WAT

Waters Corporation NYSE

Healthcare ·Medical - Diagnostics & Research ·US · waters.com

$301.88

Mkt Cap $18.0B

52w Low $275.05 19.3% of range 52w High $414.15

50d MA $309.63 200d MA $334.87

P/E (TTM) 28.4x

EV/EBITDA 23.1x

P/B 7.1x

Debt/Equity 0.6x

ROE 25.1%

P/FCF 41.9x

RSI (14) —

ATR (14) —

Beta 1.20

50d MA $309.63

200d MA $334.87

Avg Volume 1.2M

About

Waters Corporation, a specialty measurement company, provides analytical workflow solutions in Asia, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through two segments, Waters and TA. The company designs, manufactures, sells, and services high and ultra-performance liquid chromatography, as well as mass spectrometry (MS) technology systems and support products, including chromatography columns, other cons…

Recent Earnings

Date	Time	Est	Rptd	Surp	Base	Gap%	D1%	D2%	D3%	D4%	D5%	1M%	Guide ▲★
Feb 9, 2026	BMO	4.51	4.53	+0.4%	328.14	-0.1%	-0.3%	+0.3%	-2.5%	-1.5%	-2.0%	-9.3%	—
Nov 4, 2025	BMO	3.21	3.40	+5.9%	367.34	-0.2%	+1.3%	+1.0%	+1.2%	+2.5%	+5.1%	+7.9%	—
Aug 4, 2025	BMO	2.94	2.95	+0.3%	285.59	-0.4%	-1.5%	-2.8%	-2.7%	-1.5%	-2.2%	+1.6%	—
May 6, 2025	BMO	2.22	2.25	+1.4%	339.02	+1.4%	+1.9%	+3.5%	+1.5%	+8.2%	+5.9%	+2.2%	—
Feb 12, 2025	BMO	4.03	4.10	+1.7%	381.91	+1.5%	-0.7%	-3.2%	-1.5%	-1.0%	-0.3%	-1.2%	—
Nov 1, 2024	BMO	2.68	2.93	+9.3%	387.21	-0.1%	+0.0%	-0.0%	-0.1%	-0.3%	-0.7%	-0.0%	—
Jul 31, 2024	BMO	2.56	2.63	+2.7%	336.28	+1.2%	+4.8%	+2.8%	-2.2%	-1.6%	-4.3%	+3.0%	—
May 7, 2024	BMO	2.10	2.21	+5.2%	326.06	-0.4%	-0.7%	+3.2%	+7.7%	+7.1%	+10.1%	-7.8%	—
Feb 6, 2024	BMO	3.55	3.62	+2.0%	330.38	-0.0%	-2.1%	-1.1%	-2.3%	-3.1%	-5.7%	+9.3%	—
Nov 7, 2023	BMO	2.55	2.84	+11.4%	260.67	+0.1%	-1.9%	-2.9%	-1.8%	-3.7%	-0.8%	+12.5%	—
Aug 2, 2023	BMO	2.59	2.80	+8.1%	291.77	-0.6%	-0.1%	-0.6%	-0.7%	+1.7%	+0.1%	-3.7%	—
May 9, 2023	BMO	2.61	2.49	-4.6%	276.76	+0.0%	-1.6%	-2.8%	-2.1%	-1.3%	-3.8%	-9.7%	—

