Waters is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is a specialty measurement company. Co. primarily designs, manufactures, sells and services high performance liquid chromatography, ultra performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry technology systems and support products, including chromatography columns, other consumable products and post-warranty service plans. In addition, Co. designs, manufactures, sells and services thermal analysis, rheometry and calorimetry instruments through its TA product line. Co. is also a developer and supplier of software-based products that interface with its instruments, as well as other manufacturers' instruments. The WAT stock yearly return is shown above.
The yearly return on the WAT stock yearly return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the annual return over the calendar year 2012 for the given stock.
When performing this calculation it is important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's annual return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon.
One way to factor dividends into the return is simply to count them as cash — we don't do
that here. Instead, our website aims to empower investors
by performing the WAT annual return calculation with any dividends reinvested as applicable (on ex-dates).
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