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.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 1,185 | $37.3B |
| Q1 2026 | 1,178 | $29.1B |
| Q4 2025 | 808 | $21.9B |
| Q3 2025 | 755 | $17.2B |
| Q2 2025 | 771 | $20.4B |
| Q1 2025 | 765 | $21.2B |
| Q4 2024 | 761 | $21.2B |
| Q3 2024 | 697 | $20.3B |
| Q2 2024 | 695 | $16.5B |
| Q1 2024 | 689 | $20.1B |
| Q4 2023 | 674 | $19.4B |
| Q3 2023 | 651 | $15.7B |
| Q2 2023 | 647 | $15.0B |
| Q1 2023 | 678 | $16.8B |
| Q4 2022 | 654 | $18.2B |
| Q3 2022 | 644 | $14.5B |
| Q2 2022 | 654 | $17.7B |
| Q1 2022 | 661 | $16.9B |
| Q4 2021 | 667 | $20.4B |
| Q3 2021 | 658 | $19.5B |
| Q2 2021 | 634 | $18.9B |
| Q1 2021 | 600 | $15.5B |
Institutions, Q2 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q1 2026.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 8,484,939 | $3.18B | 0.05% | −58,075−0.7% | Reduced |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 4,625,035 | $2.53B | 0.81% | −5,083−0.1% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 6,415,552 | $2.41B | 0.05% | +36,777+0.6% | Added |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 4,740,524 | $1.78B | 0.08% | −13,661−0.3% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 4,382,008 | $1.64B | 0.05% | +19,998+0.5% | Added |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 3,817,779 | $1.43B | 0.94% | −846,100−18.1% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 3,494,267 | $1.31B | 0.10% | +1,325,982+61.2% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2,636,146 | $984.8M | 0.05% | −10,312−0.4% | Reduced |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 2,273,632 | $852.7M | 6.25% | −938,443−29.2% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 2,177,958 | $816.8M | 0.08% | +1,053,930+93.8% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,694,590 | $802.4M | 0.29% | +577,853+27.3% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 2,158,391 | $796.2M | 0.05% | +184,743+9.4% | Added |
| Jupiter Topco LLC | 1,663,601 | $623.9M | 0.25% | +1,663,601 | New |
| Viking Global Investors LPSuperinvestorViking Global Investors | 1,662,140 | $623.4M | 1.78% | +405,678+32.3% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 1,373,150 | $515.0M | 0.09% | +561,824+69.2% | Added |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 1,335,108 | $500.7M | 0.82% | −240,079−15.2% | Reduced |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 1,264,226 | $474.1M | 0.34% | +948,023+299.8% | Added |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 1,216,947 | $456.4M | 3.10% | −186,680−13.3% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,114,092 | $417.8M | 0.21% | +94,803+9.3% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 1,097,302 | $411.5M | 0.02% | −124,612−10.2% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 1,032,726 | $387.3M | 0.05% | −9,668−0.9% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 948,639 | $355.8M | 0.22% | −76,601−7.5% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 924,742 | $346.8M | 0.02% | +421,928+83.9% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 894,660 | $335.5M | 0.23% | +709,492+383.2% | Added |
| Veritas Asset Management LLP | 851,624 | $319.4M | 5.75% | −349,189−29.1% | Reduced |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | 847,774 | $317.9M | 0.73% | −69,292−7.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 839,592 | $314.9M | 0.02% | −4,044−0.5% | Reduced |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 837,764 | $314.2M | 6.95% | −259,091−23.6% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 816,512 | $306.2M | 0.04% | +43,988+5.7% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 809,339 | $303.5M | 0.07% | +99,801+14.1% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 801,084 | $300.4M | 0.05% | −13,632−1.7% | Reduced |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 774,836 | $293.0M | 0.45% | +285,982+58.5% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 774,955 | $290.6M | 0.05% | −19,634−2.5% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 694,851 | $260.6M | 0.04% | +54,512+8.5% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 690,148 | $258.8M | 0.05% | +5,335+0.8% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 653,967 | $244.7M | 0.21% | +167,388+34.4% | Added |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 638,786 | $239.4M | 0.16% | +255,838+66.8% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 584,254 | $219.1M | 0.02% | +21,194+3.8% | Added |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 581,332 | $218.0M | 0.18% | +354,446+156.2% | Added |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 560,753 | $210.3M | 0.34% | +26,177+4.9% | Added |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 551,398 | $206.8M | 0.05% | −4,750−0.9% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 503,214 | $188.7M | 0.03% | −25,694−4.9% | Reduced |
| Colony Group, LLC | 485,602 | $182.1M | 0.19% | +10,740+2.3% | Added |
