Waters Corporation (WAT)

Waters Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 13 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Waters stock have an average target of 379, with a low estimate of 312 and a high estimate of 430. The average target predicts a decrease of -7.65% from the current stock price of 410.40.

Analyst Consensus: Hold

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$312	$379	$375	$430
Change	-23.98%	-7.65%	-8.63%	+4.78%

* Price targets were last updated on Dec 23, 2024.

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for Waters stock from 13 stock analysts is "Hold". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to perform similarly to the overall market.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24	Dec '24	Jan '25
Strong Buy	0	0	1	1	1	1
Buy	2	2	2	2	2	2
Hold	10	10	9	10	9	9
Sell	1	1	1	1	1	1
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	13	13	13	14	13	13

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Sung Ji Nam Scotiabank	Scotiabank	Hold Initiates $430	Hold	Initiates	$430	+4.78%	Dec 23, 2024
Derik De Bruin B of A Securities	B of A Securities	Hold Maintains $400 → $430	Hold	Maintains	$400 → $430	+4.78%	Dec 13, 2024
Justin Bowers Deutsche Bank	Deutsche Bank	Hold Maintains $310 → $325	Hold	Maintains	$310 → $325	-20.81%	Nov 4, 2024
Eve Burstein Bernstein	Bernstein	Hold Maintains $345 → $360	Hold	Maintains	$345 → $360	-12.28%	Nov 4, 2024
Dan Brennan TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Hold Maintains $363 → $410	Hold	Maintains	$363 → $410	-0.10%	Nov 4, 2024

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Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

2.97B

Increased by 0.53%

from 2.96B

Revenue Next Year

3.14B

Increased by 5.48%

from 2.97B

EPS This Year

11.92

Increased by 9.98%

from 10.84

EPS Next Year

13.00

Increased by 9.02%

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%	5.48%	6.09%
EPS	8.69	8.36	11.17	11.73	10.84	11.92	13.00	14.36
EPS Growth	13.59%	-3.80%	33.61%	5.01%	-7.59%	9.98%	9.02%	10.50%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	34.42	31.58	28.58
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	24	24	19

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	3.5B
Avg	3.0B	3.1B	3.3B
Low	2.9B	3.0B	3.2B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	4.7%	11.2%	12.6%
Avg	0.5%	5.5%	6.1%
Low	-2.7%	0.6%	0.7%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	12.46	13.87	15.37
Avg	11.92	13.00	14.36
Low	11.52	12.30	13.40

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028
High	15.0%	16.3%	18.3%
Avg	10.0%	9.0%	10.5%
Low	6.3%	3.2%	3.1%

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.