Recent Analyst Ratings

Date	Firm	Action	Grade	Target	Base	Open	Gap%	D1%	D2%	D3%	D4%	D5%
Apr 13	UBS	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$320.00	$318.82	-0.4%	+1.5%	+3.4%	+1.9%	-0.3%	+2.4%
Mar 25	Deutsche Bank	Maintains	Hold → Hold	—	$301.92	$303.62	+0.6%	+0.1%	-0.5%	-4.2%	-2.8%	-1.4%
Feb 23	Morgan Stanley	Maintains	Equal Weight → Equal Weight	—	$333.33	$329.00	-1.3%	-1.7%	-2.1%	-4.2%	-3.1%	-4.2%
Feb 11	Wells Fargo	Maintains	Equal Weight → Equal Weight	—	$327.02	$326.86	-0.0%	+0.7%	-2.2%	-1.1%	-1.7%	+0.2%
Feb 10	BofA Securities	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$328.14	$327.82	-0.1%	-0.3%	+0.3%	-2.5%	-1.5%	-2.0%
Feb 10	UBS	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$328.14	$327.82	-0.1%	-0.3%	+0.3%	-2.5%	-1.5%	-2.0%
Feb 10	Guggenheim	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$328.14	$327.82	-0.1%	-0.3%	+0.3%	-2.5%	-1.5%	-2.0%
Dec 15	Wells Fargo	Maintains	Equal Weight → Equal Weight	—	$385.33	$389.80	+1.2%	+0.0%	-1.8%	-2.1%	-2.3%	-1.9%
Dec 10	Wolfe Research	Upgrade	Peer Perform → Outperform	—	$386.16	$387.24	+0.3%	+2.5%	+1.6%	-0.2%	-0.2%	-2.0%
Nov 5	Wells Fargo	Maintains	Equal Weight → Equal Weight	—	$367.34	$366.55	-0.2%	+1.3%	+1.0%	+1.2%	+2.5%	+5.1%
Nov 5	TD Cowen	Maintains	Hold → Hold	—	$367.34	$366.55	-0.2%	+1.3%	+1.0%	+1.2%	+2.5%	+5.1%
Oct 9	JP Morgan	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$327.65	$327.30	-0.1%	+0.9%	+1.0%	+2.6%	+1.7%	+1.5%
Aug 5	Deutsche Bank	Maintains	Hold → Hold	—	$285.59	$284.58	-0.4%	-1.5%	-2.8%	-2.7%	-1.5%	-2.2%
Aug 5	Wells Fargo	Maintains	Equal Weight → Equal Weight	—	$285.59	$284.58	-0.4%	-1.5%	-2.8%	-2.7%	-1.5%	-2.2%
Aug 4	Jefferies	Maintains	Buy → Buy	—	$290.31	$279.80	-3.6%	-1.6%	-3.1%	-4.3%	-4.2%	-3.1%
Jul 16	Baird	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$289.56	$291.16	+0.6%	+0.0%	+2.5%	-0.7%	-2.7%	-0.7%
Jul 15	Wells Fargo	Downgrade	Overweight → Equal Weight	—	$304.18	$308.39	+1.4%	-4.8%	-4.8%	-2.4%	-5.5%	-7.4%
Jun 26	BofA Securities	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$350.01	$352.14	+0.6%	+1.4%	+0.7%	-0.3%	+2.0%	+0.5%
May 7	Baird	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$339.02	$343.81	+1.4%	+1.9%	+3.5%	+1.5%	+8.2%	+5.9%
May 7	UBS	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$339.02	$343.81	+1.4%	+1.9%	+3.5%	+1.5%	+8.2%	+5.9%
Apr 22	Baird	Maintains	Outperform → Outperform	—	$316.23	$320.08	+1.2%	+4.6%	+5.9%	+7.7%	+6.8%	+7.5%
Apr 10	Barclays	Maintains	Equal Weight → Equal Weight	—	$336.52	$324.09	-3.7%	-6.5%	-3.4%	-0.8%	-3.9%	-4.6%
Mar 31	KeyBanc Capital Markets	Upgrade	Sector Weight → Overweight	—	$362.16	$364.31	+0.6%	+1.8%	-1.7%	+0.1%	-4.7%	-10.3%
Mar 26	Baird	Upgrade	Neutral → Outperform	—	$368.53	$373.79	+1.4%	-0.2%	+0.6%	-1.7%	+0.0%	-3.4%
Mar 6	JP Morgan	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$378.89	$381.85	+0.8%	+2.0%	+3.7%	+3.0%	-0.0%	-1.5%
Feb 13	UBS	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$381.91	$387.64	+1.5%	-0.7%	-3.2%	-1.5%	-1.0%	-0.3%
Feb 13	Scotiabank	Upgrade	Sector Perform → Sector Outperform	—	$381.91	$387.64	+1.5%	-0.7%	-3.2%	-1.5%	-1.0%	-0.3%
Feb 13	Wells Fargo	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$381.91	$387.64	+1.5%	-0.7%	-3.2%	-1.5%	-1.0%	-0.3%
