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Waters Corporation

Healthcare · sector percentile 23

Session move

$410.75

+$0.05+0.01%

Vol 0.68× avg

44/100 quant · tgt $436.00

ADV$ 351.6M

session 2026-08-24 · Snapshot — not live tape

Since last scan

2026-08-21 → 2026-08-25

Score+0.0Price+$6.06 · +1.50%Filingsattention

Context only — not a buy/sell signal. Built from scan history and cached news/filings.

Snapshot quote

session 2026-08-24 · scan 2026-08-25 · pushed 08-19 16:59 ET · After hours (stale)

Show quote fundamentals
Last (scan/close)
$410.75
Previous close
$410.70
Pushed last
$415.84 (stale) · 08-19 16:59 ET · After hours
Session open
$406.45
Last session range
$401.60 – $411.17
52-week range
$367.67 – $421.74
Session volume
600,289
Avg volume (20d)
879,449
Market cap
$40.33B
PE (TTM)
104.25
Forward PE
24.82
Dividend yield
0.00%
1y target est.
$436.00
Next earnings
2026-10-30

Snapshot quote — last daily session bars and scan fundamentals. Not live bid/ask or intraday quotes. Pre/after-hours quotes are thinner and may differ from the regular session.

Market briefing

Curated digest — not a trade signal. Headlines and links as provided by the producer.

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Price Chart

Daily prices from cache

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AI Analysis

  • Bull Thesis — Waters stands to benefit from secular growth in biopharma R&D spend, with high-margin instrument sales and recurring consumables driving long-term revenue stability and margin expansion.
  • Risks — High valuation (P/E ~104x) and weak free cash flow margin (-3.1%) create sensitivity to growth slowdowns or funding cuts in life sciences budgets.
  • Target Upside — Current price of $410.75 implies 6.2% upside to mean target of $436.00, but upside is capped by premium valuation and macro headwinds in drug discovery.

Score History

2026-08-1143.5 pts · 2026-08-25

10 days of scans. Daily batch adds the next weekday automatically while the API is running.

  • DatePriceChgScoreRating
  • 2026-08-25$410.75+$6.0643.5Pass
  • 2026-08-21$404.69−$11.1543.5Pass
  • 2026-08-20$415.84+$14.5943.1Pass
  • 2026-08-19$401.25−$6.4936.4Pass
  • 2026-08-18$407.74−$4.4343.8Pass
  • 2026-08-17$412.17−$1.3443.4Pass
  • 2026-08-14$413.51−$0.8943.3Pass
  • 2026-08-13$414.40−$0.6049.5Pass
  • 2026-08-12$415.00+$3.2336.5Pass
  • 2026-08-11$411.77—48.0Pass

Quant Breakdown

Revenue Growth
16.0
EPS Growth
0.2
ROE
0.9
PER Relative
0.0
Debt / Equity
8.0
FCF Margin
0.0
Analyst Upside
2.0
Insider / Sector
2.0
Momentum 3M
12.0
Earn. Surprise
2.4

Short volume (FINRA)

Off-exchange short sale volume ratio vs recent sessions — not a squeeze forecast.

as of 2026-08-21 · finra_cnms
Short / total
54.0%
vs 20d (z)
-0.44
Short vol
189,109
Status
ok

Squeeze pressure score

full

30/100

Short leg
16
Call leg
59
Activity
1.9
Call vol share
57.1%
PCR (vol)
0.75
Call OI share
—
ATM IV
0.0%

FINRA off-exchange short volume (TRF/ADF consolidated). Not short interest as % of float. Squeeze pressure score (0–100) — free composite of off-exchange short volume and (when available) call-side options activity. Not a probability that a squeeze will occur.

Disclosure score

Rule-based News / Insider / Earnings legs from cached SEC filings — context only, not beat/miss or a buy signal.

Disclosure score

-10

as of 2026-08-25 · mongo_cache_only
News
-10
Insider
0
Earnings
0

Signals below are rule hits from cached filings — Risk / Constructive / Attention. Attention is not a bullish call. Linked chips open the SEC original when available.

Risk (−)

8-K Item 5.02 — officer / director change↗

Attention (~)

8-K Item 8.01 — other events (attention only)↗

Disclosure event score — rule-based view of recent SEC filings and earnings calendar. Not a prediction that price will move, and not earnings beat/miss.

Earnings surprise (quant context)

From Yahoo/public fundamentals cached on the last quant scan — not part of the disclosure event score, and not a buy signal. Figure can lag the latest print.

No earnings surprise figure in cached metrics.

Filings & events

Recent SEC disclosures and earnings dates — context only, not a trade signal.

as of 2026-08-21·sec_edgar·CIK 0001000697
Next earnings
2026-10-30yahoo_calendar
Last earnings
—

SEC filings as reported; earnings dates may come from Yahoo calendar. Context only — not investment advice and not a prediction that price will move on a filing or event.