WAT Stock After Hours

Waters Corp
WATNYSE • USD
464.28 USD
AT CLOSE
🟢Market: OPEN

After-hours trading runs 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM ET.

📅 WAT is expected to report earnings around Feb 8, 2027 before the open (estimated), with an estimated EPS of $4.63. WAT earnings details →

Gap Analytics — 5-year history, 5% minimum gap

Over the past 5 years, WAT has had 9 qualifying gap events (gaps of 5% or more at the open) — 4 gap-ups and 5 gap-downs. Gap-ups averaged +10.1%, 50% have fully filled, median time to fill 3 trading days. Gap-downs averaged -8.9%, 40% have fully filled, median time to fill 50.5 trading days. Most recent: a +12% gap up on May 5, 2026, still unfilled. Average 20-trading-day return after a WAT gap up: +3.09%. After a gap down: -8.92%.

Gap Ups4 events
Fill Rate
50.0%
Avg Gap
10.1%
Avg 50% Fill
1d
Avg Fill
3d
Avg 20d return after gap-up: +3.09%
Gap Downs5 events
Fill Rate
40.0%
Avg Gap
8.9%
Avg 50% Fill
41.5d
Avg Fill
50.5d
Avg 20d return after gap-down: -8.92%
Avg Gap Fill by Timeframes
Gap Ups
1 day1 week2 week4 week
fills 25%50%50%100%100%
fills 50%50%50%50%75%
fills 75%50%50%50%50%
fills 100%0%50%50%50%
Gap Downs
1 day1 week2 week4 week
fills 25%100%100%100%100%
fills 50%0%0%0%0%
fills 75%0%0%0%0%
fills 100%0%0%0%0%
Complete Gap History — 9 events
DateGap FromGap %StatusDays to 50%Days to Fill% of Gap Filled After
1 day1 week2 week4 week
2026-05-05$301.88+11.99%Open——11%11%27%39%
2026-02-09$381.29-12.85%Open——26%26%26%26%
2025-07-14$352.91-10.03%Open——26%26%26%26%
2025-04-23$330.71+5.30%Filled1d2d82%100%100%100%
2024-11-01$323.11+16.06%Open13d—5%5%34%66%
2024-07-31$327.66+7.21%Filled1d4d90%100%100%100%
2024-05-30$327.65-6.35%Filled32d42d28%48%48%48%
2023-05-09$296.50-9.59%Filled51d59d46%46%46%46%
2022-08-02$365.55-5.62%Open——44%44%44%44%

Frequently Asked Questions

What is WAT's after-hours price?

Waters (WAT) has no recorded after-hours trades for the latest session. Its regular-session close was $464.28. After-hours quotes appear here when the stock trades between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM ET.

When does WAT after-hours trading start and end?

After-hours trading in WAT on the NYSE runs from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET on trading days, immediately after the regular session closes. Not every broker offers the full window, and liquidity thins sharply after about 6:30 PM ET.

Will WAT's after-hours move hold at the open?

An after-hours move that carries into the next session becomes an opening gap, and WAT's gap history is the best guide to what happens next: 50% of WAT gap-ups have fully filled, and 40% of gap-downs have filled over the past 5 years. Fill rates this high mean a large after-hours move is more often faded than extended.

When does WAT report earnings?

WAT is expected to report earnings around Feb 8, 2027 before the open (estimated), with an estimated EPS of $4.63. Earnings are the most common cause of a large after-hours move, since most companies report after the close.