Waters Corp. (WAT) CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO Douglas A Berthiaume sells 50,000 Shares

CHAIRMAN, PRESIDENT & CEO of Waters Corp. (WAT, Financial) Douglas A Berthiaume sells 50,000 shares of WAT on 11/10/2009 at an average price of $60.57 a share.

Waters Corporation is a holding company which owns only and all of the outstanding common stock of Waters Technologies Corporation, the operating subsidiary. It operates in the analytical instrument industry, with manufacturing and distribution expertise in three complementary technologies: high performance liquid chromatography instruments, chromatography columns and other consumables, and related service; mass spectrometry instruments that can be integrated and used along with other analytical instruments; and thermal analysis and rheology instruments. Waters Corp. has a market cap of $5.75 billion; its shares were traded at around $60.15 with a P/E ratio of 17.7 and P/S ratio of 3.7. Waters Corp. had an annual average earning growth of 14.4% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Waters Corp. the business predictability rank of 5-star.

WAT is in the portfolios of Glenn Greenberg of Chieftain Capital Management Inc, John Hussman of Hussman Economtrics Advisors, Inc., PRIMECAP Management.

Insiders' Positions with WAT

  • Sell:: Director Thomas P Salice sold 2,700 shares of WAT stock on 11/05/2009 at the average price of 58.53, the price of the stock has increased by 2.77% since

  • Sell:: Director Thomas P Salice sold 1,300 shares of WAT stock on 11/02/2009 at the average price of 58.5, the price of the stock has increased by 2.82% since

  • Sell:: VP & CORPORATE CONTROLLER William Curry sold 1,295 shares of WAT stock on 09/16/2009 at the average price of 54.75, the price of the stock has increased by 9.86% since