A share price of Waters Corp [WAT] is currently trading at $336.33, up 1.61%. 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 2.66% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 13.86%, 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 October 08, 2025, when Rothschild & Co Redburn initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $390. Previously, KeyBanc Capital Markets upgraded its rating to Overweight on March 31, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $460. On March 26, 2025, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Outperform and revised its price target to $407 on the stock. Scotiabank upgraded its rating to a Sector Outperform but stick to its price target of $450 on February 13, 2025. Barclays upgraded its rating to a Equal Weight and raised its price target to $415 on February 10, 2025. Bernstein upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on January 10, 2025, but kept the price target unchanged to $430. In a note dated December 23, 2024, Scotiabank initiated an Sector Perform rating.
Waters Corp experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $275.05 and $423.56. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $388.17 within the next 12 months. Waters Corp [NYSE: WAT] shares were valued at $336.33 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 15.41% based on the average WAT price forecast.
Analyzing the WAT fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Waters Corp [NYSE:WAT] were 3.05B which represents 8.86% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.59% 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 0.35 and Total Capital is 0.23. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.71.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Waters Corp [NYSE:WAT] is 1.75. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.22, while the Cash Ratio is 0.36. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 6.57, the price to book ratio is 9.27 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 30.32.
