Waters (WAT) closed at $437.03 on Oct 16, 2026, down 1.6% on the day. The stock is up 1.7% over the past month, up 22.2% over three months, up 15.1% year to date and up 31.5% over the past year. It trades 3.9% below its 52-week high of $454.54 and 54.6% above its 52-week low of $282.77. The close sits above its 50-day moving average ($420.53) and above its 200-day moving average ($366.22).
NextPick tracks WAT in its Life Sciences Tools basket alongside TMO, DHR, A, MTD and RVTY. As of Oct 16, 2026, the basket's money-flow score is 7 (neutral), and the basket is up 1.2% over five sessions. Over the past month WAT ranks 7th of 10 basket members by price change.
Yes — the Oct 16, 2026 close of $437.03 is 19.3% above the 200-day average of $366.22.
WAT closed 3.9% below its 52-week high of $454.54.
NextPick groups WAT with TMO, DHR, A, MTD and RVTY in its Life Sciences Tools basket.
Waters Corporation provides analytical workflow solutions in Asia, the Americas, and Europe. The company operates through two segments, Waters and TA. The company designs, manufactures, sells, and services liquid chromatography, as well as mass spectrometry (MS) technology systems and supports products, including chromatography columns, and other consumable products. It also designs, manufactures, sells, and services thermal analysis, rheometry, and calorimetry instruments for use in predicting the suitability and stability of fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, water, polymers, metals, and viscous liquids for various industrial, consumer goods, and healthcare products, as well as for life science research; and develops and supplies software-based products that interface with its instruments, as well as other manufacturers' instruments. In addition, the company offers MS technology, which is used in drug discovery and development comprising clinical trial testing, the analysis of proteins in disease processes, nutritional safety analysis, and environmental testing. Its products are used by clinical, pharmaceutical, biochemical, industrial, nutritional safety, environmental, academic, and governmental customers working in research and development, quality assurance, and other laboratory applications. The company was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts.
