WAT Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Quest Diagnostics has a net margin of 26.52% compared to Waters's net margin of 8.47%. Waters's return on equity of 43.99% beat Quest Diagnostics's return on equity of 12.99%.

Waters has a consensus price target of $401.94, signalling upside risk potential of 23.7%. On the other hand Quest Diagnostics has an analysts' consensus of $178.15 which suggests that it could grow by 8.51%. Given that Waters has higher upside potential than Quest Diagnostics, analysts believe Waters is more attractive than Quest Diagnostics.

Waters has a beta of 1.036, which suggesting that the stock is 3.583% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Quest Diagnostics has a beta of 0.781, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 21.91%.

Waters has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. Quest Diagnostics offers a yield of 1.83% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.80 per share. Waters pays -- of its earnings as a dividend. Quest Diagnostics pays out 38% of its earnings as a dividend. Quest Diagnostics's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Waters quarterly revenues are $872.7M, which are smaller than Quest Diagnostics quarterly revenues of $2.6B. Waters's net income of $231.4M is higher than Quest Diagnostics's net income of $222M. Notably, Waters's price-to-earnings ratio is 30.34x while Quest Diagnostics's PE ratio is 21.35x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Waters is 6.54x versus 1.88x for Quest Diagnostics. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Danaher has a net margin of 26.52% compared to Waters's net margin of 16.61%. Waters's return on equity of 43.99% beat Danaher's return on equity of 7.57%.

Waters has a consensus price target of $401.94, signalling upside risk potential of 23.7%. On the other hand Danaher has an analysts' consensus of $264.48 which suggests that it could grow by 45.5%. Given that Danaher has higher upside potential than Waters, analysts believe Danaher is more attractive than Waters.

Waters has a beta of 1.036, which suggesting that the stock is 3.583% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Danaher has a beta of 0.866, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 13.413%.

Waters has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. Danaher offers a yield of 0.62% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.32 per share. Waters pays -- of its earnings as a dividend. Danaher pays out 19.7% of its earnings as a dividend. Danaher's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Waters quarterly revenues are $872.7M, which are smaller than Danaher quarterly revenues of $6.5B. Waters's net income of $231.4M is lower than Danaher's net income of $1.1B. Notably, Waters's price-to-earnings ratio is 30.34x while Danaher's PE ratio is 34.43x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Waters is 6.54x versus 5.61x for Danaher. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Labcorp Holdings has a net margin of 26.52% compared to Waters's net margin of 4.31%. Waters's return on equity of 43.99% beat Labcorp Holdings's return on equity of 9.29%.

Waters has a consensus price target of $401.94, signalling upside risk potential of 23.7%. On the other hand Labcorp Holdings has an analysts' consensus of $273.67 which suggests that it could grow by 21.63%. Given that Waters has higher upside potential than Labcorp Holdings, analysts believe Waters is more attractive than Labcorp Holdings.

Waters has a beta of 1.036, which suggesting that the stock is 3.583% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Labcorp Holdings has a beta of 0.988, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 1.19%.

Waters has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. Labcorp Holdings offers a yield of 1.28% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per share. Waters pays -- of its earnings as a dividend. Labcorp Holdings pays out 32.59% of its earnings as a dividend. Labcorp Holdings's payout ratio is sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

Waters quarterly revenues are $872.7M, which are smaller than Labcorp Holdings quarterly revenues of $3.3B. Waters's net income of $231.4M is higher than Labcorp Holdings's net income of $143.4M. Notably, Waters's price-to-earnings ratio is 30.34x while Labcorp Holdings's PE ratio is 25.51x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Waters is 6.54x versus 1.46x for Labcorp Holdings. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Mettler-Toledo International has a net margin of 26.52% compared to Waters's net margin of 24.14%. Waters's return on equity of 43.99% beat Mettler-Toledo International's return on equity of --.

Waters has a consensus price target of $401.94, signalling upside risk potential of 23.7%. On the other hand Mettler-Toledo International has an analysts' consensus of $1,360.80 which suggests that it could grow by 33.06%. Given that Mettler-Toledo International has higher upside potential than Waters, analysts believe Mettler-Toledo International is more attractive than Waters.

Waters has a beta of 1.036, which suggesting that the stock is 3.583% more volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Mettler-Toledo International has a beta of 1.281, suggesting its more volatile than the S&P 500 by 28.096%.

Waters has a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share corresponding to a yield of 0%. Mettler-Toledo International offers a yield of 0% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.00 per share. Waters pays -- of its earnings as a dividend. Mettler-Toledo International pays out -- of its earnings as a dividend.

Waters quarterly revenues are $872.7M, which are smaller than Mettler-Toledo International quarterly revenues of $1B. Waters's net income of $231.4M is lower than Mettler-Toledo International's net income of $252.3M. Notably, Waters's price-to-earnings ratio is 30.34x while Mettler-Toledo International's PE ratio is 25.23x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for Waters is 6.54x versus 5.63x for Mettler-Toledo International. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.