WAT · Waters Corp /De/ · Metrics
$442.83
+8.56 (+1.97%)
At close · Oct 20
Return incl. dividend (before tax)
Market Cap
$43.40B
Shares
98.25M
Volume · Oct 20
774.32K
Avg daily vol (3M)
808.64K
WAT metrics
94 of 122 screener metrics currently available.
Market overview
2 metricsShare price
$434.27
Market cap
$43.40B
Price action
20 metricsPrice change (1W)
+0.5%
Price change (30D)
+2.4%
Price change (3M)
+21.5%
Price change (6M)
+29.4%
Price change (YTD)
+14.3%
Price change (1Y)
+29.8%
Trailing year
Price change (5Y)
+24.2%
52-week high
$444.15
52-week low
$283.32
Change from 52-week high
-2.2%
Change from 52-week low
+53.3%
Annualized volatility
35.2%
Annualized volatility (3M)
26.9%
Beta
0.9
RSI (14D)
53.8
Price vs SMA 50
+3.1%
Price vs SMA 200
+18.5%
Avg volume (3M)
808,640
Relative volume
0.6
Average dollar volume
$332.35M
Company
3 metricsSector
Healthcare
Industry
Diagnostics & Research
Shares outstanding
98.25M
Valuation
12 metricsP / E (TTM)
108.3
Trailing earnings · reciprocal yield 0.9%
PEG ratio
—
EV / revenue
10.2×
reciprocal yield 9.8%
EV / EBITDA
—
EV / EBIT
144.0×
reciprocal yield 0.7%
P / sales
9.2×
reciprocal yield 10.8%
P / book
2.8
reciprocal yield 35.4%
FCF yield
—
TTM · current market cap
Buyback yield
0.0%
P / FCF
—
P / operating cash flow
78.1
reciprocal yield 1.3%
Earnings yield
0.4%
Historical valuation
8 metricsP / E historical average (3Y)
31.6×
reciprocal yield 3.2%
P / E historical average (5Y)
31.2×
reciprocal yield 3.2%
EV / revenue historical average (3Y)
7.8×
reciprocal yield 12.9%
EV / revenue historical average (5Y)
7.4×
reciprocal yield 13.5%
EV / EBIT historical average (3Y)
42.7×
reciprocal yield 2.3%
EV / EBIT historical average (5Y)
35.1×
reciprocal yield 2.9%
EV / EBITDA historical average (3Y)
—
EV / EBITDA historical average (5Y)
—
Dividends & buybacks
7 metricsDividend yield
—
Trailing 12 months
Payout ratio
—
Shareholder yield
0.0%
Dividend / share (TTM)
—
Dividend growth YoY
—
Dividend growth streak
—
Last ex-dividend
—
Earnings calendar
2 metricsNext earnings
—
Last earnings
2026-08-04
Profitability
9 metricsGross margin
—
Operating margin
7.1%
Trailing 12 months
Net margin
20.3%
Gross profit (TTM)
$1.23B
Operating profit (TTM)
$329.63M
Net income (TTM)
$166.63M
Trailing 12 months
Diluted EPS (TTM)
$4.01
FCF margin
—
Effective tax rate
19.1%
Growth
11 metricsRevenue growth YoY
+113.3%
Year over year
Net income growth YoY
-192.5%
Revenue (TTM)
$4.64B
Trailing 12 months
EPS growth YoY
-156.3%
Shares change YoY
+164,517.1%
Year over year · more shares
Revenue CAGR (3Y)
+2.1%
Revenue CAGR (5Y)
+6.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y)
-2.8%
EPS CAGR (5Y)
+5.2%
FCF CAGR (3Y)
—
FCF CAGR (5Y)
—
Quality
14 metricsReturn on equity
1.1%
Return on assets
0.7%
Debt / equity
0.3
Current ratio
1.9
EBITDA (TTM)
—
Free cash flow (TTM)
—
Quick ratio
1.3
Interest coverage
2.2
Net debt / EBITDA
—
Return on invested capital
1.4%
Trailing 12 months
Net cash
−$4.55B
Latest balance sheet
Cash & equivalents
$539.00M
Total assets
$24.75B
Total debt
$5.09B
Cash flow & spend
7 metricsOperating cash flow (TTM)
$549.55M
Capital expenditures (TTM)
$150.75M
R&D (TTM)
$318.54M
SG&A (TTM)
$1.25B
Stock compensation (TTM)
$73.13M
R&D / revenue
6.9%
Stock compensation / revenue
—
Ownership (13F)
9 metrics13F filers
1,187
13F filer change QoQ
+6
Institutional ownership
100.1%
Conviction holders (share of 13F filers)
0.7%
Crowding (high-turnover and private-fund holders)
29.0%
Private-fund adviser ownership
27.9%
Active holders' share change QoQ
+5.2%
Holder tenure
16.6
Price vs estimated holder cost
+11.6%
Ownership (registered funds)
1 metricsIndex-fund ownership
21.8%
Short interest
3 metricsShort interest
3.5%
Latest settlement · 4.4 days to cover
Days to cover
4.4d
Short-squeeze score
57 / 100
Insider activity
2 metricsNet insider buying (90D)
−$1.44M
Insider-sentiment score
43 / 100
Risk flags
1 metricsGoing concern
—
Key facts
CIK
1000697
CUSIP
941848103
13F (30d)
191 filings
186 filers
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