Those determined to outshine the market strategically focus on the selection of individual stocks. Well-chosen stocks have the potential to substantially boost your wealth.
3 Tiny Stocks Primed to Explode
The world's greatest investor — Warren Buffett — has a simple formula for making big money in the markets. He buys up valuable assets when they are very cheap. For stock market investors that means buying up cheap small cap stocks like these with huge upside potential.
We've set up an alert service to help smart investors take full advantage of the small cap stocks primed for big returns.
Click here for full details and to join for free
Sponsored
In the latest session, Waters Corp. (NYSE: WAT) closed at $347.31 down -1.88% from its previous closing price of $353.97. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.88 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.54 million shares were traded. WAT stock price reached its highest trading level at $362.79 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $341.07.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Waters Corp.’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 62.98 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 36.75. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.42 and its Current Ratio is at 2.10. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.48 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.46.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, Jefferies on October 08, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Buy and sets its target price to $415 from $355 previously.
On August 28, 2024, Wells Fargo started tracking the stock assigning a Overweight rating and target price of $380.
Leerink Partners Upgraded its Market Perform to Outperform on August 01, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $325 to $375.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 28 ’24 when FEARON RICHARD H bought 1,000 shares for $332.90 per share. The transaction valued at 332,900 led to the insider holds 1,653 shares of the business.
KUEBLER CHRISTOPHER A sold 4,000 shares of WAT for $1,446,560 on May 15 ’24. The Director now owns 14,716 shares after completing the transaction at $361.64 per share. On Mar 13 ’24, another insider, BADDOUR LINDA, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 500 shares for $355.54 each. As a result, the insider received 177,770 and left with 2,250 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, WAT now has a Market Capitalization of 20616980480 and an Enterprise Value of 22381707264. As of this moment, Waters’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 34.60, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 27.41. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 6.10. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 7.17 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 14.60. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 7.781 whereas that against EBITDA is 22.489.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, WAT has reached a high of $367.21, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $231.90. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 1.57%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 6.41%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, WAT has traded an average of 375.37K shares per day and 372630 over the past ten days. A total of 59.36M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 59.22M. Insiders hold about 0.24% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 98.46% stake in the company. Shares short for WAT as of 1727654400 were 2469132 with a Short Ratio of 6.58, compared to 1724976000 on 2822210. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 2469132 and a Short% of Float of 4.7199998.
