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Waters Corp

WAT
Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Laboratory Analytical Instruments
SEC CIK
0001000697

In the last 90 days, Waters Corp insiders filed 0 open-market purchases and 1 sale; 1,185 institutions reported holding it in 13F filings for Q2 2026, worth $37.3B in total; 3 superinvestors hold it, including Fundsmith and Viking Global Investors.

13F holders, Q2 2026

Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Jun 30, 2026. Investment managers with $100 million or more in US stocks report their long positions on Form 13F within 45 days after each quarter ends. How 13F works

Institutional holders
1,185
+23 vs. Q1 2026
Shares held
97.9M
+4.71M (+5.1%) vs. Q1 2026
Total value
$37.3B
+$8.67B (+30.3%) vs. Q1 2026
New holders
159
350 more added
Sold out
136
484 more reduced

16 institutions that held it in Q1 2026 haven't filed for Q2 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q1 2026: new holders, sold out and not filed yet

Holders and value by quarter

Institutions reporting WAT on Form 13F each quarter since Q1 2021, and the total value they reported. Values are as of each quarter end, so they also move with the share price.

Institutional holdersQ2 2026: 1,185 institutions
Q1 2021: 600 institutionsQ2 2021: 634 institutionsQ3 2021: 658 institutionsQ4 2021: 667 institutionsQ1 2022: 661 institutionsQ2 2022: 654 institutionsQ3 2022: 644 institutionsQ4 2022: 654 institutionsQ1 2023: 678 institutionsQ2 2023: 647 institutionsQ3 2023: 651 institutionsQ4 2023: 674 institutionsQ1 2024: 689 institutionsQ2 2024: 695 institutionsQ3 2024: 697 institutionsQ4 2024: 761 institutionsQ1 2025: 765 institutionsQ2 2025: 771 institutionsQ3 2025: 755 institutionsQ4 2025: 808 institutionsQ1 2026: 1,178 institutionsQ2 2026: 1,185 institutions
Value heldQ2 2026: $37.3B
Q1 2021: $15.5BQ2 2021: $18.9BQ3 2021: $19.5BQ4 2021: $20.4BQ1 2022: $16.9BQ2 2022: $17.7BQ3 2022: $14.5BQ4 2022: $18.2BQ1 2023: $16.8BQ2 2023: $15.0BQ3 2023: $15.7BQ4 2023: $19.4BQ1 2024: $20.1BQ2 2024: $16.5BQ3 2024: $20.3BQ4 2024: $21.2BQ1 2025: $21.2BQ2 2025: $20.4BQ3 2025: $17.2BQ4 2025: $21.9BQ1 2026: $29.1BQ2 2026: $37.3B
Institutions holding WAT and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 20261,185$37.3B
Q1 20261,178$29.1B
Q4 2025808$21.9B
Q3 2025755$17.2B
Q2 2025771$20.4B
Q1 2025765$21.2B
Q4 2024761$21.2B
Q3 2024697$20.3B
Q2 2024695$16.5B
Q1 2024689$20.1B
Q4 2023674$19.4B
Q3 2023651$15.7B
Q2 2023647$15.0B
Q1 2023678$16.8B
Q4 2022654$18.2B
Q3 2022644$14.5B
Q2 2022654$17.7B
Q1 2022661$16.9B
Q4 2021667$20.4B
Q3 2021658$19.5B
Q2 2021634$18.9B
Q1 2021600$15.5B

Institutions, Q2 2026

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q1 2026.

