Why Waters (WAT) is a Top Growth Stock for the Long-Term

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While you may have an investing style you rely on, finding great stocks is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores. These are complementary indicators that rate stocks based on value, growth, and/or momentum characteristics.

Why This 1 Growth Stock Should Be On Your Watchlist

Growth investors build their portfolios around companies that are financially strong and have a bright future, and the Growth Style Score helps take projected and historical earnings, sales, and cash flow into account to uncover stocks that will see long-term, sustainable growth.

Waters (WAT)

Milford, MA-based, Waters Corp. is an analytical instrument manufacturer and offers practical and sustainable products for laboratory-dependent organizations. Moreover, Waters provides analytical workflow solutions based on mass spectrometry (MS), liquid chromatography (LC) and thermal analysis technologies.

WAT is a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) stock, with a Growth Style Score of A and VGM Score of B. Earnings are expected to grow 7.4% year-over-year for the current fiscal year, with sales growth of 5.7%.

Seven analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days for fiscal 2022. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.18 to $12.03 per share. WAT boasts an average earnings surprise of 14.1%.

Looking at cash flow, Waters is expected to report cash flow growth of 19.7% this year; WAT has generated cash flow growth of 5.4% over the past three to five years.

WAT should be on investors' short lists because of its impressive growth fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Growth and VGM Style Scores.

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