Waters Corporation (WAT)
Waters Corporation Beneish M-Score: -2.611
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WAT Beneish M-Score Rankings
| Overall | 50th percentile | 1860 of 3771 |
| Sector | 57th percentile | 146 of 343 in Healthcare |
| Industry | 56th percentile | 32 of 73 in Medical Appliances & Equipment |
WAT Beneish M-Score Range, Past 5 Years
| Minimum | -2.698 | Dec 2008 |
| Maximum | -2.481 | Jun 2007 |
| Average | -2.611 |
About Beneish M Score
The Beneish M Score helps to uncover companies who are likely to be manipulating their reported earnings. Companies with a higher score are more likely to be manipulators. This is a probabilistic model, so it will not detect manipulators with 100% accuracy.
The best cut-off point depends on the costs mistakenly classifying in one of two ways:
1) Classifying firm that is manipulating earnings as a non-manipulator (Type I error), and
2) Classifying a firm as a manipulator when it actually was not manipulating (Type II Error).
Here are optimal cut-offs according to Beneish, presented as the score followed by the cost of Type I error relative to cost of Type II error):
M Score HTML Table:
| Score | Relative Error Costs (Type I:Type II) |
|---|---|
| M Score > -1.49 | (10:1) | M Score > -1.78 | (20:1) | M Score > -1.89 | (40+:1) |
Beneish excluded financial institutions from his sample when calculating the M-Score, so extreme care should be taken when looking at M-Scores of financial firms - their business models are different from the manufacturing and other service firms that Beneish used in his study.
If you want more details, here is the original Beneish M Score Paper, or you can learn about our calculation by clicking "Learn More" below.
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WAT News
Waters Unveils New Analytical Tools for Research and Routine Screening Applications at ASMS 2012
May 21, 3:34PM PR Newswire
May 21, 3:34PM PR Newswire
sometimes it saves to look back a ways. weekly pattern looking suspicious. $WAT http://chart.ly/96dj9um
about 11 days ago by stubbybrown
about 11 days ago by stubbybrown
Wells Fargo Starts Waters Corp. (WAT) at Outperform; End-market Positioning
May 17, 9:32AM Street Insider
May 17, 9:32AM Street Insider
Waters Corporation Presentation at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2012 Health Care Conference to Be Webcast Live
May 10, 7:00AM Business Wire
May 10, 7:00AM Business Wire
Waters Corporation Presentation at the Baird 2012 Growth Stock Conference to Be Webcast Live
May 07, 7:00AM Business Wire
May 07, 7:00AM Business Wire
Waters Corporation Presentation at the Deutsche Bank 37th Annual Health Care Conference to Be Webcast Live
May 04, 7:00AM Business Wire
May 04, 7:00AM Business Wire
Auriga Reiterates a 'Buy' on Waters Corp. (WAT); Unexpectedly High Decline at Big Pharma Drags Down Results
Apr 25, 10:21AM Street Insider
Apr 25, 10:21AM Street Insider
$WAT 200 Day SMA Cross - Price crossed above 200 day SMA (82.2248). Confirmed by volume.
about 37 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
about 37 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant
@gtlackey I have $WAT on my list, but I don't like it continuing to test Supp here. Thoughts?
about 38 days ago by 1nvestor
about 38 days ago by 1nvestor
Listen to $WAT Q1 2012 earnings call - live at 08:30 AM, ondemand after - http://stks.co/3Tf0
about 38 days ago by earningscast
about 38 days ago by earningscast
$SPX components that traded beyond their 14-day ATR (based off open): $HAS $K $UNP $WAT $AKAM $MET $FAST http://stks.co/3T9I
about 39 days ago by Attitrade
about 39 days ago by Attitrade
Waters Brings Awarding-Winning UltraPerformance Convergence Chromatography to Analytica 2012
Apr 17, 3:00AM PR Newswire
Apr 17, 3:00AM PR Newswire
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Mar 30, 12:01PM PR Newswire
Mar 30, 12:01PM PR Newswire
$WAT filed latest Proxy Statement with the SEC (Form DEF 14A) http://stks.co/39X4
about 63 days ago by MarketBrief
about 63 days ago by MarketBrief
RT @SFOmag: The longer the consolidation, the bigger the breakout @upsidetrader says $WAT is in a bullish coil http://stks.co/2o2j
about 80 days ago by howardlindzon
about 80 days ago by howardlindzon
Area. Nice up move, now digesting gains in the box. Potential 100 Roll candidate. $WAT http://chart.ly/kbx85dj
about 104 days ago by 1nvestor
about 104 days ago by 1nvestor
RT @TheEquitiesRoom EBR: Watchlist/worksheet/3 Trading Ideas: $WAT $TJX $UEC http://stks.co/2ShM
about 105 days ago by TheFuturesRoom
about 105 days ago by TheFuturesRoom
EBR: Watchlist/worksheet/3 Trading Ideas: $WAT $TJX $UEC http://stks.co/2SYR
about 105 days ago by TheEquitiesRoom
about 105 days ago by TheEquitiesRoom
$SPY 72 NR7 Day Alerts for the S&P 500 Stocks. $NVLS $M $WAT charts showing possible bull flags to watch. http://stks.co/2ID1
about 115 days ago by tradewithpete
about 115 days ago by tradewithpete
$WAT Insider Sale: $5.2M of stock sold by Arthur Caputo (Evp And President, Waters Div) on January 31, 2012 http://stks.co/2D4H
about 120 days ago by MarketBrief
about 120 days ago by MarketBrief
Waters Corp, $WAT moves above 70 DMA, has Bullish signals on Weekly Candlestick Chart http://chart.ly/n5k28pd
about 125 days ago by InvestProfits
about 125 days ago by InvestProfits
Recent Quotes
| Symbol | Price | Chg | Chg % | Market Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAT | 77.29 | -2.49 | -3.12% | 7.105B |
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