WAT

Waters Corporation
Life Sciences Tools & Services · Health Care · as of 2026-08-19
Last close
$415.84
+3.6% on the session
1-year return
+43.7%
+27.0% over six months
Volatility
36.5%
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 +43.7%, against +24.8% over three months and +13.1% over one. It trades 16.0% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 36.5% 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 $302M 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#26 of 59
Stronger than 57% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#127 of 500

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+3.6%
1 week-0.1%
1 month+13.1%
3 months+24.8%
6 months+27.0%
1 year+43.7%
12-1 momentum+27.0%
Volatility (1y, annualized)36.5%
Max drawdown (1y)-31.3%
Distance vs 200-day average+16.0%
Return per unit of risk1.20
Median daily dollar volume$302M
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