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What: Shares of instrument manufacturer Waters Corp. (NYSE: WAT) jumped 10% today after the company released earnings.

So what: Revenue increased 16% to $427.6 million, beating estimates of $404 million. Earnings per share also topped analyst estimates at $1.04, nine cents higher than the $0.95 consensus estimate.

Now what: Pharmaceutical markets and growth in Asia helped the company top estimates this quarter. The stock still trades at 23 times trailing-12-month earnings, so unless the company can keep topping estimates handily the stock isn't terribly cheap. I'd like to see a pullback in shares before jumping in, but it's positive to see Waters' end markets improving and results coming in considerably higher than expected.

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