Investigating a stock’s 52-week price history, covering the range of low and high prices, can provide significant information about its present state and future potential. Waters Corp’s current trading price is -28.18% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 2.37%. The stock’s price range during this period has varied between $297.14 and $423.56. The company, active in the Healthcare sector, saw a trading volume of around 3.29 million for the day, considerably higher average daily volume of 0.49 million observed over the last three months.
Waters Corp (WAT) current stock price is $304.18. During the last trading session, the stock soared, reaching $460.0 after opening at $304.18. The stock’s lowest point was $350.0 before it closed at $352.91.
In terms of market performance, Waters Corp had a somewhat inconsistent run in. The highest value for the stock in the past year was $423.56 on 01/30/25, while the lowest value was $297.14 on 04/09/25.
How Financial Performance Impacts Market Capitalization
Waters Corp (WAT) has experienced a quarterly decline of -3.33% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 18.10B and boasts a workforce of 7600 employees.
Decoding Analysts’ Ratings for Waters Corp
As of right now, 6 analysts are rating Waters Corp as a BUY, 1 of the polled analysts branded the stock as an OVERWEIGHT, 15 analysts are recommending to HOLD this stock, 0 of them gave the stock UNDERWEIGHT rating, and 0 analyst is rating the stock as SELL.
The Role of Moving Averages and Trading Volume in Technical Analysis
Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 353.12, with a change in price of -72.11. Similarly, Waters Corp recorded 551,690 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of -19.16%.
How WAT’s Debt-to-Equity Ratio Affects Financial Health
A company’s financial condition and market reputation can be evaluated using the debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio. This ratio, calculated by dividing a company’s total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, indicates the proportion of debt a company employs to back its assets in relation to its shareholders’ equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for WAT stands at 0.78. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 0.72.
WAT Stock Stochastic Average
As of today, the raw stochastic average of Waters Corp over the last 50 days is at 2.63%. This shows a declinee from the raw stochastic average of the previous 20 days, which was recorded at 2.69%. Further, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the last 20 days were 39.85% and 47.86%, respectively.
WAT Stock Price Performance Analysis
The stock price performance over the year has been a mixed bag, resulting in a range of outlooks from optimistic to pessimistic depending on the observer. Until today this year the stock’s price performance recorded an increase of 5.50%. However, over the last six months, the performance has been stronger by -18.71%. The price of WAT decreased -12.10% over the last 30 days. And in the last five days, it has fallen by -12.27%.
