Here's What to Expect From Waters Corporation's Next Earnings Report

With a market cap of $22.6 billion, Waters Corporation (WAT) is a global leader in analytical instrument manufacturing, specializing in liquid chromatography (LC), mass spectrometry (MS), and thermal analysis technologies. Serving customers in the pharmaceutical, life science, industrial, and academic sectors, the company provides innovative solutions across Asia, the Americas, and Europe. WAT is expected to unveil its fiscal Q4 earnings results on Tuesday, Feb. 4. 

Ahead of the event, analysts forecast the Milford, Massachusetts-based company to post a profit of $4.02 per share, reflecting a growth of 11.1% from $3.62 per share in the same quarter last year. The company has consistently surpassed Wall Street's bottom-line projections in the past four quarters. WAT surpassed the consensus EPS estimate by a margin of 9.3% in the last reported quarter.