Waters Corporation with ticker code (WAT) now have 16 market analysts covering the stock. The analyst consensus now points to a rating of ‘hold’. The range between the high target price and low target price is between $315.00 and $260.00 and has a mean target at $287.56. Given that the stocks previous close was at $236.70 and the analysts are correct then we can expect a percentage increase in value of 21.5%. The 50 day moving average now sits at $265.88 while the 200 day moving average is $287.01. The company has a market capitalization of 14.24B. The stock price for the company is currently $240.98 USD
The potential market cap would be $17,302,943,595 based on the market consensus.
The company is not paying dividends at this time.
Other points of data to note are a P/E ratio of 21.25, revenue per share of $50.60 and a 14.24% return on assets.
Waters Corporation is a specialty measurement company. The Company primarily designs, manufactures, sells and services high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), ultra-performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry (MS) technology systems and support products, including chromatography columns, other consumable products and comprehensive post-warranty service plans. Its segments include Waters and TA. The Waters segment is primarily in the business of designing, manufacturing, selling and servicing liquid chromatography (LC) and MS instrument systems, columns and other precision chemistry consumables that can be integrated and used along with other analytical instruments. The TA segment is primarily in the business of designing, manufacturing, selling and servicing thermal analysis, rheometry and calorimetry instruments. The Company’s products are used by pharmaceutical, biochemical, industrial, nutritional safety, environmental, academic and government customers.
