Waters Stock Price Prediction

WAT Stock  USD 400.42  3.71  0.94%   
The relative strength index (RSI) of Waters' stock price is slightly above 60. This entails that the stock is rather overbought by investors at this time. The main point of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is to track how fast people are buying or selling Waters, making its price go up or down.

Momentum 60

 Buy Extended

 
Oversold
 
Overbought
The successful prediction of Waters' future price could yield a significant profit. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Waters, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Waters' stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
(0.08)
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
4.5875
EPS Estimate Current Year
13.1119
EPS Estimate Next Year
14.3004
Wall Street Target Price
410.0094
Using Waters hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Waters from the perspective of Waters response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Waters using Waters' stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Waters using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Waters' stock price.

Waters Short Interest

An investor who is long Waters may also wish to track short interest. As short interest increases, investors should be becoming more worried about Waters and may potentially protect profits, hedge Waters with its derivative instruments, or be ready for some potential downside.
200 Day MA
341.1365
Short Percent
0.0458
Short Ratio
4.02
Shares Short Prior Month
2.4 M
50 Day MA
388.807

Waters Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to Waters' public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Waters. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Waters can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Waters. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.
Some investors profit by finding stocks that are overvalued or undervalued based on market sentiment. The correlation of Waters' market sentiment to its price can help taders to make decisions based on the overall investors consensus about Waters.

Waters Implied Volatility

    
  0.27  
Waters' implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Waters stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Waters' implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Waters stock will not fluctuate a lot when Waters' options are near their expiration.
The fear of missing out, i.e., FOMO, can cause potential investors in Waters to buy its stock at a price that has no basis in reality. In that case, they are not buying Waters because the equity is a good investment, but because they need to do something to avoid the feeling of missing out. On the other hand, investors will often sell stocks at prices well below their value during bear markets because they need to stop feeling the pain of losing money.

Waters after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 400.42  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.

Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current Waters contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Waters will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0169% per day over the life of the 2026-03-20 option contract. With Waters trading at USD 400.42, that is roughly USD 0.0676 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Waters' daily price movement you should consider acquiring Waters options at the current volatility level of 0.27%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.
Check out Waters Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections.
For more information on how to buy Waters Stock please use our How to Invest in Waters guide.
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
360.38416.30417.89
Details
Naive
Forecast
LowNextHigh
383.18384.77386.36
Details
22 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
373.11410.01455.11
Details
Earnings
Estimates (0)
LowProjected EPSHigh
3.264.513.29
Details
Please note, it is not enough to conduct a financial or market analysis of a single entity such as Waters. Your research has to be compared to or analyzed against Waters' peers to derive any actionable benefits. When done correctly, Waters' competitive analysis will give you plenty of quantitative and qualitative data to validate your investment decisions or develop an entirely new strategy toward taking a position in Waters.

Waters After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

As far as predicting the price of Waters at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in Waters or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of Waters, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
   Next price density   
       Expected price to next headline  

Waters Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Waters' stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Waters' historical news coverage. Waters' after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 398.83 and 402.01, respectively. We have considered Waters' daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
400.42
398.83
Downside
400.42
After-hype Price
402.01
Upside
Waters is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Waters is based on 3 months time horizon.

Waters Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Waters is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Waters backward and forwards among themselves. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with Waters, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.23 
1.57
  0.21 
  0.19 
34 Events / Month
7 Events / Month
In about 34 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
400.42
400.42
0.00 
174.44  
Notes

Waters Hype Timeline

On the 23rd of January Waters is traded for 400.42. The entity has historical hype elasticity of -0.21, and average elasticity to hype of competition of -0.19. Waters is forecasted not to react to the next headline, with the price staying at about the same level, and average media hype impact volatility is about 174.44%. The immediate return on the next news is forecasted to be very small, whereas the daily expected return is at this time at 0.23%. %. The volatility of related hype on Waters is about 193.11%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 400.23. About 100.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors. The company recorded earning per share (EPS) of 10.87. Waters last dividend was issued on the 26th of November 1996. The entity had 2:1 split on the 28th of August 2000. Considering the 90-day investment horizon the next forecasted press release will be in about 34 days.
Check out Waters Basic Forecasting Models to cross-verify your projections.
For more information on how to buy Waters Stock please use our How to Invest in Waters guide.

Waters Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Waters' direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Waters' future price movements. Getting to know how Waters' peers react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how Waters may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.
Hype
Elasticity
News
Density
Semi
Deviation
Information
Ratio
Potential
Upside
Value
At Risk
Maximum
Drawdown
DGXQuest Diagnostics Incorporated(2.99)12 per month 0.00 (0.10) 2.68 (2.28) 6.29 
ILMNIllumina(3.01)8 per month 1.24  0.18  4.23 (2.83) 28.04 
WSTWest Pharmaceutical Services(5.08)10 per month 0.00 (0.09) 2.56 (3.45) 17.94 
MEDPMedpace Holdings 18.47 10 per month 1.37  0.06  3.09 (2.31) 14.62 
LHLaboratory of(1.70)10 per month 0.00 (0.11) 2.71 (2.34) 7.53 
ZBHZimmer Biomet Holdings 2.90 12 per month 0.00 (0.13) 2.92 (2.20) 18.45 
MTDMettler Toledo International(14.88)20 per month 1.21  0  2.80 (2.37) 7.98 
STESTERIS plc(1.77)10 per month 1.05  0.02  1.91 (1.83) 10.91 
INCYIncyte 0.83 12 per month 1.64  0.09  4.10 (2.73) 14.33 
DXCMDexCom Inc(0.90)11 per month 3.31  0.03  3.31 (2.87) 17.38 

Waters Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Waters price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Waters using various technical indicators. When you analyze Waters charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.

About Waters Predictive Indicators

The successful prediction of Waters stock price could yield a significant profit to investors. But is it possible? The efficient-market hypothesis suggests that all published stock prices of traded companies, such as Waters, already reflect all publicly available information. This academic statement is a fundamental principle of many financial and investing theories used today. However, the typical investor usually disagrees with a 'textbook' version of this hypothesis and continually tries to find mispriced stocks to increase returns. We use internally-developed statistical techniques to arrive at the intrinsic value of Waters based on analysis of Waters hews, social hype, general headline patterns, and widely used predictive technical indicators.
We also calculate exposure to Waters's market risk, different technical and fundamental indicators, relevant financial multiples and ratios, and then comparing them to Waters's related companies.
 2025 2026 (projected)
Dividend Yield0.0060580.005755
Price To Sales Ratio6.74.08

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