Feb 13	BofA Securities	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$381.91	$387.64	+1.5%	-0.7%	-3.2%	-1.5%	-1.0%	-0.3%
Feb 10	Barclays	Upgrade	Underweight → Equal Weight	—	$409.50	$411.00	+0.4%	-0.5%	-1.0%	-6.7%	-7.4%	-9.7%
Dec 13	BofA Securities	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$383.03	$382.22	-0.2%	-1.2%	-2.4%	-2.4%	-5.9%	-5.8%
Nov 4	Stifel	Maintains	Hold → Hold	—	$387.21	$387.00	-0.1%	+0.0%	-0.0%	-0.1%	-0.3%	-0.7%
Nov 4	JP Morgan	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$387.21	$387.00	-0.1%	+0.0%	-0.0%	-0.1%	-0.3%	-0.7%
Nov 4	Deutsche Bank	Maintains	Hold → Hold	—	$387.21	$387.00	-0.1%	+0.0%	-0.0%	-0.1%	-0.3%	-0.7%
Nov 4	Barclays	Maintains	Underweight → Underweight	—	$387.21	$387.00	-0.1%	+0.0%	-0.0%	-0.1%	-0.3%	-0.7%
Nov 4	TD Cowen	Maintains	Hold → Hold	—	$387.21	$387.00	-0.1%	+0.0%	-0.0%	-0.1%	-0.3%	-0.7%
Nov 4	Bernstein	Maintains	Market Perform → Market Perform	—	$387.21	$387.00	-0.1%	+0.0%	-0.0%	-0.1%	-0.3%	-0.7%
Nov 4	Wells Fargo	Maintains	Overweight → Overweight	—	$387.21	$387.00	-0.1%	+0.0%	-0.0%	-0.1%	-0.3%	-0.7%
Oct 15	Barclays	Maintains	Underweight → Underweight	—	$357.25	$358.06	+0.2%	+0.8%	-0.9%	-2.8%	-2.5%	-3.3%
Oct 8	Jefferies	Upgrade	Hold → Buy	—	$349.92	$361.09	+3.2%	+2.6%	+2.0%	+0.8%	+2.3%	+2.1%
Oct 1	Evercore ISI	Maintains	In Line → In Line	—	$359.89	$360.08	+0.1%	-0.4%	-1.3%	-1.5%	-2.1%	-2.8%
Aug 1	Leerink Partners	Upgrade	Market Perform → Outperform	—	$336.28	$340.28	+1.2%	+4.8%	+2.8%	-2.2%	-1.6%	-4.3%
Aug 1	Barclays	Maintains	Underweight → Underweight	—	$336.28	$340.28	+1.2%	+4.8%	+2.8%	-2.2%	-1.6%	-4.3%
Aug 1	TD Cowen	Maintains	Hold → Hold	—	$336.28	$340.28	+1.2%	+4.8%	+2.8%	-2.2%	-1.6%	-4.3%
Aug 1	Deutsche Bank	Maintains	Hold → Hold	—	$336.28	$340.28	+1.2%	+4.8%	+2.8%	-2.2%	-1.6%	-4.3%
Jul 2	Evercore ISI	Maintains	In Line → In Line	—	$282.70	$282.52	-0.1%	+0.6%	+1.7%	+1.2%	+1.0%	+0.1%
Jun 28	Barclays	Maintains	Underweight → Underweight	—	$286.47	$287.25	+0.3%	+1.3%	-1.3%	-0.7%	+0.4%	-0.1%
May 8	TD Cowen	Maintains	Hold → Hold	—	$326.06	$324.87	-0.4%	-0.7%	+3.2%	+7.7%	+7.1%	+10.1%
May 8	Stifel	Maintains	Hold → Hold	—	$326.06	$324.87	-0.4%	-0.7%	+3.2%	+7.7%	+7.1%	+10.1%
May 8	Baird	Maintains	Neutral → Neutral	—	$326.06	$324.87	-0.4%	-0.7%	+3.2%	+7.7%	+7.1%	+10.1%

Recent Filings

8-K · 1.01 ! Medium

Unknown — 8-K 1.01: Underwriting / Securities

Waters Corporation announced underwriting or securities activity via 8-K filing, suggesting potential capital raising, debt issuance, or equity offerings that could impact shareholder dilution and balance sheet strength.

Mar 23

8-K

Unknown — 8-K Filing

Waters Corporation is spinning off a business division, creating a separate publicly traded company that investors can evaluate independently, potentially unlocking shareholder value if markets price the two entities more favorably than the combined company.

Mar 16

8-K

Waters Corp -- 8-K Filing

Waters Corp reported fourth-quarter 2025 sales of $932 million, up 7% year-over-year, though GAAP diluted EPS declined slightly to $3.77 from $3.88.

Feb 9

8-K

Waters Corp -- 8-K Filing

Waters separated from Becton Dickinson, paying BD $4.0 billion and issuing 38.5 million shares to BD shareholders upon merger completion.

Feb 9

Data updated apr 27, 2026 8:45am · Source: massive.com