At the time of writing, Waters Corp [WAT] stock is trading at $386.33, up 1.96%. 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 3.56% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -5.87%, 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.
For the past year, the stock price of Waters Corp fluctuated between $279.24 and $423.56. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $402 within the next 12 months. Waters Corp [NYSE: WAT] shares were valued at $386.33 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 4.06% based on the average WAT price forecast.
Analyzing the WAT fundamentals
According to Waters Corp [NYSE:WAT], the company’s sales were 2.96B for trailing twelve months, which represents an 6.50% jump. 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 0.22. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.93.
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 379.24 points at the first support level, and at 372.15 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 394.04, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 401.75.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Waters Corp [NYSE:WAT] has a current ratio of 2.11. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.51, while the Cash Ratio is 0.41. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 7.76, the price to book ratio is 12.55 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 36.06.
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.
