secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WATERS CORP /DE/ (WAT)
CIK:        0001000697
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-24-249066
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Waters Q3 sales $740M (+4% YoY); GAAP EPS $2.71, non-GAAP $2.93; raises FY guidance
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- Sales $740M (+4% as reported and constant currency); GAAP EPS $2.71, non-GAAP EPS $2.93, beating guidance.
- Instrument system sales returned to growth (+1%); recurring revenues up 6% as reported (7% constant currency).
- FY 2024 organic constant currency sales growth guidance raised to -0.9% to -0.3%; non-GAAP EPS raised to $11.67-$11.87.
- Q4 2024 guidance: constant currency sales growth +5% to +7%; non-GAAP EPS $3.90-$4.10.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312524249066/0001193125-24-249066-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1000697/000119312524249066/d892594d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-249066

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