| Amundi | 464,501 | $174.2M | 0.04% | +32,355+7.5% | Added |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | 451,925 | $169.5M | 2.29% | −15,320−3.3% | Reduced |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | 444,225 | $166.6M | 0.25% | +89,850+25.4% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 436,388 | $163.7M | 0.03% | −259,256−37.3% | Reduced |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 434,149 | $162.8M | 3.17% | +1,943+0.4% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 416,850 | $156.3M | 0.05% | −118,834−22.2% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 397,310 | $148.9M | 0.07% | −67,690−14.6% | Reduced |
| Liontrust Investment Partners LLP | 358,979 | $134.6M | 1.98% | +60,124+20.1% | Added |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 358,198 | $134.3M | 0.02% | +358,198 | New |
| London Co of Virginia | 340,771 | $127.8M | 0.73% | −14,539−4.1% | Reduced |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 332,814 | $124.8M | 0.14% | +75,434+29.3% | Added |
| Nuveen, LLC | 290,613 | $109.0M | 0.03% | +12,910+4.6% | Added |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 290,936 | $108.9M | 0.04% | +54,144+22.9% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 287,436 | $107.8M | 0.09% | +20,900+7.8% | Added |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 279,856 | $105.0M | 1.25% | +7,207+2.6% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 277,334 | $104.0M | 0.05% | −11,280−3.9% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 272,470 | $102.2M | 0.06% | −30,642−10.1% | Reduced |
| First Pacific Advisors, LP | 268,164 | $100.6M | 1.24% | +692+0.3% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 267,531 | $100.3M | 0.02% | +38,674+16.9% | Added |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 239,613 | $89.9M | 0.05% | +14,967+6.7% | Added |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 237,909 | $89.2M | 0.51% | +13,478+6.0% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 235,147 | $88.2M | 0.05% | +92,980+65.4% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 214,145 | $80.3M | 0.05% | −9,179−4.1% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 213,227 | $80.0M | 0.04% | +69,025+47.9% | Added |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC | 211,870 | $79.5M | 0.04% | −2,422−1.1% | Reduced |
| Cooke & Bieler LP | 209,736 | $78.7M | 0.91% | −59,117−22.0% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 209,540 | $78.6M | 0.06% | −315,706−60.1% | Reduced |
| Ako Capital LLP | 203,356 | $76.3M | 1.78% | −613,573−75.1% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 199,677 | $74.9M | 0.02% | −54,036−21.3% | Reduced |
| Bristol John W & Co Inc | 197,905 | $74.2M | 1.10% | −1,627−0.8% | Reduced |
| XN LP | 193,146 | $72.4M | 1.91% | +193,146 | New |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 190,721 | $71.5M | 0.19% | +63,662+50.1% | Added |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 189,881 | $71.2M | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd | 189,305 | $71.0M | 0.05% | +19,582+11.5% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 188,334 | $70.6M | 0.01% | +188,334 | New |
| SEI Investments Co | 185,985 | $69.8M | 0.06% | −11,580−5.9% | Reduced |
| Newport Trust Co | 182,722 | $68.5M | 0.17% | −1,199−0.7% | Reduced |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 177,334 | $66.5M | 0.03% | +28,674+19.3% | Added |
| LGT Group Foundation | 170,904 | $64.1M | 0.73% | +132,144+340.9% | Added |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 170,887 | $64.1M | 0.05% | −307,384−64.3% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 169,474 | $63.6M | 0.03% | −65,897−28.0% | Reduced |
| National Pension Service | 168,799 | $63.3M | 0.04% | +1,426+0.9% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 168,771 | $63.3M | 0.05% | −9,266−5.2% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 168,498 | $63.2M | 0.01% | −38,866−18.7% | Reduced |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 171,186 | $62.6M | 0.05% | −95,642−35.8% | Reduced |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 162,120 | $60.8M | 0.03% | +156,353+2,711.2% | Added |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 152,195 | $57.1M | 0.92% | +7,323+5.1% | Added |
| LMR Partners LLP | 147,305 | $55.2M | 0.41% | +147,305 | New |
| Barclays PLC | 146,573 | $55.0M | 0.02% | −34,206−18.9% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 144,662 | $54.3M | 0.05% | −9,397−6.1% | Reduced |
| Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. | 144,556 | $54.2M | 0.08% | +56,700+64.5% | Added |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 138,443 | $51.9M | 0.09% | +136,787+8,260.1% | Added |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 138,104 | $51.8M | 0.07% | +12,570+10.0% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 135,686 | $50.9M | 0.03% | −72,817−34.9% | Reduced |
| Milford Funds Ltd | 135,437 | $50.8M | 0.83% | +68,768+103.1% | Added |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 132,969 | $49.9M | 0.03% | −5,454−3.9% | Reduced |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 130,109 | $48.8M | 0.06% | +20,891+19.1% | Added |