FY2025 (MarketBeat)
Jan-30-26 08:15PM	Analyst Report: Waters Corporation (Morningstar Research)
Jan-27-26 09:25AM	Waters Shareholders Approve Combination with BD's Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions Business (PR Newswire)
09:25AM	BD Announces Record Date for the Spin-Off of its Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions Business (PR Newswire)
Jan-26-26 01:29PM	Halper Sadeh LLC Encourages WAT, TWO, UBFO, ALEX Shareholders to Contact the Firm to Discuss Their Rights (PR Newswire)
Jan-20-26 01:00PM	Waters Corporation Schedules Fourth Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call (PR Newswire)
Jan-15-26 08:12AM	Waters Corporation Earnings Preview: What to Expect (Barchart)
Jan-13-26 10:18AM	Waters Corporation expands into biosciences and diagnostics (Medical Device Network)
09:22AM	Are Options Traders Betting on a Big Move in WAT Stock? (Zacks)
Jan-08-26 11:52AM	Halper Sadeh LLC Encourages WTRG, MBCN, WAT Shareholders to Contact the Firm to Discuss Their Rights (PR Newswire)
Dec-23-25 11:00AM	Waters Corporation to Present at the 44th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday, January 12, 2026 (PR Newswire)
Dec-18-25 10:31PM	Q3 Rundown: Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) Vs Other Research Tools & Consumables Stocks (StockStory)
Dec-16-25 11:21AM	Halper Sadeh LLC Encourages WAT, CSGS, SWKS Shareholders to Contact the Firm to Discuss Their Rights (PR Newswire)
Dec-14-25 04:10AM	Street Calls of the Week (Investing.com)
Dec-11-25 09:45AM	Waters (WAT) is a Top-Ranked Growth Stock: Should You Buy? (Zacks)
09:19AM	Is Waters Corporation Stock Outperforming the Nasdaq? (Barchart)
Dec-10-25 11:13AM	Fed Cuts Rates for Third Time This Year, Signals One More in 2026 (Barchart)
Dec-09-25 11:03PM	3 Reasons to Sell WAT and 1 Stock to Buy Instead (StockStory)
Dec-04-25 11:30AM	Why Is Waters (WAT) Up 6.9% Since Last Earnings Report? (Zacks)
12:05AM	Jim Cramer on Waters Corporation: "I Think It Should Be Loved on Wall Street (Insider Monkey)
Nov-24-25 07:23PM	Analyst Report: Waters Corporation (Morningstar Research)
Nov-21-25 07:01AM	Waters Corporation Stock: Is Wall Street Bullish or Bearish? (Barchart)
Nov-11-25 02:00PM	Waters Corporation to Present at the Jefferies Global Healthcare Conference in London (PR Newswire)
08:00AM	Waters Boosts Lab Productivity and Sample Throughput with Launch of its Charged Aerosol Detector Designed for Empower Software (PR Newswire)
Nov-06-25 07:13AM	Becton Dickinson tops Q4 profit forecast, guides above consensus for 2026 (Investing.com)
Nov-05-25 12:04PM	Waters Q3 Earnings Surpass Estimates, Revenue Increase Y/Y (Zacks)

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Insider Trading	Relationship	Date	Transaction	Cost	#Shares	Value ($)	#Shares Total	SEC Form 4
KUEBLER CHRISTOPHER A	Director	Aug 06 '26	Option Exercise	136.43	3,626	494,695	21,434	Aug 07 05:20 PM
KUEBLER CHRISTOPHER A	Director	Aug 06 '26	Sale	397.94	3,626	1,442,930	17,808	Aug 07 05:20 PM
KUEBLER CHRISTOPHER A	Director	Aug 06 '26	Proposed Sale	397.94	3,626	1,442,930		Aug 06 10:40 AM
Jiang Wei	Director	Mar 16 '26	Buy	289.46	500	144,730	3,441	Mar 18 04:37 PM
FEARON RICHARD H	Director	Mar 06 '26	Buy	306.34	1,000	306,340	3,302	Mar 10 04:21 PM

Waters Corp. engages in the provision of workflow solutions involving liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, and thermal analysis. It operates through the Waters and TA (TA Instruments) segments. The Waters segment consists of liquid chromatography instruments, mass spectrometry, and precision chemistry consumable products and services. The TA segment products and services include thermal analysis, rheometry and calorimetry instrument systems, and service sales. The company was founded by James Logan Waters in 1958 and is headquartered in Milford, MA.

PresidentDr. Udit Batra Ph.D.

Senior VP & CFOMr. Amol Chaubal

Senior Vice President of Waters Advanced Diagnostics DivisionMs. Jianqing Y. Bennett

SVP of Global OperationsMr. Mark Gladwell

Senior VP & Chief Information OfficerMr. Brook M. Colangelo

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