# Waters Corporation – Consensus ‘hold’ rating and -4.5% Downside Potential

- Link: https://www.directorstalkinterviews.com/waters-corporation-consensus-hold-rating-and-4.5-downside-potential/4121134947
- Published: 2023-12-01T12:30:00+00:00
- Author: Charlotte Edwards

**Waters Corporation** with ticker code (WAT) now have 16 analysts in total covering
the stock. The consensus rating is pointing to ‘hold’. The target price High/Low
ranges between $300.00 and $230.00 suggesting an average Analsyt target price of
$267.06. Given that the stocks previous close was at $279.74 this would imply there
is a potential downside of -4.5%. The day 50 moving average is $261.07 and the 200
day MA is $278.88. The company has a market cap of 16.59B. The stock price is currently
at: $280.61 USD

 The potential market cap would be $15,839,564,251 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 25.58, 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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