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How Waters Corporation stacks up
WAT · against 1,336 other Healthcare companies
Valuation
38/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #823 of 1,337 · scores higher than 38% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the valuation score133 peers with a valuation score of 30–39, including WAT · Click a bar to see the companies
Why valuation scores 38?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Its metrics sit close to the Healthcare norm.
- EBITDA yield is close to the peer norm. EBITDA yield: 1.9% vs peer median 4.0%
- Earnings yield is close to the peer norm. Earnings yield: 0.4% vs peer median 1.5%
- Free cash flow yield is close to the peer norm. Free cash flow yield: 0.9% vs peer median 0.0%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WAT, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WAT | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yieldHigher is better · 1,287 reported | 0.9% | 1.5% | 45% | 30% | |
| EBITDA yieldHigher is better · 1,357 reported | 2.9% | 4.2% | 43% | 50% | |
| Free cash flow yieldHigher is better · 711 reported | 0.9% | -1.0% | 57% | 20% | |
| Book yieldHigher is better · 1,306 reported | 33.6% | 37.9% | 45% | Context only |
Ranking by valuation score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WAT| Rank | Company | Market cap | Valuation | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21.3B HKD (≈$2.7B) | 99 | 68 | |
| 1 | 1.1B HKD (≈$146M) | 99 | 72 | |
| 1 | 14.2B HKD (≈$1.8B) | 99 | 64 | |
| 1 | 52.2B HKD (≈$6.7B) | 99 | 56 | |
| 1 | 3.5B HKD (≈$451M) | 99 | 51 | |
| 823 | 1.2B USD | 38 | 39 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score