Jabin Bastian
2 min read
Scientific instruments company Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) will be announcing earnings results this Tuesday morning. Here’s what investors should know.
Waters Corporation beat analysts’ revenue expectations last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.65 billion, up 113% year on year. It was a mixed quarter for the company, with a narrow beat of analysts’ EPS estimates but revenue guidance for next quarter meeting analysts’ expectations.
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This quarter, the market is expecting Waters Corporation’s revenue to grow 119% year on year, improving from the 8% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business will stay the course heading into earnings. Waters Corporation has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations.
Looking at Waters Corporation’s peers in the research tools & consumables segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Avantor delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 4.6%, beating analysts’ expectations by 3.4%, and Thermo Fisher reported revenues up 9.1%, topping estimates by 1.4%. Avantor traded down 2.6% following the results while Thermo Fisher was also down 1.6%.
Read our full analysis of Avantor’s results here and Thermo Fisher’s results here.
There has been positive sentiment among investors in the research tools & consumables segment, with share prices up 3.2% on average over the last month. Waters Corporation is up 5.1% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $465.86 (compared to the current share price of $462.69).
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