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Also trades as: 0LTI.L (LSE) · $vol 0M

WAT Short Interest

Waters Corporation
1W: +5.0% 1M: +5.2% 3M: +18.8% YTD: +19.4% 1Y: +28.2% 3Y: +80.7% 5Y: +31.1%
$468.55
+12.57 (+2.76%)
After Hours: $455.02 (-13.53, -2.89%)
Weekly Expected Move ±3.8%
$419 $436 $454 $471 $488
NYSE · Healthcare · Medical - Diagnostics & Research · Tech Score Strong Buy · Power 67 · $44.8B mcap · 98M float · 0.851% daily turnover · Short 65% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 76% of companies Debt: 10.5% of company value Bonds: $314.4M held by 260 funds, 67 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $3.79 (down 99.2%), Waters Corporation would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $5.25B against a stock market value of $44.77B.
Distance to default 8.80 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-26, balance sheet 2026-07-04, debt counted $2.44B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 35.2%; Altman Z'' 3.66. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Short Volume Summary

2026-10-26
61.1%
Short Ratio
of total volume
58.7%
20-Day Avg
59.9%
50-Day Avg
▲ Rising
5-Day Trend
0.3M
Short Volume
0.4M
Total Volume

Daily Short Volume Ratio

Short Volume vs Total Volume

Exchange Breakdown

2026-10-26
ExchangeShort VolumeTotal VolumeShort %
NASDAQ 254,401 415,363 61.2%
NYSE 15,562 26,500 58.7%
BATS 238 264 90.1%

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