Valuation: Waters Corporation

Market Cap 38.89B 33.77B 31.48B 28.92B 54.7B 3,699B 55.3B 371B 145B 1,849B 146B 143B 6,127B P/E 2026 *
49.9x
P/E 2027 * 30.7x
Enterprise Value 42.54B 36.94B 34.44B 31.64B 59.84B 4,047B 60.5B 406B 159B 2,023B 160B 156B 6,703B EV / Sales 2026 *
6.6x
EV / Sales 2027 * 5.84x
Free-Float
99.89%
Yield 2026 *
-
Yield 2027 * -
1 day+5.69%
1 week+3.17%
Current month+4.97%
1 month+4.43%
3 months+31.20%
6 months+3.06%
Current year+4.28%
1 week 370.4
Extreme 370.3955
402.18
1 month 345.2
Extreme 345.205
402.18
Current year 282.77
Extreme 282.77
408.67
1 year 275.05
Extreme 275.05
414.15
3 years 231.9
Extreme 231.9
423.56
5 years 231.9
Extreme 231.9
428.22
10 years 133.35
Extreme 133.35
428.22
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 55 01/09/2020
Director of Finance/CFO 50 12/05/2021
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer 48 01/03/2018
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 72 01/05/2006
Chairman 68 01/01/2020
Director/Board Member 67 01/09/2018
Date Insider Type Main position Quantity % Market Cap.
30/6/26 Free

Director

67 0.0001%
30/6/26 Free

Director

63 0.0001%
25/2/26 Free

Director

80 0.0001%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+5.69%+3.17%+38.69%+36.63% 38.89B
-1.62%-2.02%+21.04%+2.94% 209B
-1.38%-2.15%-1.36%-23.54% 137B
-1.90%+1.79%-23.81%+19.06% 130B
+1.36%+6.58%-54.03%-3.21% 71.14B
+0.88%+7.07%+11.87%+12.63% 51.59B
+0.14%+4.29%-14.46%-19.76% 49.99B
-0.43%-0.95%+21.21%+10.21% 39.31B
+0.76%+9.59%-0.54%-7.43% 31.74B
+3.69%+6.79%-23.44%+24.49% 32.19B
Average +0.92%+3.83%-2.48%+5.20% 79.07B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.18%+1.75%-1.61%+2.13%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6.44B 5.59B 5.22B 4.79B 9.06B 613B 9.16B 61.48B 24.04B 306B 24.19B 23.66B 1,015B 7.12B 6.18B 5.76B 5.29B 10.01B 677B 10.12B 67.92B 26.55B 338B 26.72B 26.14B 1,121B
Net income 637M 553M 516M 474M 896M 60.6B 906M 6.08B 2.38B 30.29B 2.39B 2.34B 100B 1.2B 1.04B 973M 894M 1.69B 114B 1.71B 11.47B 4.48B 57.16B 4.51B 4.42B 189B
Net Debt 3.65B 3.17B 2.96B 2.72B 5.14B 348B 5.2B 34.88B 13.64B 174B 13.72B 13.42B 576B 2.64B 2.29B 2.14B 1.96B 3.71B 251B 3.75B 25.18B 9.84B 125B 9.91B 9.69B 416B
Logo Waters Corporation
Waters Corporation specializes in the conception, the manufacturing and the marketing of analytical instruments. Net sales break down by activity as follows: - sale of instruments and analytical systems (62.3%): chromatographic analysis instruments (56% of net sales; instruments high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry), chemistry consumables (30.6%; including columns chemical separation) and thermal analysis, rheometry and calorimetry instruments (13.4%); - services (37.7%): support services, training, etc. Net sales are distributed by market between pharmaceutical (58.1%), industrial (30.7%), academic institutions and governmental agencies (11.2%). Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (31.6%), Americas (6.2%), China (13.4%), Japan (5.3%), Asia (14%) and Europe (29.5%).
Employees
7,900
Date Price Change Volume
04/08/26 USD 396.08 +5.69% 1,999,943
03/08/26 USD 374.74 -0.68% 1,162,330
31/07/26 USD 377.31 -0.79% 715,255
30/07/26 USD 380.30 +0.22% 783,110
29/07/26 USD 379.48 -1.15% 723,095
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AAA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
OUTPERFORM
Number of Analysts
24
Last Close Price
396.08USD
Average target price
416.74USD
Spread / Average Target
+5.22%

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