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Issuer:     WATERS CORP /DE/ (WAT)
CIK:        0001000697
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2023-08-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-23-201110
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Waters Q2 sales up 4% to $741M, non-GAAP EPS $2.80; lowers FY organic growth guide to 0.5-1.5%
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- Pharmaceutical market sales down 4% organic CC; China sales declined high teens.
- Industrial +11% organic CC; Academic & Government +21% organic CC.
- Full-year 2023 organic CC growth guided 0.5-1.5% (vs. prior); Q3 organic CC growth seen -4% to -2%.
- Wyatt acquisition contributed 2% to Q2 sales; full-year impact ~2.5%.
- Gross margin expanded 230 bps; non-GAAP EPS $2.80 vs. $2.75 a year ago.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312523201110/0001193125-23-201110-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312523201110/d454905d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-201110

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