Waters Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 10 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Waters stock have an average target of 298, with a low estimate of 250 and a high estimate of 358. The average target predicts an increase of 4.75% from the current stock price of 284.49.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$250	$298	$300	$358
Change	-12.12%	+4.75%	+5.45%	+25.84%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Waters stock from 11 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Feb '24	Mar '24	Apr '24	May '24	Jun '24	Jul '24
Strong Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Buy	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hold	11	11	11	12	10	10
Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	12	12	12	13	11	11

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Vijay Kumar Evercore ISI Group	Evercore ISI Group	Hold Maintains $320 → $300	Hold	Maintains	$320 → $300	+5.45%	Jul 2, 2024
Luke Sergott Barclays	Barclays	Sell Maintains $295 → $275	Sell	Maintains	$295 → $275	-3.34%	Jun 28, 2024
Luke Sergott Barclays	Barclays	Sell Maintains $300 → $295	Sell	Maintains	$300 → $295	+3.69%	May 8, 2024
Dan Brennan TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Hold Maintains $350 → $358	Hold	Maintains	$350 → $358	+25.84%	May 8, 2024
Daniel Arias Stifel	Stifel	Hold Maintains $330 → $332	Hold	Maintains	$330 → $332	+16.70%	May 8, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.99B

from 2.96B

1.14%

from 2.96B

Revenue Next Year

3.18B

from 2.99B

6.25%

from 2.99B

EPS This Year

11.93

from 10.84

10.08%

from 10.84

EPS Next Year

13.17

from 11.93

10.33%

from 11.93

Year	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
Revenue	2.41B	2.37B	2.79B	2.97B	2.96B	2.99B	3.18B	3.36B	3.53B	3.69B
Revenue Growth	-0.55%	-1.71%	17.78%	6.68%	-0.52%	1.14%	6.25%	5.60%	5.07%	4.60%
EPS	8.69	8.36	11.17	11.73	10.84	11.93	13.17	14.40	15.87	17.30
EPS Growth	13.59%	-3.80%	33.61%	5.01%	-7.59%	10.08%	10.33%	9.41%	10.17%	9.00%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	23.84	21.61	19.75	17.93	16.45
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	22	22	15	5	4

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

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	3.1B	3.3B	3.6B	3.7B	3.8B
Avg	3.0B	3.2B	3.4B	3.5B	3.7B
Low	2.9B	3.0B	3.2B	3.4B	3.6B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	6.2%	11.5%	11.8%	10.3%	9.0%
Avg	1.1%	6.3%	5.6%	5.1%	4.6%
Low	-3.3%	0.4%	-0.7%	1.4%	1.2%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	12.53	14.14	15.32	16.74	18.34
Avg	11.93	13.17	14.40	15.87	17.30
Low	11.44	12.52	13.53	14.95	16.13

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	15.6%	18.5%	16.4%	16.2%	15.6%
Avg	10.1%	10.3%	9.4%	10.2%	9.0%
Low	5.5%	5.0%	2.8%	3.8%	1.6%

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.