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9/5/2008 4:02 PM

Waters Corp (WAT)

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Analytical instrument manufacturer that designs, manufactures, sells & services high performance liquid chromatography, ultra performance liquid chromatography together with high performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry instrument systems.

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233 Outperforms
9 Underperforms
 

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Waters Corp At A Glance

Current Price: $64.02
Last Trade Time: 9/5/2008 4:02 PM
Open: $64.24
Previous Close: $64.20
Daily Range: $62.82 - $64.91
52-Week Range: $51.92 - $81.84
Volume: 1,103,895
Market Cap: $6.35B
P/E Ratio: 21.12
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Waters Corp (WAT)

Avatar pennysplants (99.78) Submitted: 1/31/08 10:00 AM

For the conservative, LTBH, CORE portion of my portfolio. I love the pick and shovel plays in the life sciences sector. Am impressed with their diversification, innovation, and strong international markets. I also like the recurring revenue model and the high customer switching costs.



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Waters Corp (WAT)

Avatar CREWatcher (97.86) Submitted: 5/10/08 5:00 PM

I figure Waters is a mature company. They’ve manage to reach market leader status in two markets and then lose it in one of the two. They carry debt like a mature company. Only thing is they aren’t returning cash to shareholders like a mature company. It seems they need their war chest to fight ...More

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Avatar APNecho (29.88) Submitted: 9/02/08 6:42 AM : Underperform Start Price: $68.59 WAT Score: 2.28

score = 69

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Avatar spoton1 (34.48) Submitted: 7/29/08 11:07 AM : Outperform Start Price: $67.15 WAT Score: -4.40

Waters continues to be well managed - Excellent technology products, Good growth, profit, Cash Flow in solid industries - Food, Pharm, Bio-Tech etc... Markets in both USA and International.

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Avatar awesomestocks (48.69) Submitted: 5/23/08 1:15 AM : Outperform Start Price: $63.99 WAT Score: 10.52

Most pharmas need them.

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Avatar CREWatcher (97.86) Submitted: 5/10/08 5:00 PM : Underperform Start Price: $63.49 WAT Score: -11.48

I figure Waters is a mature company. They’ve manage to reach market leader status in two markets and then lose it in one of the two. They carry debt like a mature company. Only thing is they aren’t returning cash to shareholders like a mature company. It seems they need their war chest to fight for market share.


I did something of a discounted cash flow analysis on Waters, assigning a quarter of their cash from operations after taxes and debt service, or $64 million a year, to benefit shareholders. I let that grow indefinitely at the extremely strong rate of 8%. For details, check my blog: http://caps.fool.com/Blogs/ViewPost.aspx?bpid=52408&t=01005387446805807618


The per share value I came up with is $21.


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Avatar shop1 (89.09) Submitted: 5/05/08 1:20 PM : Outperform Start Price: $62.03 WAT Score: 14.77




Waters Corp had its stock price hammered in Q4 07 because of disappointing results. However, in Q1 08, it reported a 12% increase in sales as well as an increase in net income.





This company is well managed and has great financial stability. Its ROE is excellent at 43.50%. The company expects to increase revenue and earnings growth in 08.





At a price of $61.87, the stock is trading well off its 52 week high of $81.84. IMO, WAT is oversold. It may have some challenges in the short-term, but in the long term it is an outperformer.

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