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AKYA vs WAT

Side-by-side comparison of Akoya BioSciences Inc. (AKYA) and Waters Corporation (WAT): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both AKYA and WAT operate in Biotechnology: Laboratory Analytical Instruments (Industrials), so they compete in similar markets.
  • WAT is the larger of the two at $37.29B, about 95.9x AKYA ($388.8M).
  • Over the past year, AKYA is up 11.1% and WAT is up 7.5% - AKYA leads by 3.6 points.
  • WAT has hit the wire 9 times in the past 4 weeks while AKYA has been quiet.
  • WAT has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 13 for AKYA).
PerformanceAKYA+11.11%WAT+25.79%
2025-06-04+0.00%2025-07-07
MetricAKYAWAT
Company
Akoya BioSciences Inc.
Waters Corporation
Price
$1.30-5.80%
$379.74+2.09%
Market cap
$388.8M
$37.29B
1M return
+11.11%
+25.79%
1Y return
+11.11%
+7.48%
Industry
Biotechnology: Laboratory Analytical Instruments
Biotechnology: Laboratory Analytical Instruments
Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
IPO
2021
1995
News (4w)
0
9
Recent ratings
13
25
AKYA

Akoya BioSciences Inc.

Akoya Biosciences, Inc., a life sciences technology company, provides spatial biology solutions focused on transforming discovery and clinical research. The company offers single-cell imaging solutions that allow researchers to phenotype cells with spatial context and visualize how they organize and interact to influence disease progression and treatment response. It provides two distinct solutions, the CODEX and Phenoptics platforms, to serve the diverse needs of researchers across discovery, translational, and clinical research. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

WAT

Waters Corporation

Waters Corporation, a specialty measurement company, provides analytical workflow solutions in Asia, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through two segments, Waters and TA. The company designs, manufactures, sells, and services high and ultra-performance liquid chromatography, as well as mass spectrometry (MS) technology systems and support products, including chromatography columns, other consumable products, and post-warranty service plans. It also designs, manufactures, sells, and services thermal analysis, rheometry, and calorimetry instruments; and develops and supplies software-based products that interface with its instruments, as well as other manufacturers' instruments. Its MS technology instruments are used in drug discovery and development comprising clinical trial testing, the analysis of proteins in disease processes, nutritional safety analysis, and environmental testing. The company's offers thermal analysis, rheometry, and calorimetry instruments for use in predicting the suitability and stability of fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, water, polymers, metals, and viscous liquids for various industrial, consumer good, and healthcare products, as well as for life science research. Its products are used by pharmaceutical, biochemical, industrial, nutritional safety, environmental, academic, and governmental customers working in research and development, quality assurance, and other laboratory applications. The company has a collaboration with Genovis AB to develop and market biopharmaceutical characterization workflows based on the its BioAccord LC-MS System, Andrew+ pipetting robot and Genovis SmartEnzymes. Waters Corporation was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts.

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