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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, Q1 2021

Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Mar 31, 2021. 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
600
No complete 13F data for Q4 2020
Shares held
54.6M
No complete 13F data for Q4 2020
Total value
$15.5B
No complete 13F data for Q4 2020

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 holdersQ1 2021: 600 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 heldQ1 2021: $15.5B
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, Q1 2021

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp.

Livermore's 13F data starts with Q1 2021, so Q1 2021 has no change from the previous quarter.

Institutions holding WAT in Q1 2021
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Vanguard Group Inc6,686,890$1.90B0.05%––
BlackRock Inc.4,955,424$1.41B0.04%––
Bank of New York Mellon Corp4,600,401$1.31B0.27%––
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith4,393,544$1.25B3.97%––
Massachusetts Financial Services Co3,498,057$994.0M0.31%––
State Street Corp2,570,959$730.6M0.04%––
Janus Henderson Group PLC1,206,813$342.9M0.16%––
Geode Capital Management, LLC1,033,254$293.1M0.04%––
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC987,075$280.5M1.46%––
Invesco Ltd.970,650$275.8M0.07%––
Nordea Investment Management AB933,217$264.6M0.38%––
Northern Trust Corp827,476$235.1M0.04%––
Impax Asset Management Group plc745,694$211.9M1.08%––
Select Equity Group, L.P.617,670$175.5M0.64%––
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.594,320$168.9M0.92%––
Norges Bank547,679$155.6M0.04%––
Legal & General Group Plc536,651$152.5M0.06%––
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership435,843$123.9M0.17%––
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.408,355$116.0M0.14%––
Boston Trust Walden Corp386,945$110.0M1.06%––
Bank of America Corp386,426$109.8M0.01%––
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc373,530$106.1M0.05%––
Marathon Asset Management LLP373,301$106.1M1.48%––
Royal Bank of Canada346,020$98.3M0.03%––
Generation Investment Management LLP321,776$91.4M0.38%––
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC320,017$90.9M0.41%––
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc291,738$82.9M0.03%––
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.276,363$78.5M0.19%––
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC276,082$78.5M2.42%––
HSBC Holdings PLC275,466$78.3M0.10%––
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP269,733$76.6M0.03%––
Bristol John W & Co Inc259,751$73.8M1.51%––
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC259,596$73.8M1.63%––
Newport Trust Co250,456$71.2M0.18%––
Acadian Asset Management LLC245,756$69.8M0.27%––
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.242,646$69.0M0.04%––
Mackenzie Financial Corp239,856$68.2M0.10%––
Renaissance Technologies LLC239,600$68.1M0.08%––
Swiss National Bank238,620$67.8M0.05%––
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.234,322$66.6M0.34%––
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC226,770$64.4M0.04%––
Mondrian Investment Partners LTD213,888$64.1M1.37%––
Deutsche Bank AG224,286$63.7M0.03%––
Wells Fargo & Company222,952$63.4M0.01%––
AQR Capital Management LLC200,191$56.8M0.09%––
Robeco Schweiz AG197,573$56.1M0.86%––
Goldman Sachs Group Inc197,192$56.0M0.02%––
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC195,327$55.5M0.02%––
JPMorgan Chase & Co191,563$54.4M0.01%––
Anchor Capital Advisors LLC187,936$53.4M1.13%––
New York State Common Retirement Fund186,444$53.0M0.06%––
Morgan Stanley167,237$47.5M0.01%––
Amundi Asset Management US, Inc.163,536$46.5M0.04%––
Eaton Vance Management161,595$45.9M0.07%––
Rhumbline Advisers160,292$45.5M0.06%––
PGGM Investments158,890$45.2M0.20%––
Credit Suisse AG156,406$44.4M0.03%––
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp157,185$44.3M0.10%––
California Public Employees Retirement System142,982$40.6M0.03%––
Glenmede Trust Co NA139,853$39.7M0.21%––
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd134,336$38.2M0.30%––
APG Asset Management N.V.156,850$37.9M0.06%––
Alliancebernstein L.P.120,030$34.1M0.02%––
Boston Financial Mangement LLC118,717$33.7M1.48%––
Man Group plc114,687$32.6M0.14%––
PFM Health Sciences, LP113,089$32.1M1.12%––
Schroder Investment Management Group112,989$32.1M0.04%––
Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc112,743$32.0M3.14%––
Great West Life Assurance Co113,279$32.0M0.08%––
California State Teachers Retirement System112,467$32.0M0.04%––
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA107,410$30.5M0.07%––
FMR LLC105,226$29.9M0.00%––
Panagora Asset Management Inc104,595$29.7M0.17%––
UBS Group AG104,505$29.7M0.01%––
Tekla Capital Management LLC102,710$29.2M1.00%––
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale103,356$29.2M0.10%––
Price T Rowe Associates Inc102,333$29.1M0.00%––
Woodline Partners LP101,183$28.8M0.64%––
National Pension Service98,173$27.9M0.06%––
Baillie Gifford & Co97,212$27.6M0.02%––
KBC Group NV95,549$27.2M0.11%––
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System94,323$26.8M0.05%––
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC92,090$26.2M0.07%––
Unigestion Holding SA92,038$26.2M0.93%––
Bank of Montreal85,941$26.1M0.02%––
Teacher Retirement System of Texas90,492$25.7M0.14%––
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.89,283$25.4M0.13%––
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board87,285$24.8M0.03%––
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.83,097$23.6M0.04%––
Standard Life Aberdeen plc82,335$23.4M0.05%––
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd81,813$23.2M0.23%––
Citigroup Inc80,331$22.8M0.02%––
Nomura Asset Management Co Ltd80,064$22.8M0.14%––
Principal Financial Group Inc76,758$21.8M0.02%––
Barclays PLC75,596$21.5M0.02%––
New York State Teachers Retirement System74,257$21.1M0.05%––
AXA S.A.71,378$20.3M0.06%––
Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.70,609$20.1M0.70%––
SEI Investments Co70,421$19.8M0.05%––
Andra AP-fonden68,500$19.5M0.43%––