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Waters Corp (WAT)

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Analytical instrument manufacturer that designs, manufactures, sells & services high performance liquid chromatography, ultra performance liquid chromatography together with high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry instrument systems.

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323 Outperforms
13 Underperforms
 

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Waters Corp At A Glance

Current Price: $58.20
Last Trade Time: 2/9/2010 4:02 PM
Open: $58.51
Previous Close: $57.87
Daily Range: $57.90 - $59.00
52-Week Range: $30.00 - $63.09
Volume: 829,755
Market Cap: $5.56B
P/E Ratio: 17.17
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Avatar gea1968 (93.68) Submitted: 8/04/09 6:10 PM

fundamentals and momentum; favorable StockScouter rating

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Avatar CREWatcher (98.68) Submitted: 5/10/08 5:00 PM

I figure Waters is a mature company. They’ve manage to reach market leader status in two markets and then lose it in one of the two. They carry debt like a mature company. Only thing is they aren’t returning cash to shareholders like a mature company. It seems they need their war chest to fight ...More

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Avatar Vaelon (26.99) Submitted: 9/20/09 1:08 PM : Outperform Start Price: $56.78 WAT Score: 1.24

Consistent high return on capital and relatively low PE. Company has a decent amount of cash and could make strategic acquisitions and being acquired itself is not out of the question.

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Avatar fysfil (< 20) Submitted: 9/11/09 10:42 PM : Outperform Start Price: $54.66 WAT Score: 2.77

my decision is based mainly on the valuations given above, plus my knowledge of Waters equipment

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Avatar dreamir (39.36) Submitted: 9/09/09 3:25 PM : Outperform Start Price: $53.15 WAT Score: 5.63

Its the water

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Avatar IsleGirl2010 (97.37) Submitted: 9/09/09 9:00 AM : Outperform Start Price: $52.25 WAT Score: 6.92

Sounds like a good business to be in right now with money going into the industry. I can't imagine any pull back in R&D now with our resources getting polluted and scarce.

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Avatar gea1968 (93.68) Submitted: 8/04/09 6:10 PM : Outperform Start Price: $51.88 WAT Score: 5.27

fundamentals and momentum; favorable StockScouter rating

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