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Waters Corporation (WAT) is a leading scientific instruments company that designs, manufactures, and markets advanced analytical technologies, including high-performance liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, thermal analysis, rheometry, and related software and consumables used in laboratory research, quality assurance, and industrial applications across life sciences, pharmaceutical, food safety, environmental, and academic sectors. Headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts, Waters has built a global presence with facilities and customers around the world. The company has a market cap of $23.4 billion.
It is expected to announce its fiscal Q4 earnings report soon. Ahead of this event, analysts expect this healthcare company to report a profit of $4.50 per share, up 9.8% from $4.10 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has a promising trajectory of consistently beating Wall Street’s bottom-line estimates in each of the last four quarters.