Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) stock closed at 341.8 per share at the end of the most recent trading day (a 1.67% change compared to the prior day closing price) with a volume of 405.44K shares and market capitalization of 21.18B. Is a component of S&P 500, Russell 1000 indices and it is traded on NYSE exchange. The company belongs in the Medical Diagnostics & Research industry, Healthcare sector and employs 7400 people. Waters Corporation CEO is Udit Batra.

The one-year performance of Waters Corporation stock is 81.48%, while year-to-date (YTD) performance is 38.15%. WAT stock has a five-year performance of 152.49%. Its 52-week range is between 171.38 and 344.87, which gives WAT stock a 52-week price range ratio of 99.07%

Waters Corporation currently has a PE ratio of 34.10, a price-to-book (PB) ratio of 89.92, a price-to-sale (PS) ratio of 8.27, a price to cashflow ratio of 24.50, a PEG ratio of 2.32, a ROA of 20.96%, a ROC of 33.70% and a ROE of -1 151.26%. The company’s profit margin is 24.56%, its EBITDA margin is 35.90%, and its revenue ttm is $2.51 Billion , which makes it $40.66 revenue per share.

Of the last four earnings reports from Waters Corporation, there were 4 positive earnings surprise and 0 negative earnings surprise. The company has EPS estimate of $2.21 for the next earnings report. Waters Corporation’s next earnings report date is 27th Jul 2021.

The consensus rating of Wall Street analysts for Waters Corporation is Moderate Sell (3.87), with a target price of $283.33, which is -17.57% compared to the current price. The earnings rating for Waters Corporation stock is Strong Buy (calculated from actual period earnings estimates revision (80% weight) and previous period earnings surprise (20% weight)).

Waters Corporation has a dividend yield of -% with a dividend per share of $- and a payout ratio of -%.

Waters Corporation has a Buy technical analysis rating based on Technical Indicators (ADX : 11.77, ATR14 : 5.87, CCI20 : 184.96, Chaikin Money Flow : 0.13, MACD : 7.98, Money Flow Index : 80.83, ROC : 5.58, RSI : 73.90, STOCH (14,3) : 98.10, STOCH RSI : 1.00, UO : 69.92, Williams %R : -1.90), Simple Moving Averages and Exponential Moving Averages.

Aggregated Insider Trades of Waters Corporation in the last 12-months were: Christopher J. O'Connell (Option Excercise at a value of $3 706 500), Christopher J. O'Connell (Sold 30 000 shares of value $6 399 000 ), Edward Conard (Option Excercise at a value of $312 400), Edward Conard (Sold 1 322 shares of value $312 772 ), Elizabeth B. Rae (Option Excercise at a value of $822 573), Elizabeth B. Rae (Sold 6 380 shares of value $1 362 130 ), Ian S. King (Option Excercise at a value of $1 178 520), Ian S. King (Sold 12 000 shares of value $2 621 280 ), Joann A. Reed (Option Excercise at a value of $1 164 054), Joann A. Reed (Sold 6 359 shares of value $1 765 205 ), Keeley A. Aleman (Sold 150 shares of value $31 570 ), Linda Baddour (Option Excercise at a value of $235 137), Linda Baddour (Sold 1 249 shares of value $393 423 ), Michael C. Harrington (Option Excercise at a value of $3 199 365), Michael C. Harrington (Sold 24 381 shares of value $5 260 291 ), Michael J. Berendt (Option Excercise at a value of $312 400), Michael J. Berendt (Sold 5 161 shares of value $1 289 877 ), Robert G. Carson (Option Excercise at a value of $431 583), Robert G. Carson (Sold 2 277 shares of value $519 031 ), Sherry L. Buck (Option Excercise at a value of $2 480 308), Sherry L. Buck (Sold 17 499 shares of value $3 878 128 ), Thomas P. Salice (Option Excercise at a value of $616 160)