Valuation: Waters Corporation

Market Cap 42.59B 37.38B 35.3B 32.17B 60.22B 4,082B 60.65B 422B 164B 2,086B 160B 156B 6,703B P/E 2026 *
75.9x
P/E 2027 * 37.5x
Enterprise Value 46.77B 41.04B 38.76B 35.32B 66.12B 4,482B 66.59B 464B 180B 2,290B 176B 172B 7,360B EV / Sales 2026 *
7.23x
EV / Sales 2027 * 6.35x
Free-Float
48.61%
Yield 2026 *
-
Yield 2027 * -
1 day+0.75%
1 week+2.82%
Current month+4.56%
1 month+4.61%
3 months+15.03%
6 months+43.40%
Current year+14.14%
1 week 418
Extreme 418
436.34
1 month 392.95
Extreme 392.95
436.34
Current year 282.77
Extreme 282.77
436.34
1 year 282.77
Extreme 282.77
436.34
3 years 231.9
Extreme 231.9
436.34
5 years 231.9
Extreme 231.9
436.34
10 years 133.35
Extreme 133.35
436.34
Manager TitleAgeSince
Chief Executive Officer 55 2020-08-31
Director of Finance/CFO 50 2021-05-11
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer 48 2018-02-28
Director TitleAgeSince
Director/Board Member 72 2006-04-30
Chairman 68 2019-12-31
Director/Board Member 68 2018-08-31
Date Insider Type Main position Quantity % Market Cap. Importance
8/6/26 Exercice

Director

10,878 0.0111%
6/30/26 Free

Director

67 0.0001%
6/30/26 Free

Director

63 0.0001%
Change 5-day change 1-year change 3-year change Capi.($)
+0.75%+2.82%+50.64%+60.00% 42.28B
-0.50%+3.62%+46.99%+33.49% 251B
+0.32%+5.99%+23.71%-10.93% 157B
+1.42%+3.01%-7.52%+38.17% 141B
-1.70%+1.34%-55.25%-18.36% 64.75B
+0.65%-2.23%+14.64%+24.23% 49.41B
+1.56%+0.05%-15.70%-20.02% 47.09B
-0.03%+10.43%+41.76%+54.36% 48.73B
-1.42%+12.68%+192.87%+105.46% 41.36B
+0.05%-1.33%-16.95%+60.53% 31.74B
Average +0.11%+3.52%+27.52%+32.69% 87.46B
Weighted average by Cap. +0.11%+3.94%+25.70%+25.84%

Financials

2026 *2027 *
Net sales 6.47B 5.67B 5.36B 4.88B 9.14B 620B 9.21B 64.13B 24.84B 317B 24.28B 23.75B 1,018B 7.13B 6.26B 5.91B 5.39B 10.09B 684B 10.16B 70.75B 27.4B 349B 26.79B 26.21B 1,123B
Net income 579M 508M 480M 437M 819M 55.52B 825M 5.74B 2.22B 28.36B 2.17B 2.13B 91.15B 1.18B 1.04B 980M 893M 1.67B 113B 1.68B 11.73B 4.54B 57.92B 4.44B 4.35B 186B
Net Debt 4.17B 3.66B 3.46B 3.15B 5.9B 400B 5.94B 41.38B 16.03B 204B 15.67B 15.33B 657B 2.7B 2.37B 2.24B 2.04B 3.82B 259B 3.85B 26.78B 10.37B 132B 10.14B 9.92B 425B
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 (62.5%): chromatographic analysis instruments (55.7% of net sales; instruments high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry), chemistry consumables (32%; including columns chemical separation) and thermal analysis, rheometry and calorimetry instruments (12.3%); - services (37.5%): support services, training, etc. Net sales are distributed by market between pharmaceutical (59.2%), industrial (30.4%), academic institutions and governmental agencies (10.4%). Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (30.5%), the Americas (6.2%), Europe (30.4%), China (13.8%) and Asia (19.1%).
Employees
7,900
Date Price Change Volume
26-09-25 US$433.54 +0.75% 662,530
26-09-24 US$430.30 +2.31% 1,031,521
26-09-23 US$420.57 -1.21% 743,655
26-09-22 US$425.74 +0.43% 648,352
26-09-21 US$423.92 +0.54% 782,409
Trader
Investor
Global
Quality
ESG MSCI
AAA
Sell
Consensus
Buy
Mean consensus
BUY
Number of Analysts
25
Last Close Price
433.54USD
Average target price
444.79USD
Spread / Average Target
+2.60%

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