Seeing Is Believing
WAT is currently covered by 12 analysts with an average price target of $355.51. This is a potential upside of $20.92 (6.25%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $334.59.
Waters's activity chart (see below) currently has 152 price targets and 130 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of WAT is 4% SELL, 64% HOLD and 32% BUY.
Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 78.82% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 85.67 days.
Highest price target for WAT is $460, Lowest price target is $315, average price target is $378.
Most recent stock forecast was given by BRANDON COUILLARD from WELLS FARGO on 04-Aug-2025. First documented stock forecast 09-Sep-2015.
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Currently out of the existing stock ratings of WAT, 1 are a SELL (4%), 16 are a HOLD (64%), 8 are a BUY (32%).
Analyst name
Rating
Current price target
Potential Upside
Previous price target
Date
Price targets met ratio
Average potential upside
Average Days to Hit Target
Performance score
Hold
$315
$-19.59 (-5.85%)
$330
2 months 14 days ago
(04-Aug-2025)
7/8 (87.5%)
$33.81 (12.02%)
69
Hold
$315
$-19.59 (-5.85%)
$325
2 months 14 days ago
(04-Aug-2025)
4/4 (100%)
$33.81 (12.02%)
227
Hold
$375
$40.41 (12.08%)
$410
3 months 23 days ago
(25-Jun-2025)
3/6 (50%)
$20.09 (5.66%)
165
Hold
$350
$15.41 (4.61%)
$415
6 months 9 days ago
(09-Apr-2025)
11/14 (78.57%)
$35.34 (11.23%)
167
Buy
$460
$125.41 (37.48%)
$235
6 months 18 days ago
(30-Mar-2025)
1/2 (50%)
$91.43 (24.81%)
23
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