# Waters Corporation – Consensus ‘hold’ rating and 10.3% Upside Potential

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/waters-corporation-consensus-hold-rating-and-10.3-upside-potential-2/4121132448
- Published: 2023-11-09T13:41:39+00:00
- Author: Charlotte Edwards

**Waters Corporation** with ticker code (WAT) have now 16 market analysts covering
the stock. The analyst consensus now points to a rating of ‘hold’. The target price
High/Low ranges between $315.00 and $260.00 and has a mean target at $287.56. Now
with the previous closing price of $260.67 this now indicates there is a potential
upside of 10.3%. The day 50 moving average is $262.56 and the 200 day moving average
is $284.03. The company has a market cap of 15.13B. The stock price for the company
is currently is currently $255.82 USD

 The potential market cap would be $16,686,212,656 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 23.32, revenue per share of $50.66
and a 13.88% 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.

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