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Shares of Waters are down 1.58% at $432.44. The company is worth $42.49B, number 354 out of 800 on our list.
The stock's 52-week band runs $282.77 to $448.21, and the latest print sits 3.5% under the top end of it.
For the quarter ended Jul 2026 it reported $1.65B in revenue, up 113.4% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $136.00M.
Valuation works out to 109.5 times trailing earnings, 232% above its five-year average of 33.0. The median for its industry group is 39.9.
16 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $449.33, sits 3.9% over where the stock trades.
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Composite of 3 factors below, ranked against the 800 U.S. stocks BeStock covers.
Cheaper than usual on its own 5-year P/E history scores higher.
Trading closer to its 52-week high than most peers scores higher.
16 analysts, consensus Buy.
How this is scored: each factor above is a 0–100 percentile rank against every other stock BeStock covers (or, for Wall Street, against the five-point Strong Buy–Sell scale). The overall grade is the plain average of whichever factors apply to this stock — no factor is weighted more than another. That average maps to a letter: A ≥ 85, B ≥ 70, C ≥ 50, D ≥ 30, otherwise F. Recomputed from the data on this page as prices and filings update — it describes where a stock ranks today, not a forecast, and not a BeStock recommendation to buy or sell.
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What Wall Street analysts and Morningstar's fair-value model expect for the stock
Wall Street’s average 12-month target is $449.33, 3.9% above today’s price, with a consensus rating of Buy. Morningstar’s fair value model puts the stock at $349.00, so shares trade 23.9% above that estimate. On earnings multiple, it sits in the 100th percentile of its own five-year valuation range (pricier than usual).
Figures are Wall Street analyst consensus and Morningstar’s independent fair-value model, sourced as noted above.
Quote as of Oct 1, 2026 11:50 am ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.
Ranks are among the 800 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A tile is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.
Set against the peer table: at 109.5x earnings, WAT looks expensive against the market, and trades 174% above the 39.9x median among Diagnostics & Research names. The two comparisons do not always agree.
$432.44 is the latest print for WAT, a move of -1.58% against yesterday's close of $439.39. Today's low and high so far: $431.91 and $438.03.
Equity value comes to $42.49B at the current price. By that measure it is number 354 of the 800 names in our coverage.
Buyers pay 109.5 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $10.76). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 33.0, and today's level ranks in the 100th percentile of its own history.
The year's floor is $282.77 and the ceiling $448.21. Shares are 3.5% away from that ceiling.
Our data shows no dividend paid by Waters over the trailing twelve months.
Of 16 analysts, 69% say buy, 31% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $449.33, with the most cautious at $400.00 and the most optimistic at $515.00.
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