Waters Corp [WAT] stock prices are up 4.06% to $393.99 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The WAT shares have gain 3.85% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 10.77%, 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.
The stock price of Waters Corp [WAT] has been fluctuating between $275.05 and $423.56 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $388.75 within the next 12 months. Waters Corp [NYSE: WAT] shares were valued at $393.99 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -1.33% based on the average WAT price forecast.
Analyzing the WAT fundamentals
The Waters Corp [NYSE:WAT] reported sales of 3.11B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 8.05%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.59% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.27%, 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 0.13, Equity is 0.31 and Total Capital is 0.23. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.64.
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 382.83 points at the first support level, and at 371.68 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 400.84, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 407.70.
Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Waters Corp [NYSE:WAT]’s Current Ratio is 1.53. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.08 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.37. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 7.55, the price to book ratio is 10.06 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 36.22.
