Waters Corporation

NYSE: WAT · Real-Time Price · USD
347.88
5.58 (1.63%)
At close: Jun 16, 2025, 3:59 PM
346.90
-0.28%
After-hours: Jun 16, 2025, 05:10 PM EDT

Waters Statistics

Share Statistics

Waters has 59.51M shares outstanding. The number of shares has increased by 0.15% in one year.

59.51M
0.15%
0.06%
96.1%
59.38M
308
0.06%

Short Selling Information

The latest short interest is 1.82M, so 3.05% of the outstanding shares have been sold short.

1.82M
3.05%
3.92%
3.43

Valuation Ratios

The PE ratio is 34.51 and the forward PE ratio is 24.09. Waters's PEG ratio is -31.26.

34.51
24.09
7.44
5.2
12.04
35.52
-31.26
Financial Ratio History

Enterprise Valuation

Waters has an Enterprise Value (EV) of 23.39B.

7.91
22.57
30.69
37.75

Financial Position

The company has a current ratio of 2.11, with a Debt / Equity ratio of 0.93.

2.11
1.51
0.93
1.64
2.75
9.21

Financial Efficiency

Return on Equity is 34.88% and Return on Invested Capital is 18.43%.

34.88%
14.01%
18.43%
$389,261.45
$83,925.53
7,600
0.65
1.57

Taxes

117.03M
15.5%

Stock Price Statistics

The stock price has increased by 18.23% in the last 52 weeks. The beta is 1.12, so Waters's price volatility has been higher than the market average.

1.12
18.23%
342.66
362.99
49.25
540,398

Income Statement

In the last 12 months, Waters had revenue of 2.96B and earned 637.83M in profits. Earnings per share was 10.75.

2.96B
2.21B
826.35M
637.83M
1.04B
844.54M
10.75
Full Income Statement

Balance Sheet

The company has 324.42M in cash and 1.7B in debt, giving a net cash position of -1.38B.

324.42M
1.7B
-1.38B
9.79B
4.59B
778.91M
Full Balance Sheet

Cash Flow

In the last 12 months, operating cash flow was 762.12M and capital expenditures -142.48M, giving a free cash flow of 619.64M.

762.12M
-142.48M
619.64M
10.44
Full Cash Flow Statement

Margins

Gross margin is 74.72%, with operating and profit margins of 27.93% and 21.56%.

74.72%
27.93%
25.52%
21.56%
35.03%
27.93%
20.95%

Dividends & Yields

WAT does not appear to pay any dividends at this time.

n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
2.9%
2.82%
Dividend Details

Analyst Forecast

The average price target for WAT is $375, which is 7.8% higher than the current price. The consensus rating is "Hold".

$375
7.8%
Hold
15
Stock Forecasts

Fair Value

There are several formulas that can be used to estimate the intrinsic value of a stock.

$54.39
-84.37%
86.34
-75.18%

Stock Splits

The last stock split was on Aug 28, 2000. It was a forward split with a ratio of 2:1.

Aug 28, 2000
forward
2:1

Scores

12.09
7