Waters CorporationWAT

NYSE · USA · Segment 5 of 8 in the Medicine, pharma & life science value chain: Life science tools

Waters sells liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry systems; pharmaceutical companies and other laboratories buy them along with the consumables and software that keep them running.

Life science tools: Instruments, reagents and equipment for research, development and production.

Key metrics

Market cap

$40.9B

Price

$410.75

Today

+0.0%

Return YTD

+8.1%

Return 1Y

+41.4%

P/E

245.9

P/S

8.8

P/B

2.7

Data as of 2026-08-25 · updates daily after U.S. close

Theme exposure

Analytical instrumentsChromatographyMass spectrometry

In the value chain

Products & services

Liquid chromatography (LC)
Mass spectrometry
Consumables & software

Competitors

Risks

Pharma capex cycle
China exposure

Supply chain

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