WAT Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Waters | NYSE:WAT)

Water sells liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, and thermal analysis tools. These analytical instruments provide essential information on various products, such as their molecular structures and physical properties, to help clients enhance the health and well-being of end users. As a percentage of sales in 2024, Waters generated 58% from biopharmaceutical customers, 31% from industrial clients, and 11% from academic/government institutions. In early 2026, Waters plans to merge with BD's life science and diagnostics business, which will substantially change those concentrations. Waters will wind up with more concentration in diagnostics (versus none now) and discovery-related life science tools.

What symbol and exchange does Waters shares trade?

Waters trades on the NYSE stock market under the symbol WAT.

What is Waters stock price doing today?

As of January 22, 2026, WAT stock price climbed to $400.42 with 502,235 million shares trading.

What is Waters's Beta?

WAT has a beta of 0.71, meaning it tends to be less sensitive to market movements. WAT has a correlation of 0.12 to the broad based SPY ETF.

How much is Waters worth?

WAT has a market cap of $23.83 billion. This is considered a Large Cap stock.

How much money does Waters make?

Last quarter Waters reported $800 million in Revenue and $3.40 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $19 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.19.

What is the highest and lowest price Waters traded in the last 3 year period?

In the last 3 years, WAT traded as high as $423.56 and as low as $231.90.

What are the top ETFs holding Waters?

The top ETF exchange traded funds that WAT belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, VO, IVV, SPY.

Is Waters (WAT) a good investment?

WAT has underperformed the market in the last year with a return of -3.2%, while SPY returned +15.5%. This shows that you would have done better investing in the overall market (through SPY) over the last year than in WAT shares. However, WAT has outperformed the market in the last 3 month and 2 week periods, returning +14.7% and +0.3%, while SPY returned +2.9% and -0.1%, respectively. This indicates WAT has been having a stronger performance recently.

What are the support and resistance levels for Waters (WAT)?

WAT support price is $389.92 and resistance is $403.50 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that WAT shares will trade within this expected range on the day.