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title: "Waters Corp. Stock Underperforms Monday When Compared To Competitors"
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# Waters Corp. Stock Underperforms Monday When Compared To Competitors

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Shares of Waters Corp. (WAT) slid 1.07% to $407.74 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.52% to 7,745.06 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.51% to 53,459.78.

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

Waters Corp. closed 2.98% below its 52-week high of $420.26, which the company achieved on August 13th.

The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Monday, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO) fell 0.47% to $585.51, Danaher Corp. (DHR) rose 0.09% to $202.63, and GE Aerospace (GE) rose 0.29% to $369.43.

Trading volume (608,703) remained 282,153 below its 50-day average volume of 890,856.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 17, 2026.

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