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Alex Morozov
EUR 101.80 For Business Accounts Only

Waters' focus on operating discipline should serve it well in the constrained spending environment.

Waters kicked off 2017 strong, with revenue growth slightly ahead of our expectations. We're planning to raise our fair value estimate mainly due to cash flows realized since our last update, but also as we factor in slightly higher expectations for 2017 on the revenue line. Our wide moat rating is unchanged. 
Pharma and industrial end markets delivered solid growth, resulting in 6% currency-adjusted overall growth in the quarter. Pharma demand is on the higher end of our expectations; we saw mo...
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Waters Corporation

Waters is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company is a specialty measurement company. The company 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, the company designs, manufactures, sells and services thermal analysis, rheometry and calorimetry instruments through its TA? product line. The company is also a developer and supplier of software-based products that interface with its instruments, as well as other manufacturers' instruments.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Alex Morozov

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