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Waters Corp (NYSE:WAT)

CAPS Rating: 5 out of 5

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.

Current Price $87.80 Mkt Cap $8.02B
Open $87.67 P/E Ratio 17.10
Prev. Close $88.34 Div. (Yield) N/A (N/A)
Daily Range $86.73 - $87.84 Volume 381,143
52-Wk Range $70.88 - $100.00 Avg. Daily Vol. 0

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Top WAT Bull/Bear Pitches

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milne005 (< 20)
Submitted November 23, 2010

11/22/2010 IBD #99

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TMFYoda (97.69)
Submitted May 10, 2008

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… More

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Member Avatar eksummers620 (73.33) Submitted: 11/17/2011 7:47:35 AM : Outperform Start Price: $78.36 WAT Score: +3.56

Sequoia purchase Q3 2011

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Member Avatar milne005 (< 20) Submitted: 11/23/2010 3:44:02 PM : Outperform Start Price: $77.14 WAT Score: +0.27

11/22/2010 IBD #99

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Member Avatar Vaelon (< 20) Submitted: 9/20/2009 1:08:39 PM : Outperform Start Price: $56.78 WAT Score: +27.74

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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Score Leader

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steprightup (83.21) Score: +106.45

The Score Leader is the player with the highest score across all their picks in WAT.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		Index
Gain 		Score Commentary
tannarose 93.94 3/25/2009 Outperform 5Y $32.63 +169.08% +66.95% +102.13 0 Comment
jackoleary < 20 8/25/2006 Outperform 3M $41.54 +111.36% +10.54% +100.82 0 Comment
tpulley 40.15 3/23/2009 Outperform NS $32.48 +170.32% +72.42% +97.90 1 Comment
topcatace 74.23 9/5/2006 8/23/2010 Outperform 3Y $43.06 +103.90% +8.92% +94.98 0 Comment
eoz3106 90.58 8/29/2006 Outperform 3Y $43.03 +104.04% +10.13% +93.91 0 Comment
4st2 98.83 1/9/2009 Outperform NS $36.48 +140.68% +50.00% +90.68 0 Comment
Rightime 69.96 9/13/2006 Outperform 3Y $44.03 +99.41% +8.84% +90.57 0 Comment
flcouple 77.25 9/13/2006 Outperform 3Y $44.03 +99.41% +8.84% +90.57 0 Comment
hershfin 37.57 10/2/2006 Outperform 3Y $45.13 +94.55% +6.81% +87.73 0 Comment
modj97 < 20 1/3/2007 Outperform 5Y $48.70 +80.29% +0.26% +80.03 0 Comment
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Wall Street

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Player Name Player
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackAurigaUSA < 20 8/15/2011 Outperform NS $79.84 +9.97% +12.73% -2.76 0 Comment
TrackZacks 71.25 6/2/2011 Outperform 3M $96.10 -7.13% +1.21% -8.34 7/26/2011 @ $89.25 1 Comment
TrackGoldmanSach 69.32 10/11/2010 Outperform 5Y $70.76 +24.08% +15.11% +8.97 1 Comment
TrackRBCCapMkts 93.36 10/8/2010 Outperform NS $70.82 +23.98% +15.78% +8.20 0 Comment
TrackAurigaUSA < 20 9/7/2010 Outperform NS $64.36 +17.88% +15.54% +2.35 1/6/2011 @ $75.87 0 Comment
TrackDeutscheSec 90.44 10/29/2009 Outperform NS $58.79 +29.32% +20.18% +9.15 1/7/2011 @ $76.03 0 Comment
TrackLeerinkSwan 88.11 10/28/2009 Outperform NS $58.79 +49.35% +26.58% +22.77 0 Comment
TrackTWeisel 91.97 9/25/2009 Outperform NS $55.28 +58.83% +28.23% +30.60 0 Comment
TrackBarclaysCap 93.36 9/22/2009 Outperform NS $56.78 +54.63% +26.89% +27.74 0 Comment
TrackRWBaird 90.56 6/22/2009 Outperform NS $49.64 +76.87% +48.15% +28.72 0 Comment
TrackGGreenberg 71.39 5/27/2009 Outperform 1Y $44.94 +50.29% +25.47% +24.82 3/31/2010 @ $67.54 2 Comments
TrackBreanMurray 65.65 12/15/2008 Outperform NS $36.87 +138.13% +54.85% +83.28 0 Comment
TrackCowenandCo 84.27 6/23/2008 Outperform NS $63.34 -48.45% -31.78% -16.67 12/12/2008 @ $32.65 0 Comment
TrackJPMorgan < 20 3/26/2008 Outperform NS $55.25 +30.30% -11.64% +41.94 4/30/2010 @ $71.99 0 Comment
TrackPatDorsey 94.91 1/25/2008 Outperform 5Y $57.07 +53.85% +5.25% +48.60 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.17 7/12/2007 Outperform 3W $62.64 +40.17% -8.39% +48.56 0 Comment
TrackRWBaird 90.56 3/12/2007 Outperform NS $55.60 -41.28% -35.83% -5.45 12/12/2008 @ $32.65 0 Comment
TrackJimCramer 78.17 3/23/2006 Underperform 3W $43.47 +44.10% +18.83% -25.27 7/13/2007 @ $62.64 0 Comment

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