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Waters Corp. (WAT)

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92.48 Up 0.38(0.41%) 4:02PM EDT

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Data provided by Capital IQ, except where noted.
Valuation Measures 
Market Cap (intraday)5:7.94B
Enterprise Value (Apr 25, 2013)3:7.55B
Trailing P/E (ttm, intraday):17.82
Forward P/E (fye Dec 31, 2014)1:15.54
PEG Ratio (5 yr expected)1:1.78
Price/Sales (ttm):4.29
Price/Book (mrq):5.42
Enterprise Value/Revenue (ttm)3:4.10
Enterprise Value/EBITDA (ttm)6:12.84
Financial Highlights 
Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ends:Dec 30
Most Recent Quarter (mrq):Dec 31, 2012
Profitability
Profit Margin (ttm):25.03%
Operating Margin (ttm):28.36%
Management Effectiveness
Return on Assets (ttm):11.10%
Return on Equity (ttm):34.26%
Income Statement
Revenue (ttm):1.84B
Revenue Per Share (ttm):20.99
Qtrly Revenue Growth (yoy):0.10%
Gross Profit (ttm):1.11B
EBITDA (ttm)6:587.76M
Net Income Avl to Common (ttm):461.44M
Diluted EPS (ttm):5.19
Qtrly Earnings Growth (yoy):28.30%
Balance Sheet
Total Cash (mrq):1.54B
Total Cash Per Share (mrq):17.92
Total Debt (mrq):1.18B
Total Debt/Equity (mrq):80.27
Current Ratio (mrq):4.48
Book Value Per Share (mrq):16.99
Cash Flow Statement
Operating Cash Flow (ttm):449.28M
Levered Free Cash Flow (ttm):301.03M
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Income Statement - Balance Sheet - Cash Flow

Trading Information 
Stock Price History
Beta:0.99
52-Week Change3:10.60%
S&P500 52-Week Change3:12.35%
52-Week High (Apr 11, 2013)3:96.25
52-Week Low (Jul 23, 2012)3:74.12
50-Day Moving Average3:93.30
200-Day Moving Average3:88.72
Share Statistics
Avg Vol (3 month)3:422,005
Avg Vol (10 day)3:813,829
Shares Outstanding5:85.89M
Float:82.53M
% Held by Insiders1:3.39%
% Held by Institutions1:92.90%
Shares Short (as of Mar 28, 2013)3:3.09M
Short Ratio (as of Mar 28, 2013)3:9.10
Short % of Float (as of Mar 28, 2013)3:4.30%
Shares Short (prior month)3:3.39M
Dividends & Splits
Forward Annual Dividend Rate4:N/A
Forward Annual Dividend Yield4:N/A
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:N/A
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield3:N/A
5 Year Average Dividend Yield4:N/A
Payout Ratio4:N/A
Dividend Date3:N/A
Ex-Dividend Date4:Nov 26, 1996
Last Split Factor (new per old)2:2:1
Last Split Date3:Aug 28, 2000

See Key Statistics Help for definitions of terms used.
Abbreviation Guide: K = Thousands; M = Millions; B = Billions
mrq = Most Recent Quarter (as of Dec 31, 2012)
ttm = Trailing Twelve Months (as of Dec 31, 2012)
yoy = Year Over Year (as of Dec 31, 2012)
lfy = Last Fiscal Year (as of Dec 31, 2012)
fye = Fiscal Year Ending
1 Data provided by Thomson Reuters
2 Data provided by EDGAR Online
3 Data derived from multiple sources or calculated by Yahoo! Finance
4 Data provided by Morningstar, Inc.
5 Shares outstanding is taken from the most recently filed quarterly or annual report and Market Cap is calculated using shares outstanding.
6 EBITDA is calculated by Capital IQ using methodology that may differ from that used by a company in its reporting

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