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How to buy Waters Corporation (WAT) stocks in Canada

Learn how to easily invest in Waters Corporation stocks.

Waters Corporation

NYSE: WAT-USD

About 3 hours ago

$308.35

-$1.9 (-0.61%)

Waters Corporation (WAT) is a publicly traded diagnostics & research business based in the US. It opened the day at $309.28 after a previous close of $310.25. During the day the price has varied from a low of $303.87 to a high of $310.2. The latest price was $308.35 (25 minute delay). Waters Corporation is listed on the NYSE and employs 7,900 staff. All prices are listed in US dollars.

How to buy shares in Waters Corporation

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Is it a good time to buy Waters Corporation stock?

Only you can make the decision on the time to leap... but here's some supporting information and analysis.

Use our graph to track the performance of WAT stocks over time.

Share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Waters Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $231.9 up to $363.8. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Waters Corporation's is 0.956. This would suggest that Waters Corporation's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Historical closes compared with the last close of $308.35

1 week (2024-04-17)	4.80%
1 month (2024-03-24)	-10.03%
3 months (2024-01-24)	-1.17%
6 months (2023-10-24)	27.26%
1 year (2023-04-24)	5.34%
2 years (2022-04-24)	4.10%
3 years (2021-04-22)	0.60%
5 years (2019-04-24)	44.51%

The gauge below shows real-time ratings that are based on 26 popular indicators such as moving averages, for specific time periods. It's not a recommendation but is simply technical analysis that can form part of your research.

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Is Waters Corporation under- or over-valued?

Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Waters Corporation P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA

Waters Corporation's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 27x. In other words, Waters Corporation stocks trade at around 27x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 09, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Waters Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 3.1297. Higher PEG ratios such as this can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value given the current rate of growth.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Waters Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Waters Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $1 billion ($1.4 billion CAD).

The EBITDA is a measure of a Waters Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Frequently asked questions

Waters Corporation's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 27 August 2000. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Waters Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Waters Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Waters Corporation's share price.
It's as easy to sell Waters Corporation as it is to buy! Here's how to sell Waters Corporation stocks that you already own.
1. Open your investment app. If you've got one with desktop access, you can log in online
2. Go to your portfolio. This should be in the main menu
3. Find your shares. You may be able to search your portfolio
4. Choose how many you'd like to sell. You'll be able to review the price and see how much you'll receive
5. Sell your Waters Corporation shares. Your investment platform will let you know when your shares are sold

Waters Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	$3 billion
Operating margin TTM	36.96%
Gross profit TTM	$1.7 billion
Return on assets TTM	13.54%
Return on equity TTM	77.62%
Profit margin	21.72%
Book value	$19.44
Market capitalisation	$17.6 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

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