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Waters Corporation
WAT · Waters Corporation · Healthcare
Up next day
7/12
58%
Fell despite growth
3/12
Good earnings ignored
Avg earnings move
±1.0%
typical swing on earnings
Price when beating
+0.4%
avg over 12 beats
Biggest single move
+2.0%
'26.4 · largest reaction
How this stock reacts to earnings
Traits seen across its recent earnings reactions
Beating estimates doesn't always lift it
Up the next day 7 of 12 beats (58%)
Tends to keep drifting the same way for days
Day-one direction continued · 75% of last 12
vs Healthcare sector avg (153 peers)
This
+0.4%
Sector
+0.4%
Avg next-day reaction
Earnings number vs guidance — which drives it?
How often the beat/miss matched the actual price move
The number and guidance move the price about equally
Moved opposite to results 5 of last 12 times (42%)
5xBeat but fell
Even a beat sells off if guidance disappoints
0xMissed but rose
Even a miss rebounds if guidance reassures
Earnings timeline · tap a bar for that quarter
Oct 30Before open
'26.10 expectedEst. EPS $4.00
Quarter ended 7/2026
Reported 2026-08-04
Next-day move
+1.0%
After 5 days +4.8%
vs Consensus$3.01→$3.05+1.4% beat
EPS
$3.05
YoY +3%
Revenue
$1.6B
YoY +113%
Next-Q guidance
—
N/A
Price around earnings
+31% run-up before
Earnings trend · last 12 quarters
EPS$3.05YoY +3%
'24.9'26.7
Revenue$1.6BYoY +113%
'24.9'26.7
Price vs earnings · last 12 quarters
↑Up↓Down
Bad news out
weak · up ↑
0x
Met expectations
good · up ↑
7x58%
Disappointment
weak · down ↓
0x
Good earnings ignored
good · down ↓
5x42%
← ← Weak earningsStrong earnings → →
Mostly 'honest' — good earnings, price up · 7 of 12q (58%)
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