Institutions holding WAT in Q2 2026
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
BlackRock, Inc.8,484,939$3.18B0.05%−58,075−0.7%Reduced
Massachusetts Financial Services Co4,625,035$2.53B0.81%−5,083−0.1%Reduced
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6,415,552$2.41B0.05%+36,777+0.6%Added
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC4,740,524$1.78B0.08%−13,661−0.3%Reduced
State Street Corp4,382,008$1.64B0.05%+19,998+0.5%Added
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.3,817,779$1.43B0.94%−846,100−18.1%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.3,494,267$1.31B0.10%+1,325,982+61.2%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC2,636,146$984.8M0.05%−10,312−0.4%Reduced
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith2,273,632$852.7M6.25%−938,443−29.2%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc2,177,958$816.8M0.08%+1,053,930+93.8%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.2,694,590$802.4M0.29%+577,853+27.3%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co2,158,391$796.2M0.05%+184,743+9.4%Added
Jupiter Topco LLC1,663,601$623.9M0.25%+1,663,601New
Viking Global Investors LPSuperinvestorViking Global Investors1,662,140$623.4M1.78%+405,678+32.3%Added
Wellington Management Group LLP1,373,150$515.0M0.09%+561,824+69.2%Added
First Eagle Investment Management, LLC1,335,108$500.7M0.82%−240,079−15.2%Reduced
Schroder Investment Management Group1,264,226$474.1M0.34%+948,023+299.8%Added
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.1,216,947$456.4M3.10%−186,680−13.3%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc1,114,092$417.8M0.21%+94,803+9.3%Added
Morgan Stanley1,097,302$411.5M0.02%−124,612−10.2%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp1,032,726$387.3M0.05%−9,668−0.9%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.948,639$355.8M0.22%−76,601−7.5%Reduced
FMR LLC924,742$346.8M0.02%+421,928+83.9%Added
Millennium Management LLC894,660$335.5M0.23%+709,492+383.2%Added
Veritas Asset Management LLP851,624$319.4M5.75%−349,189−29.1%Reduced
Holocene Advisors, LP847,774$317.9M0.73%−69,292−7.6%Reduced
Bank of America Corp839,592$314.9M0.02%−4,044−0.5%Reduced
Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd.837,764$314.2M6.95%−259,091−23.6%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc816,512$306.2M0.04%+43,988+5.7%Added
Franklin Resources Inc809,339$303.5M0.07%+99,801+14.1%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP801,084$300.4M0.05%−13,632−1.7%Reduced
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC774,836$293.0M0.45%+285,982+58.5%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc774,955$290.6M0.05%−19,634−2.5%Reduced
UBS Group AG694,851$260.6M0.04%+54,512+8.5%Added
Legal & General Group Plc690,148$258.8M0.05%+5,335+0.8%Added
Voya Investment Management LLC653,967$244.7M0.21%+167,388+34.4%Added
Neuberger Berman Group LLC638,786$239.4M0.16%+255,838+66.8%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc584,254$219.1M0.02%+21,194+3.8%Added
Marshall Wace, LLP581,332$218.0M0.18%+354,446+156.2%Added
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership560,753$210.3M0.34%+26,177+4.9%Added
Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co551,398$206.8M0.05%−4,750−0.9%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp503,214$188.7M0.03%−25,694−4.9%Reduced
Colony Group, LLC485,602$182.1M0.19%+10,740+2.3%Added
Amundi464,501$174.2M0.04%+32,355+7.5%Added
Findlay Park Partners LLP451,925$169.5M2.29%−15,320−3.3%Reduced
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.444,225$166.6M0.25%+89,850+25.4%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc436,388$163.7M0.03%−259,256−37.3%Reduced
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC434,149$162.8M3.17%+1,943+0.4%Added
Deutsche Bank AG416,850$156.3M0.05%−118,834−22.2%Reduced
HSBC Holdings PLC397,310$148.9M0.07%−67,690−14.6%Reduced
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP358,979$134.6M1.98%+60,124+20.1%Added
Capital Research Global Investors358,198$134.3M0.02%+358,198New
London Co of Virginia340,771$127.8M0.73%−14,539−4.1%Reduced
Natixis Advisors, L.P.332,814$124.8M0.14%+75,434+29.3%Added
Nuveen, LLC290,613$109.0M0.03%+12,910+4.6%Added
Jones Financial Companies LLLP290,936$108.9M0.04%+54,144+22.9%Added
TD Asset Management Inc287,436$107.8M0.09%+20,900+7.8%Added
Madison Asset Management, LLC279,856$105.0M1.25%+7,207+2.6%Added
Swiss National Bank277,334$104.0M0.05%−11,280−3.9%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP272,470$102.2M0.06%−30,642−10.1%Reduced
First Pacific Advisors, LP268,164$100.6M1.24%+692+0.3%Added
Royal Bank of Canada267,531$100.3M0.02%+38,674+16.9%Added
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.239,613$89.9M0.05%+14,967+6.7%Added
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.237,909$89.2M0.51%+13,478+6.0%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA235,147$88.2M0.05%+92,980+65.4%Added
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.214,145$80.3M0.05%−9,179−4.1%Reduced
Citigroup Inc213,227$80.0M0.04%+69,025+47.9%Added
Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC211,870$79.5M0.04%−2,422−1.1%Reduced
Cooke & Bieler LP209,736$78.7M0.91%−59,117−22.0%Reduced
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The209,540$78.6M0.06%−315,706−60.1%Reduced
Ako Capital LLP203,356$76.3M1.78%−613,573−75.1%Reduced
LPL Financial LLC199,677$74.9M0.02%−54,036−21.3%Reduced
Bristol John W & Co Inc197,905$74.2M1.10%−1,627−0.8%Reduced
XN LP193,146$72.4M1.91%+193,146New
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc.190,721$71.5M0.19%+63,662+50.1%Added
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co189,881$71.2M0.05%00.0%Unchanged
Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd189,305$71.0M0.05%+19,582+11.5%Added
Norges Bank188,334$70.6M0.01%+188,334New
SEI Investments Co185,985$69.8M0.06%−11,580−5.9%Reduced
Newport Trust Co182,722$68.5M0.17%−1,199−0.7%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership177,334$66.5M0.03%+28,674+19.3%Added
LGT Group Foundation170,904$64.1M0.73%+132,144+340.9%Added
Clearbridge Investments, LLC170,887$64.1M0.05%−307,384−64.3%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc169,474$63.6M0.03%−65,897−28.0%Reduced
National Pension Service168,799$63.3M0.04%+1,426+0.9%Added
Rhumbline Advisers168,771$63.3M0.05%−9,266−5.2%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company168,498$63.2M0.01%−38,866−18.7%Reduced
Nordea Investment Management AB171,186$62.6M0.05%−95,642−35.8%Reduced
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board162,120$60.8M0.03%+156,353+2,711.2%Added
Robeco Schweiz AG152,195$57.1M0.92%+7,323+5.1%Added
LMR Partners LLP147,305$55.2M0.41%+147,305New
Barclays PLC146,573$55.0M0.02%−34,206−18.9%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System144,662$54.3M0.05%−9,397−6.1%Reduced
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.144,556$54.2M0.08%+56,700+64.5%Added
Balyasny Asset Management LLC138,443$51.9M0.09%+136,787+8,260.1%Added
Standard Life Aberdeen plc138,104$51.8M0.07%+12,570+10.0%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC135,686$50.9M0.03%−72,817−34.9%Reduced
Milford Funds Ltd135,437$50.8M0.83%+68,768+103.1%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System132,969$49.9M0.03%−5,454−3.9%Reduced
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.130,109$48.8M0.06%+20,891+19.1%Added