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title: "Waters Corp. Stock Underperforms Friday When Compared To Competitors"
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description: "Waters Corp. (WAT) shares fell 2.95% to $365.36 on Friday, underperforming competitors like Thermo Fisher Scientific and Danaher during a broad market decline. The S&P 500 dropped 2.64%, and the Dow Jones fell 1.35%. This marked Waters' second consecutive day of losses, with the stock closing 11.78% below its 52-week high. Trading volume was significantly lower than the 50-day average."
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# Waters Corp. Stock Underperforms Friday When Compared To Competitors

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Shares of Waters Corp. (WAT) slipped 2.95% to $365.36 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 2.64% to 7,383.74 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.35% to 50,866.78.

This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses.

Waters Corp. closed 11.78% short of its 52-week high of $414.15, which the company reached on November 25th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO) fell 1.91% to $472.80, Danaher Corp. (DHR) fell 1.25% to $184.30, and GE Aerospace (GE) rose 0.11% to $328.00.

Trading volume (671,108) remained 374,730 below its 50-day average volume of 1.0 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled June 5, 2026.

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