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WATWaters Corporation

Health Care · Life Sciences Tools & Services · Large

$453.67−0.42%
As of 23 Oct 2026Mkt cap $40.5B
Stage 13
WAIT
Fundamentals
41.4/75
Technical
4.9/15
Independent
46.4/90

GCAE viewtechnical state requires waiting rather than entering now

Price

1M
+5.4%
3M
+22.2%
6M
+46.4%
1Y
+30.1%

Financials & valuation

Cached filing evidence · as of 2026-10-02

Valuation

P/E
113.4xHist median 33.6x
Forward P/E
—No validated forward-estimate source
Price / FCF
—
FCF yield
—

Quality

ROIC
20.8%
Operating margin
27.7%
FCF margin
17.1%
Current ratio
1.7x

Growth

Revenue growth
+7.0%Latest FY YoY
Revenue CAGR
+3.2%
EPS CAGR
−0.9%
FCF CAGR
+10.5%

Capital

Share-count trend
+0.4%3Y annualised
Net debt
$812M1.2x OCF

Annual trend

CAGR 2021–2025
+3.2%
Latest · 2025
$3B
YoY
+7.0%
Quality Research
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Acceleration Radar
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THE ONE
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Final / Opportunity
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Key takeaway

technical state requires waiting rather than entering now

Unresolved question

No reliable unresolved question is available from the current committed evidence.

Watch next

  • Next earnings · 2026-11-03
More details & evidence

Production decision

Stage 13
WAIT
Technical state
extended
Rotation
tailwind
Evidence
fresh

Presentation freshness

Stage 11 market
2026-10-23 · Massive
Financial cache
2026-10-02
Quality Research
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THE ONE
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Authority

Company page
Presentation only
Scores
Frozen GCAE production outputs
Research
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