WAT earnings

Waters Corporation

WAT chart · All upcoming earnings

Next report 2026-10-30
When Friday before open
In46 days
EPS estimate4.00
1-day std dev7.0%

How WAT has moved on earnings, close to close (last 30)?Measured close to close. Day 1 = the last close before the report to the next close (the following session for after-close reports). Day 2 / Day 3 are that single session on its own. 5-day is the cumulative move from the pre-report close through the 5th session.

10 20 30 Max
MoveMeanMedianStd devHit rate
Day 1 +0.5% +0.9% 7.0% 53%
Day 2 -0.0% -0.2% 2.2% 43%
Day 3 -0.1% -0.2% 1.6% 43%
5-day +0.2% -1.4% 8.4% 47%
Biggest pop
+19.8%
Biggest drop
-13.9%
On a beat
+1.5%
On a miss
-8.2%
1-mo drift
-0.0%

Day 1 price move on each of the last 30 reports

Day 1 = the close-to-close move on the first session to trade the news — hover for the EPS surprise.

Report history

ReportEstActualSurpriseGap1-day+5d+1mo
2026-08-04 beat 3.01 3.05 +1.4% +2.3% +5.7% +4.8% +4.1%
2026-05-05 beat 2.31 2.70 +17.0% +12.0% +13.5% +2.8% +9.8%
2026-02-09 beat 4.51 4.53 +0.5% -12.9% -13.9% -2.0% -9.3%
2025-11-04 beat 3.22 3.40 +5.5% +1.8% +6.3% +5.1% +7.9%
2025-08-04 beat 2.94 2.95 +0.3% -3.6% -1.6% -2.2% +1.6%
2025-05-06 beat 2.22 2.25 +1.2% -1.8% -2.7% +5.9% +2.2%
2025-02-12 beat 4.03 4.10 +1.7% -4.2% -5.8% -0.3% -1.2%
2024-11-01 beat 2.68 2.93 +9.4% +16.1% +19.8% -0.7% -0.1%
2024-07-31 beat 2.56 2.63 +2.6% +7.2% +2.6% -4.3% +2.5%
2024-05-07 beat 2.09 2.21 +5.5% +2.1% +1.9% +10.1% -7.8%
2024-02-06 beat 3.55 3.62 +1.9% -0.9% +1.7% -5.7% +9.3%
2023-11-07 beat 2.55 2.84 +11.3% -4.0% +3.4% -0.8% +12.5%
2023-08-02 beat 2.59 2.80 +8.1% +2.8% +6.3% +0.1% -3.8%
2023-05-09 miss 2.62 2.49 -5.1% -9.6% -6.7% -3.8% -9.7%
2023-02-15 beat 3.74 3.84 +2.6% +0.5% -0.7% -4.1% -11.3%
2022-11-01 beat 2.58 2.64 +2.4% +1.6% +2.8% +1.7% +12.8%
2022-08-02 beat 2.67 2.75 +3.1% -5.6% -6.8% -4.9% -12.3%
2022-05-03 beat 2.34 2.80 +19.8% +3.5% +8.1% -1.7% +1.9%
2022-02-01 beat 3.49 3.67 +5.3% +3.9% +1.1% +1.6% -0.7%
2021-11-02 beat 2.36 2.66 +12.7% -4.0% -4.3% +0.4% -4.3%
2021-08-03 beat 2.28 2.60 +13.8% -0.8% +0.7% +0.8% +6.2%
2021-05-05 beat 1.57 2.29 +46.0% +1.5% +2.9% -1.6% +3.5%
2021-02-02 beat 2.90 3.65 +25.8% +5.7% +8.4% -3.0% -10.2%
2020-10-27 beat 1.92 2.16 +12.7% +2.1% +1.7% -3.0% +1.2%
2020-07-28 beat 1.56 2.10 +34.9% -0.4% -1.7% -6.0% -3.3%
2020-04-28 miss 1.44 1.15 -20.0% -4.1% -5.6% -1.2% +7.5%
2020-02-04 beat 3.01 3.20 +6.3% -5.1% -3.1% +1.9% -9.2%
2019-10-29 beat 2.13 2.13 +0.2% -6.5% -2.6% -0.3% +4.3%
2019-07-30 beat 2.11 2.14 +1.3% -4.2% -2.7% -1.7% -3.3%
2019-04-23 miss 1.73 1.60 -7.4% -16.0% -12.3% +1.0% -1.9%

“1-day” is the close-to-close move over the session that first traded on the news (the next session for after-close reports). “+5d / +1mo” are the further drift from that close.

Earnings dates & estimates from Yahoo Finance (refreshed 2026-09-14); price reactions from end-of-day data. History, not a forecast. Not investment advice.