Waters Corporation

WAT · NYSE · Stock · Healthcare
$436.15
+1.63% today
Delayed price,

What Waters does

Waters Corporation provides analytical workflow solutions in Asia, the Americas, and Europe. The company operates through two segments, Waters and TA. The company designs, manufactures, sells, and services liquid chromatography, as well as mass spectrometry (MS) technology systems and supports products, including chromatography columns, and other consumable products. It also designs, manufactures, sells, and services thermal analysis, rheometry, and calorimetry instruments for use in predicting the suitability and stability of fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, water, polymers, metals, and viscous liquids for various industrial, consumer goods, and healthcare products, as well as for life science research; and develops and supplies software-based products that interface with its instruments, as well as other manufacturers' instruments. In addition, the company offers MS technology, which is used in drug discovery and development comprising clinical trial testing, the analysis of proteins in disease processes, nutritional safety analysis, and environmental testing. Its products are used by clinical, pharmaceutical, biochemical, industrial, nutritional safety, environmental, academic, and governmental customers working in research and development, quality assurance, and other laboratory applications. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts.

Key facts

Sector
Healthcare
Industry
Diagnostics & Research
Market cap
$42.82B
P/E (ttm)
110.4
Forward P/E
26.4
Dividend yield
0.00%
Beta
1.15
Profit margin
3.6%
Employees
16,000
Headquarters
Milford, MA, United States
Exchange
NYSE

Performance

1 Month
+3.4%
3 Months
+18.2%
6 Months
+33.1%
1 Year
+30.4%
5 Years
+32.9%
$282.7752-week range$454.54
Biggest setback — last 12 months
-29.0%
24 Nov 2025 → 9 Mar 2026
Fell from $403.42 to $286.57 — its sharpest sustained decline this year.
Biggest run-up — last 12 months
+52.2%
9 Mar 2026 → 14 Oct 2026
Ran from $286.57 to $436.15 — its strongest sustained advance this year.

Price outlook — trend & volatility model

▲ Trend: Uptrend
Price is above its 20-, 50- and 200-day averages, each stacked above the next — a classic technical uptrend structure.
HorizonBear case (−1σ)Base caseBull case (+1σ)
1 Month$397.69 (-8.8%)$436.15$478.33 (+9.7%)
3 Months$371.70 (-14.8%)$436.15$511.78 (+17.3%)
6 Months$347.87 (-20.2%)$436.15$546.83 (+25.4%)
12 Months$316.77 (-27.4%)$436.15$600.53 (+37.7%)
Statistical, not machine-learning: a random-walk (no assumed drift) volatility model built from this ticker's own realized price history, plus a purely descriptive moving-average trend read. Illustrative only — not a price target and not financial advice. The bear and bull cases sit one standard deviation (1σ) below and above today's price, a range that covers about 68% of the outcomes the model treats as plausible, not a 68% chance of either case. Annualized volatility used: 32.0%, blended from this ticker's own 3-month and 1-year realized price history. Base case is deliberately flat — this quantifies a possible range, not a directional prediction. See the full model, including wider (≈95%) bands →

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Recent insider activity

Acquired 57 shares — Knight Heather, Director · 2026-10-02
Acquired 57 shares — Jiang Wei, Director · 2026-10-02
Sold 7,252 shares at $397.94 — KUEBLER CHRISTOPHER A, Director · 2026-08-07
Acquired 63 shares — Knight Heather, Director · 2026-07-02
Acquired 67 shares — Jiang Wei, Director · 2026-07-02
Source: SEC Form 4 filings. An "acquired" entry with no price is typically a stock award or option exercise rather than an open-market purchase. Search all insider trades →

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