WAT Waters Corp.

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Waters Corp. is a measurement company, which engages in the analytical workflow solutions involving liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations. It operates through Waters and TA segments. The Waters segment designs, manufactures, distributes and services liquid chromatography and ultra performance liquid chromatography instruments, columns and other chemistry consumables that can be integrated and used along with other analytical instruments. The TA Instruments segment designs, manufactures, distributes and services thermal analysis, rheometry and calorimetry instruments. The company was founded by James Logan Waters in 1958 and is headquartered in Milford, MA.

Company profile

Ticker

WAT

Exchange

NYSE

CEO

Christopher James O'Connell

Incorporated in

Delaware

Location

Massachusetts

Fiscal year end

Dec 31

Sector

Health Technology > Medical Specialties

Industry (SEC)

Laboratory Analytical Instruments

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SEC CIK

0001000697

Corporate docs

Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws

IRS number

133668640

WAT stock data

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Quarter (USD)	Mar 19	Dec 18	Sep 18	Sep 18
Revenue	513.86M	715.02M	578.02M	578.02M
Net income	108.99M	185.15M	141.01M	141.01M
Diluted EPS	1.51	2.46	1.83	1.83
Net profit margin	21.21%	25.89%	24.40%	24.40%
Operating income	121.15M	244.53M	171.67M	171.67M
Net change in cash	-111.31M			-52.83M
Cash on hand	684.97M	796.28M		689.37M
Cost of revenue		286.87M	241.14M

Annual (USD)	Dec 18	Dec 17	Dec 16	Dec 15
Revenue	2.42B	2.31B	2.17B	2.04B
Net income	593.79M	20.31M	521.5M	469.05M
Diluted EPS	7.65	0.25	6.41	5.65
Net profit margin	24.54%	0.88%	24.06%	22.97%
Operating income	739.77M	662.2M	625.04M	567.45M
Net change in cash	153.96M	136.69M	17.97M	65.49M
Cash on hand	796.28M	642.32M	505.63M	487.67M
Cost of revenue	992.56M	947.07M	891.45M	842.67M

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Competition

PerkinElmer, Inc. • General Electric • Thermo Fisher Scientific • Danaher • Dionex • Danaher • Merck KGaA • Mettler-Toledo International • Varian • Agilent

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From filing 10-Q 2019 Q1