WAT

Waters Corporation
Life Sciences Tools & Services · Health Care · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$440.12
+3.5% on the session
1-year return
+36.7%
+44.7% over six months
Volatility
35.3%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-31.3%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Waters Corporation is a life sciences tools & services name in the health care sector. Over the past year it returned +36.7%, against +17.4% over three months and +6.4% over one. It trades 21.0% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 35.3% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -31.3%, and it has traded a median $297M a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.31 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Health Care#18 of 59
Stronger than 71% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#61 of 496

How WAT scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 7 others in Life Sciences Tools & Services.

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Full metrics
1 day+3.5%
1 week-0.6%
1 month+6.4%
3 months+17.4%
6 months+44.7%
1 year+36.7%
12-1 momentum+28.5%
Volatility (1y, annualized)35.3%
Max drawdown (1y)-31.3%
Distance vs 200-day average+21.0%
Return per unit of risk1.04
Median daily dollar volume$297M
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