WAT * Stock Overview Provides analytical workflow solutions in Asia, the Americas, and Europe. More details
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Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Waters Historical stock prices Current Share Price US$7,343.80 52 Week High US$7,650.00 52 Week Low US$5,103.90 Beta 1.01 1 Month Change -3.62% 3 Month Change n/a 1 Year Change 31.61% 3 Year Change 0.39% 5 Year Change 67.67% Change since IPO 81.44%
Recent News & Updates
Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17% Nov 09 Waters Corporation Raises Earnings Guidance for the Full Year of Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2024
Waters Corporation Announces New Bioseparations Tools Accelerate and Improve Development of Rna-Based Vaccines and Therapies Using LC-MS Analysis Oct 14
Waters Corporation Introduces TA Instruments Discovery Core Rheometer Oct 08
Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$2.41 (vs US$2.56 in 2Q 2023) Aug 01 Waters Corporation to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jul 31, 2024 See more updates
Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 17% Nov 09 Waters Corporation Raises Earnings Guidance for the Full Year of Fiscal Year Ending December 31, 2024
Waters Corporation Announces New Bioseparations Tools Accelerate and Improve Development of Rna-Based Vaccines and Therapies Using LC-MS Analysis Oct 14
Waters Corporation Introduces TA Instruments Discovery Core Rheometer Oct 08
Second quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$2.41 (vs US$2.56 in 2Q 2023) Aug 01 Waters Corporation to Report Q2, 2024 Results on Jul 31, 2024
Waters Corporation New Rapid Screening-DSC Enables Up to 24x Faster Thermal Stability Testing at Ultra-Low Sample Volumes for Antibody Drugs Jul 23
Independent Director recently bought Mex$5.6m worth of stock May 31
First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$1.73 (vs US$2.39 in 1Q 2023) May 08
Waters Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter and Full Year of 2024 May 08
Waters Corporation Accelerates the Development of Gene-Based Therapeutics with New GTxResolve Premier SEC Columns Apr 23
Waters Corporation, Annual General Meeting, May 23, 2024 Mar 30
Independent Director recently sold Mex$3.0m worth of stock Mar 16
Full year 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$10.87 (vs US$11.80 in FY 2022) Feb 08
Waters Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter and Full-Year 2024 Feb 06
High number of new directors Jan 18
Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$2.28 (vs US$2.61 in 3Q 2022) Nov 09
High number of new directors Nov 06
Waters Corporation Announces Resignation of Jonathan Pratt as Senior Vice President of the Waters Division Oct 25
Waters Corporation Launched OligoWorks SPE Workflow and Kits Oct 20
High number of new directors Oct 18
Waters Corporation Introduces DynaPro™? ZetaStar™? Instrument from its Wyatt Technology™? Portfolio for Nanoparticle Analysis Sep 21
Waters Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter and Full Year 2023 Aug 04
Waters Corporation Launches XBridge Premier GTx BEH SEC Columns for Gene Therapy Applications Aug 02
High number of new directors Jul 17 Waters Corporation Boosts Resolution and Triples Scan Speed of Select Series MRT for Metabolomics and MS Imaging
Waters Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Second Quarter of 2023 and Fiscal Year 2023 May 10
High number of new directors Apr 04
High number of new directors Mar 15
Independent Director recently bought Mex$18m worth of stock Mar 02
High number of new directors Feb 21
Waters Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter of 2023 and Fiscal Year 2023 Feb 16
High number of new directors Jan 31
Waters Corporation Announces Waters_Connect™ System Monitoring Jan 26
Waters Corporation Announces Executive Changes Dec 15
Waters Corporation Appoints Dan Brennan and Mark Vergnano to Board of Directors Nov 24
Waters Introduces New PFAS Quantitation Workflow Enabled by Enhancements to Waters_Connect Informatics Platform Nov 23
Waters Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Fourth Quarter and Full Year of 2022 Nov 02
Waters Automates Solid Phase Extraction of Biological, Food and Environmental Samples with Andrew+ Pipetting Robot Oct 12
Waters Extends Capabilities of Flagship Ta Instruments Rheometer for Efficient and Repeatable Powder Analysis Sep 30
Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$2.74 (vs US$2.71 in 2Q 2021) Aug 03 Waters Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter Ending October 1, 2022 and Full Year Ending December 31, 2022
Waters Corporation to Report Q2, 2022 Results on Aug 02, 2022 Jul 13
Waters Corporation(NYSE:WAT) dropped from Russell 1000 Value-Defensive Index Jun 26
Waters Corporation Introduces High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Products and Software to Accelerate Drug Development Jun 07
Waters Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Quarter Ending July 2, 2022 and Full Year Ending December 31, 2022 May 05
Waters Corporation, Annual General Meeting, May 24, 2022 Apr 15
Waters Corporation Announces Resignation of John Ballbach from the Board of Directors Apr 03
Waters Introduces Xevo TQ Absolute Apr 01
Full year 2021 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations Feb 27
Waters Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the First Quarter Ending April 2, 2022 and Year Ending December 31, 2022 Feb 02
High number of new directors Dec 01
Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$2.63 (vs US$2.05 in 3Q 2020) Nov 05
High number of new directors Nov 05
Independent Director Michael Berendt has left the company Oct 12
Waters Corporation Introduces the Waters™ BioAccord™ System Sep 15
Independent Director recently sold Mex$24m worth of stock Aug 26
High number of new directors Aug 26
Investor sentiment improved over the past week Aug 11
Lead Independent Director recently sold Mex$67m worth of stock Aug 08
Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$2.71 (vs US$1.99 in 2Q 2020) Aug 05
High number of new directors Aug 05
Waters Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Third Quarter and Full Year 2021 Aug 05
Waters Corporation Introduces TRIOS AutoPilot Software Jun 30
Waters Corp. Introduces the Waters Arc Premier System Jun 24
Waters Corporation Introduces the Sars-Cov-2 Lc-Ms Kit (Ruo) to Advance Clinical Research of Infectious Diseases May 26
First quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS US$2.38 (vs US$0.86 in 1Q 2020) May 07
Waters Corporation Provides Earnings Guidance for the Three Months Ended July 3, 2021 and for the Full Year Ended December 31, 2021 May 06
Waters Corporation Introduces A New Peptide Multi-Attribute Method Workflow for the Waters BioAccord LC-MS System Mar 19
Waters Corporation Improves Ease and Reliability of Small Molecule Analysis with ACQUITY RDa Detector Mar 11
Waters and TetraScience Partner to Deliver New Levels of Data Access and Insights with Empower Data Science Link Feb 25 Shareholder Returns WAT * MX Life Sciences MX Market 7D -3.6% 0% 0% 1Y 31.6% 0% 0%
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Return vs Market: WAT * exceeded the MX Market which returned -14% over the past year.
Price Volatility Is WAT *'s price volatile compared to industry and market? WAT * volatility WAT * Average Weekly Movement n/a Life Sciences Industry Average Movement 0% Market Average Movement 0% 10% most volatile stocks in MX Market 0% 10% least volatile stocks in MX Market 0%
Stable Share Price: WAT *'s share price has been volatile over the past 3 months compared to the MX market.
Volatility Over Time: Insufficient data to determine WAT *'s volatility change over the past year.
About the Company Waters Corporation 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 consumable products, and post-warranty service plans.
Show more Waters Corporation Fundamentals Summary How do Waters's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap? WAT * fundamental statistics Market cap Mex$438.80b Earnings (TTM ) Mex$12.50b Revenue (TTM ) Mex$58.32b
Earnings & Revenue Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM) WAT * income statement (TTM ) Revenue US$2.91b Cost of Revenue US$1.17b Gross Profit US$1.74b Other Expenses US$1.11b Earnings US$622.64m
Last Reported Earnings
Sep 28, 2024
Earnings per share (EPS) 10.49 Gross Margin 59.73% Net Profit Margin 21.43% Debt/Equity Ratio 115.6%
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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status Data Last Updated (UTC time) Company Analysis 2024/12/22 05:59 End of Day Share Price 2024/12/19 00:00 Earnings 2024/09/28 Annual Earnings 2023/12/31
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Analyst Sources Waters Corporation is covered by 43 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.
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