Ratings Waters Corporation

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WAT

US9418481035

Market Closed - Nyse 04:00:01 2024-05-17 pm EDT 5-day change 1st Jan Change
356 USD -1.26% Intraday chart for Waters Corporation +1.38% +8.12%

Summary

  • The company has a good ESG score relative to its sector, according to Refinitiv.

Strengths

  • The company's EBITDA/Sales ratio is relatively high and results in high margins before depreciation, amortization and taxes.
  • The group's activity appears highly profitable thanks to its outperforming net margins.
  • Considering the small differences between the analysts' various estimates, the group's business visibility is good.
  • Analysts' price targets are all relatively close, reflecting good visibility on the company's valuation.
  • Historically, the company has been releasing figures that are above expectations.

Weaknesses

  • With relatively low growth outlooks, the group is not among those with the highest revenue growth potential.
  • With an expected P/E ratio at 32.95 and 28.97 respectively for both the current and next fiscal years, the company operates with high earnings multiples.
  • The company's "enterprise value to sales" ratio is among the highest in the world.
  • In relation to the value of its tangible assets, the company's valuation appears relatively high.
  • The company is highly valued given the cash flows generated by its activity.
  • For the last twelve months, the trend in sales revisions has been clearly going down, which emphasizes downgraded expectations from the analysts.
  • For the last 12 months, analysts have been regularly downgrading their EPS expectations. Analysts predict worse results for the company against their predictions a year ago.
  • The three month average target prices set by analysts do not offer high potential in comparison with the current prices.
  • The average consensus view of analysts covering the stock has deteriorated over the past four months.
  • Over the past twelve months, analysts' opinions have been revised negatively.

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Sector: Advanced Medical Equipment & Technology

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