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 2021
Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Jun 30, 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
- 634
- +41 vs. Q1 2021
- Shares held
- 54.8M
- +341.7K (+0.6%) vs. Q1 2021
- Total value
- $18.9B
- +$3.47B (+22.4%) vs. Q1 2021
- New holders
- 76
- 205 more added
- Sold out
- 35
- 206 more reduced
7 institutions that held it in Q1 2021 haven't filed for Q2 2021 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 2021: 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 2021
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q1 2021.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 6,662,736 | $2.30B | 0.06% | −24,154−0.4% | Reduced |
| BlackRock Inc. | 5,657,761 | $1.96B | 0.05% | +702,337+14.2% | Added |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 4,408,039 | $1.52B | 4.22% | +14,495+0.3% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 4,397,019 | $1.52B | 0.29% | −203,382−4.4% | Reduced |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 3,125,639 | $1.08B | 0.31% | −372,418−10.6% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 2,680,789 | $926.5M | 0.05% | +109,830+4.3% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 1,106,273 | $382.3M | 0.16% | −100,540−8.3% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1,059,627 | $365.7M | 0.05% | +26,373+2.6% | Added |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 1,028,413 | $355.4M | 0.48% | +95,196+10.2% | Added |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 1,010,550 | $349.3M | 1.66% | +23,475+2.4% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 880,508 | $304.3M | 0.07% | −90,142−9.3% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 830,503 | $287.0M | 0.05% | +3,027+0.4% | Added |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 794,504 | $274.6M | 0.34% | +358,661+82.3% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 772,750 | $267.1M | 0.02% | +667,524+634.4% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 709,849 | $245.3M | 1.08% | −35,845−4.8% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 598,404 | $206.8M | 0.07% | +61,753+11.5% | Added |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 580,526 | $200.6M | 0.99% | −13,794−2.3% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 561,669 | $194.1M | 0.04% | +13,990+2.6% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 470,941 | $162.8M | 0.05% | +124,921+36.1% | Added |
| Marathon Asset Management LLP | 430,356 | $148.7M | 1.80% | +57,055+15.3% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 406,257 | $140.4M | 0.04% | +210,930+108.0% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 401,996 | $138.9M | 0.06% | +28,466+7.6% | Added |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 344,672 | $119.1M | 0.26% | +68,309+24.7% | Added |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 338,200 | $116.9M | 1.04% | −48,745−12.6% | Reduced |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. | 323,999 | $112.0M | 0.38% | −293,671−47.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 313,773 | $108.4M | 0.01% | −72,653−18.8% | Reduced |
| Acadian Asset Management LLC | 305,219 | $105.5M | 0.40% | +59,463+24.2% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 301,618 | $104.2M | 0.03% | +9,880+3.4% | Added |
| Los Angeles Capital Management LLC | 291,927 | $100.9M | 0.44% | −28,090−8.8% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 289,960 | $100.2M | 0.03% | +20,227+7.5% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 289,636 | $100.1M | 0.12% | −118,719−29.1% | Reduced |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 277,649 | $96.0M | 2.55% | +1,567+0.6% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 271,109 | $93.7M | 0.06% | +28,463+11.7% | Added |
| Bristol John W & Co Inc | 256,967 | $88.8M | 1.63% | −2,784−1.1% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 253,811 | $87.7M | 0.05% | +15,191+6.4% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 251,270 | $86.9M | 0.10% | −24,196−8.8% | Reduced |
| Newport Trust Co | 249,616 | $86.3M | 0.22% | −840−0.3% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 234,922 | $81.2M | 0.04% | +10,636+4.7% | Added |
| Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC | 233,082 | $80.6M | 0.05% | +6,312+2.8% | Added |
| Eaton Vance Management | 229,536 | $79.3M | 0.11% | +67,941+42.0% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 217,702 | $75.2M | 0.02% | −5,250−2.4% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 209,145 | $72.2M | 0.04% | +123,204+143.4% | Added |
| Glenmede Trust Co NA | 181,844 | $62.8M | 0.33% | +41,991+30.0% | Added |
| Anchor Capital Advisors LLC | 180,758 | $62.5M | 1.26% | −7,178−3.8% | Reduced |
| Iron Triangle Partners LP | 169,999 | $58.8M | 6.05% | +169,999 | New |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | 165,335 | $57.1M | 0.12% | +8,150+5.2% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 164,856 | $57.0M | 0.01% | +62,523+61.1% | Added |
