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WAT Stock Analysis, Forecast & Valuation

Market cap	37.7B
Revenue (ttm)	3.8B
Net income (ttm)	449.6M
EPS (ttm)	$6.89
Shares out	98.2M
P/E (trailing)	55.7x
P/E (forward)	25.6x
Volume	918,277
Beta	1.20

Price target	$413	+7.6%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001000697
Company name	Waters Corporation
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	941848103
Employees	7,900
Employees Change	300%
Employees Change Percent	3.95
Enterprise value	$42.8B
Exchange	NYSE
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500
Industry	Diagnostics & Research
Industry PE	44.06
Industry PE Fwd	26.49
IPO Date	1995-11-16
Isin	US9418481035
Last refreshed	2026-07-29
Market cap	$37.7B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Price	$384
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	477,251.39x
Sector	Healthcare
Sector PE	45.6
Sector PE Fwd	24.3
Sic	3826
Symbol	WAT
Website	https://www.waters.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	1.19%
EV Earnings	95.26x
EV Sales Forward	6.31x
EV/EBIT	70.93x
EV/EBITDA	44.29x
EV/FCF	162.37x
EV/Sales	11.36x
FCF yield	0.7%
Forward P/E	25.56x
P/B ratio	2.46x
P/E ratio	55.75x
P/S ratio	10x
PE Ratio10 Y	73.64x
PE Ratio3 Y	33.55x
PE Ratio5 Y	31.69x
PEG ratio	2.08x
PS Forward	5.56x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	16.01%
EBITDA Margin	25.65%
FCF margin	7%
Gross margin	55.15%
Gross Profit	$2.1B
Gross Profit Growth	17.61%
Gross Profit Growth Q	52.73%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	6.55%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	7.35%
Net Income	$449.6M
Net Income Growth	-31.53%
Net Income Growth Years	1%
Net Income Growth3 Y	-13.26%
Net Income Growth5 Y	-6.11%
Pretax Margin	13.89%
Profit Margin	11.93%
Profit Per Employee	$56,915
Profitable Years	28
ROA	3.31
Roa5y	14.31
ROCE	2.71
ROE	5.21
Roe5y	108.6
ROIC	5.53
Roic5y	35.34

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	9.33%
Cagr15y	10.43%
Cagr1y	26.74%
Cagr20y	11.97%
Cagr3y	10.41%
Cagr5y	0.28%
EPS Growth	-37.49
EPS Growth Years	1
EPS Growth3 Y	-15.72
EPS Growth5 Y	-6.96
FCF Growth	-57.41%
FCF Growth3 Y	-14.89%
FCF Growth5 Y	-17.65%
OCF Growth	-48.69%
OCF Growth10 Y	-3.69%
OCF Growth3 Y	-13.91%
OCF Growth5 Y	-14.59%
Revenue Growth	26.37x
Revenue Growth Q	91.39x
Revenue Growth Quarters	7x
Revenue Growth Years	2x
Revenue Growth3 Y	8.33x
Revenue Growth5 Y	8.49x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.26
Assets	$24.5B
Cash	$462M
Current Assets	$4.1B
Current Liabilities	$2.3B
Debt	$5.6B
Debt EBITDA	$5.79
Debt Equity	$0.37
Debt FCF	$21.23
Equity	$15.3B
Interest Coverage	5.83
Liabilities	$9.2B
Long Term Assets	$20.5B
Long Term Liabilities	$7B
Net Cash	$-5.1B
Net Cash By Market Cap	$-13.64
Net Debt EBITDA	$5.31
Net Debt Equity	$0.34
Net Debt FCF	$19.48
Tangible Book Value	$-2.8B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-28.53
WACC	9.66

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	1.79
Inventory Turnover	1.68
Net Working Capital	$1.7B
Quick ratio	0.97
Working Capital	$1.8B
Working Capital Turnover	$2.93

