Waters Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 12 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Waters stock have an average target of 374.75, with a low estimate of 312 and a high estimate of 430. The average target predicts an increase of 1.79% from the current stock price of 368.16.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$312	$374.75	$375	$430
Change	-15.25%	+1.79%	+1.86%	+16.80%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Waters stock from 12 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jul '24	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24
Strong Buy	0	0	0	1	1	1
Buy	0	2	2	2	2	2
Hold	10	10	10	9	10	8
Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	11	13	13	13	14	12

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Derik De Bruin B of A Securities	B of A Securities	Hold Maintains $400 → $430	Hold	Maintains	$400 → $430	+16.80%	Dec 13, 2024
Justin Bowers Deutsche Bank	Deutsche Bank	Hold Maintains $310 → $325	Hold	Maintains	$310 → $325	-11.72%	Nov 4, 2024
Eve Burstein Bernstein	Bernstein	Hold Maintains $345 → $360	Hold	Maintains	$345 → $360	-2.22%	Nov 4, 2024
Dan Brennan TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Hold Maintains $363 → $410	Hold	Maintains	$363 → $410	+11.36%	Nov 4, 2024
Daniel Arias Stifel	Stifel	Hold Maintains $332 → $360	Hold	Maintains	$332 → $360	-2.22%	Nov 4, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.97B

from 2.96B

0.53%

from 2.96B

Revenue Next Year

3.14B

from 2.97B

5.65%

from 2.97B

EPS This Year

11.92

from 10.84

9.95%

from 10.84

EPS Next Year

13.06

from 11.92

9.61%

from 11.92

Fiscal Year	FY 2019	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Period Ending	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2026
Revenue	2.41B	2.37B	2.79B	2.97B	2.96B	2.97B	3.14B	3.33B
Revenue Growth	-0.55%	-1.71%	17.78%	6.68%	-0.52%	0.53%	5.65%	5.96%
EPS	8.69	8.36	11.17	11.73	10.84	11.92	13.06	14.39
EPS Growth	13.59%	-3.80%	33.61%	5.01%	-7.59%	9.95%	9.61%	10.16%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	30.89	28.18	25.58
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	23	23	18

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2024	2025	2026
High	3.1B	3.3B	3.6B
Avg	3.0B	3.1B	3.3B
Low	2.9B	3.0B	3.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2024	2025	2026
High	4.7%	11.5%	13.1%
Avg	0.5%	5.7%	6.0%
Low	-2.7%	0.6%	0.5%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2024	2025	2026
High	12.46	13.87	15.40
Avg	11.92	13.06	14.39
Low	11.52	12.46	13.40

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2024	2025	2026
High	15.0%	16.4%	17.9%
Avg	10.0%	9.6%	10.2%
Low	6.3%	4.5%	2.5%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.