| PGGM Investments | 158,671 | $54.8M | 0.23% | −219−0.1% | Reduced |
| Renaissance Technologies LLC | 157,500 | $54.4M | 0.07% | −82,100−34.3% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 156,828 | $54.2M | 0.01% | −10,409−6.2% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 155,113 | $53.6M | 0.01% | −36,450−19.0% | Reduced |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 154,944 | $53.5M | 0.75% | −42,629−21.6% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 154,804 | $53.5M | 0.06% | −31,640−17.0% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 150,531 | $52.0M | 0.07% | −9,761−6.1% | Reduced |
| Credit Suisse AG | 149,641 | $51.6M | 0.04% | −6,765−4.3% | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 143,996 | $49.1M | 0.08% | −56,195−28.1% | Reduced |
| Amundi | 138,526 | $47.9M | 0.03% | +138,526 | New |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 138,015 | $47.7M | 0.04% | −4,967−3.5% | Reduced |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 137,114 | $47.3M | 0.49% | +55,301+67.6% | Added |
| Panagora Asset Management Inc | 135,358 | $46.8M | 0.25% | +30,763+29.4% | Added |
| AustralianSuper Pty Ltd | 135,003 | $46.7M | 0.33% | +667+0.5% | Added |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 126,593 | $43.8M | 0.87% | −133,003−51.2% | Reduced |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 124,456 | $43.0M | 0.05% | +11,467+10.1% | Added |
| PFM Health Sciences, LP | 117,634 | $40.7M | 1.31% | +4,545+4.0% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 115,635 | $40.0M | 0.02% | −4,395−3.7% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 113,357 | $39.2M | 0.01% | −83,835−42.5% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 100,313 | $39.1M | 0.04% | +53,581+114.7% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 110,455 | $38.2M | 0.05% | −2,012−1.8% | Reduced |
| Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc | 110,191 | $38.1M | 3.44% | −2,552−2.3% | Reduced |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 109,420 | $37.6M | 0.11% | +6,064+5.9% | Added |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 107,838 | $37.3M | 0.13% | +58,432+118.3% | Added |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 101,524 | $35.0M | 0.08% | −11,755−10.4% | Reduced |
| National Pension Service | 98,173 | $33.9M | 0.06% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. | 97,565 | $33.7M | 0.07% | +29,757+43.9% | Added |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 95,853 | $33.1M | 0.04% | +8,568+9.8% | Added |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 94,321 | $32.6M | 0.04% | +34,237+57.0% | Added |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 93,008 | $32.1M | 0.06% | −1,315−1.4% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 85,276 | $29.5M | 0.02% | +9,680+12.8% | Added |
| Boston Financial Mangement LLC | 85,066 | $29.4M | 1.19% | −33,651−28.3% | Reduced |
| AXA S.A. | 84,072 | $29.1M | 0.08% | +12,694+17.8% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 82,659 | $28.6M | 0.01% | −21,846−20.9% | Reduced |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | 80,187 | $27.7M | 0.17% | +17,257+27.4% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 79,992 | $27.6M | 0.02% | +3,234+4.2% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 78,021 | $26.9M | 0.05% | −5,076−6.1% | Reduced |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 74,777 | $25.8M | 0.84% | +4,168+5.9% | Added |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 72,363 | $25.0M | 0.05% | −1,894−2.6% | Reduced |
| Lazard Asset Management LLC | 70,430 | $24.3M | 0.03% | +37,922+116.7% | Added |
| Baillie Gifford & Co | 69,135 | $23.9M | 0.01% | −28,077−28.9% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 67,285 | $23.3M | 0.03% | +20,474+43.7% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 67,052 | $23.2M | 0.01% | +20,954+45.5% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 66,892 | $23.1M | 0.05% | −3,529−5.0% | Reduced |
| NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. | 66,624 | $23.0M | 0.12% | +23,510+54.5% | Added |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 65,343 | $22.6M | 0.02% | −1,207−1.8% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 65,325 | $22.6M | 0.04% | −42,085−39.2% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 64,927 | $22.4M | 0.01% | +5,310+8.9% | Added |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 64,736 | $22.4M | 0.10% | −24,547−27.5% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 62,300 | $21.5M | 0.06% | +25,000+67.0% | Added |
| United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC | 62,208 | $21.5M | 0.11% | +1,076+1.8% | Added |
| KBC Group NV | 61,795 | $21.4M | 0.08% | −33,754−35.3% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 61,552 | $21.3M | 0.02% | +3,055+5.2% | Added |