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-9.55%
Dividend Yield	0%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	143.9%
1Y total return	26.72%
200-day SMA	353.7
3Y total return	34.6%
50-day SMA	365.2
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	1.42%
All Time High	428.2
All Time High Change	-10.35%
All Time High Date	2021-09-08
All Time Low	3.31
All Time Low Change	11,487.68%
All Time Low Date	1995-11-28
ATR	12.26
Beta	1.2
Beta1y	1.18
Beta2y	0.75
Ch YTD	1.07
High	387.4
High52	414.2
High52 Date	2025-11-25
High52ch	-7.3%
Low	375.1
Low52	275.1
Low52 Date	2025-08-08
Low52ch	39.58%
Ma50ch	5.13%
Premarket Change Percent	0.43
Premarket Price	$373
Premarket Volume	12,383
Price vs 200-day SMA	8.54%
RSI	58.06
RSI Monthly	55.92
RSI Weekly	57.98
Sharpe ratio	0.72x
Sortino ratio	1.26
Total Return	-9.55%
Tr YTD	1.07
Tr15y	343.05%
Tr1m	2.54%
Tr1w	4.45%
Tr3m	28.06%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	24
Analyst Count Top	10
Analyst Price Target Top	$414
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$3
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	1.69
Earnings Revenue Estimate	1,622,028,016x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	110.29x
Operating Income	$771.8M
Operating Income Growth	-10.61
Operating Income Growth Q	-76.32
Operating Income Growth3 Y	-3.26
Operating Income Growth5 Y	0.2
Operating margin	20.47
Price target	$413
Price Target Change	$7.65
Price Target Change Top	$7.81

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	98,000,653%
Float Percent	99.81%
Net Borrowing	-220,000,000
Shares Insiders	0.08%
Shares Institutions	99.81%
Shares Out	98,185,855
Shares Qo Q	37.44%
Shares Yo Y	9.55%
Short Float	3.74%
Short Ratio	4.04
Short Shares	3.73

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$202.7M
Adjusted OCF	328,428,000
Average Volume	824,768.4x
Bv Per Share	155.8
CAPEX	$-125.7M
Ch10y	143.9
Ch15y	343
Ch1m	2.54
Ch1w	4.45
Ch1y	26.72
Ch20y	859
Ch3m	28.06
Ch3y	34.6
Ch5y	1.42
Ch6m	-1.59
Change	3.42%
Change From Open	2.35
Close	371.2
Days Gap	1.05
Depreciation Amortization	363,237,000
Dollar Volume	352,526,540.3
Earnings Date	2026-08-04
Earnings Time	bmo
EBIT	$603.8M
EBITDA	$967.1M
EPS	$6.89
F Score	3
FCF	$263.8M
FCF EV Yield	0.62x
FCF Per Share	$2.69
Financing CF	-277,205,000
Fiscal Year End	December
Founded	1,958
Goodwill	9,317,000,000
Graham Number	155.35834
Graham Upside	-59.53
Income Tax	$74.2M
Investing CF	-31,253,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-05-05
Last Report Date	2026-04-04
Last Split Date	2000-08-28
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2026-02-23
Lynch Fair Value	$34.43
Lynch Upside	-91.03
Ma150	348
Ma150ch	10.32%
Ma20	374.4
Ma20ch	2.54%
Net CF	78,476,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-04
Open	375.1
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	142.9
P FCF Ratio SBC	186
P OCF Ratio	96.76
P OCF Ratio SBC	114.8
Position In Range	71.52
Ppne	1,876,000,000
Pre Close	371.2
Price Date	2026-07-28
Price EBITDA	$38.98
Relative Volume	1.11x
Revenue	3,770,286,000x
SBC By Revenue	1.62x
Share Based Comp	61,127,000
Tax By Revenue	1.97x
Tax Rate	14.17%
Tr20y	859.03%
Tr6m	-1.59%
Us State	Massachusetts
Volume	918,277
Z Score	2.36

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