Waters Corp [WAT] stock is trading at $380.83, up 0.41%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The WAT shares have gain 1.21% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -7.41%, and not 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 February 13, 2025, when Scotiabank upgraded its rating to a Sector Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $450 for it. Previously, Barclays upgraded its rating to Equal Weight on February 10, 2025, and elevated its price target to $415. On January 10, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform but maintained its price target of $430 on the stock. Scotiabank started tracking the stock assigning a Sector Perform rating. Jefferies upgraded its rating to a Buy and raised its price target to $415 on October 08, 2024. Wells Fargo started tracking with a Overweight rating for this stock on August 28, 2024, and assigned it a price target of $380. In a note dated August 01, 2024, Leerink Partners upgraded an Outperform rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $325 to $375.
Waters Corp [WAT] stock has fluctuated between $279.24 and $423.56 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $394.67 within the next 12 months. Waters Corp [NYSE: WAT] shares were valued at $380.83 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 3.63% based on the average WAT price forecast.
Analyzing the WAT fundamentals
Waters Corp [NYSE:WAT] reported sales of 2.96B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 6.50%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.58% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.28%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.26%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.22%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.14, Equity is 0.42 and Total Capital is 0.18.
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 375.25 points at the first support level, and at 369.68 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 386.26, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 391.70.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Waters Corp’s Current Ratio is 2.02. Also, the Quick Ratio is 1.38. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 7.64, the price to book ratio is 14.10 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 35.54.
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.
