Waters Corp [WAT] stock is trading at $399.87, up 5.13%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The WAT shares have gain 7.56% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 2.44%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Waters Corp [NYSE: WAT] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 10, 2025, when Bernstein upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $430 for it. On October 08, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $415 on the stock. Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and suggested a price target of $380 on August 28, 2024. Leerink Partners upgraded its rating to a Outperform and raised its price target to $375 on August 01, 2024. In a note dated November 13, 2023, Barclays downgraded an Underweight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $270 to $230.
Waters Corp [WAT] stock has fluctuated between $279.24 and $397.02 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $371 within the next 12 months. Waters Corp [NYSE: WAT] shares were valued at $399.87 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -7.22% based on the average WAT price forecast.
Analyzing the WAT fundamentals
Waters Corp [NYSE:WAT] reported sales of 2.91B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 4.02%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.58% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.28%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.25%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.21%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.14, Equity is 0.46 and Total Capital is 0.22. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.14.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 387.05 points at the first support level, and at 374.24 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 406.84, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 413.82.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Waters Corp’s Current Ratio is 2.02. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.38, while the Cash Ratio is 0.41. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 8.17, the price to book ratio is 14.81 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 38.16.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved FEARON RICHARD H, Director, that happened on May 28 ’24 when 1000.0 shares were purchased. Director, KUEBLER CHRISTOPHER A completed a deal on May 15 ’24 to sell 4000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director BADDOUR LINDA sold 500.0 shares on Mar 13 ’24.
