Waters Corporation

$ 355.44 -0.44 %

Waters Corporation is a global leader in specialized measurement, delivering analytical solutions across Asia, the Americas, and Europe. The company operates through two main divisions: Waters and TA. Under its Waters segment, it engineers, manufactures, sells, and provides support for high and ultra-performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry (MS) systems. This includes essential consumables like chromatography columns and comprehensive post-warranty service plans. The TA segment focuses on designing, producing, selling, and servicing instruments for thermal analysis, rheometry, and calorimetry. Additionally, Waters develops and supplies sophisticated software that integrates with both its own instruments and those from other manufacturers. The company's advanced MS technology plays a crucial role in various applications, such as drug discovery and development (including clinical trial assessments), analyzing proteins involved in disease processes, ensuring nutritional safety, and conducting environmental testing. Its thermal analysis, rheometry, and calorimetry instruments are vital for assessing the suitability and stability of a wide range of materials, including fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, water, polymers, metals, and viscous liquids. These instruments support diverse sectors like industrial manufacturing, consumer goods, healthcare products, and life science research. Waters' extensive client base spans the life sciences, pharmaceutical, biochemical, industrial, nutritional safety, environmental, academic, and governmental sectors, where its products are instrumental in research and development, quality assurance, and general laboratory operations. Established in 1958, Waters Corporation is headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts.

CEO: Udit Batra - https://www.waters.com

Price objectif

$395.25 11.20 %

Recommandation

Hold

DCF

$ 235.79

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Quick ratio

1.13

suggests a healthy liquidity position, showing that the company can likely meet its short-term obligations.

P/E ratio

45.22

is considered reasonable, suggesting that the company has a valuation in line with its current profits.

EPS

7.86

is the net profit of a company divided by the number of outstanding shares, indicating the profit earned per share.

ROE

8.04 %

indicates low profitability, suggesting that the company is not using equity efficiently to generate profits.

ROIC

2.44 %

does not generate enough return to cover its financing costs, which indicates value destruction and may pose long-term profitability issues.

WACC

9.51

is a company's average cost of capital, weighted by the proportion of debt and equity in its financing. It represents the minimum return the company must generate to satisfy its investors.

Debt-to-Equity Ratio

0.36

indicates that the company uses more equity than debt, suggesting prudent management.

Free cash flow per share

3.21

is a measure of a company's financial flexibility that is determined by dividing free cash flow by the total number of shares outstanding.

Dividend payout ratio

0.00 %

the dividend payout ratio is the measure of dividends paid out to shareholders relative to the company's net income.

Earnings per share

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Financials

Piotroski score
3 indicates worrying financial health
Altman score
2.42 indicates an uncertain financial situation
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Cash / Debt

Cash Ratio
0.20 indicates liquidity risk, as the company may not have enough cash to meet its immediate obligations
Debt Ratio
0.23 indicates that the company uses little debt to finance its assets, suggesting good financial stability
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Free Cash Flow

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Earnings Per Share (annual)

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Sales

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