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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, Q3 2021

Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Sep 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
658
+35 vs. Q2 2021
Shares held
54.4M
+114.2K (+0.2%) vs. Q2 2021
Total value
$19.5B
+$690.2M (+3.7%) vs. Q2 2021
New holders
78
245 more added
Sold out
43
204 more reduced

11 institutions that held it in Q2 2021 haven't filed for Q3 2021 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 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.

Institutional holdersQ3 2021: 658 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 heldQ3 2021: $19.5B
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, Q3 2021

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q2 2021.

Institutions holding WAT in Q3 2021
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Vanguard Group Inc6,669,136$2.38B0.06%+6,400+0.1%Added
BlackRock Inc.5,737,944$2.05B0.06%+80,183+1.4%Added
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith4,511,194$1.61B4.46%+103,155+2.3%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp4,129,063$1.48B0.29%−267,956−6.1%Reduced
State Street Corp2,710,703$968.5M0.05%+29,914+1.1%Added
Massachusetts Financial Services Co2,595,401$927.3M0.27%−530,238−17.0%Reduced
FMR LLC1,227,797$438.7M0.03%+455,047+58.9%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC1,161,296$414.1M0.06%+101,669+9.6%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC1,047,434$374.2M0.16%−58,839−5.3%Reduced
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC975,320$348.5M1.67%−35,230−3.5%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership928,808$331.9M0.42%+134,304+16.9%Added
Invesco Ltd.839,286$299.9M0.08%−41,222−4.7%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp831,137$297.0M0.05%+634+0.1%Added
Nordea Investment Management AB633,856$234.1M0.30%−394,557−38.4%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc636,421$227.4M0.07%+38,017+6.4%Added
Impax Asset Management Group plc619,322$221.3M0.91%−90,527−12.8%Reduced
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.581,428$207.7M0.99%+902+0.2%Added
Norges Bank531,869$190.0M0.04%−29,800−5.3%Reduced
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC489,360$174.8M0.80%+197,433+67.6%Added
Royal Bank of Canada474,796$169.6M0.05%+3,855+0.8%Added
Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd430,810$153.9M1.87%+430,810New
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc413,853$147.9M0.06%+11,857+2.9%Added
Acadian Asset Management LLC376,260$134.4M0.51%+71,041+23.3%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC357,617$127.8M0.04%−48,640−12.0%Reduced
Bank of America Corp356,460$127.4M0.01%+42,687+13.6%Added
Boston Trust Walden Corp315,718$112.8M1.00%−22,482−6.6%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc303,872$108.6M0.04%+2,254+0.7%Added
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.294,850$105.4M0.23%−49,822−14.5%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP288,823$103.2M0.03%−1,137−0.4%Reduced
HSBC Holdings PLC267,780$96.0M0.11%+16,510+6.6%Added
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.260,562$93.1M0.06%−10,547−3.9%Reduced
Eaton Vance Management258,799$92.2M0.13%+29,263+12.7%Added
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC257,193$91.9M2.38%−20,456−7.4%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company252,228$90.1M0.02%+34,526+15.9%Added
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC246,528$88.1M0.05%+13,446+5.8%Added
Newport Trust Co245,646$87.8M0.24%−3,970−1.6%Reduced
Swiss National Bank244,011$87.2M0.06%−9,800−3.9%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG242,545$86.7M0.04%+7,623+3.2%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc240,761$86.0M0.01%+75,905+46.0%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC227,791$81.4M0.15%+83,795+58.2%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.217,371$77.7M0.10%−72,265−25.0%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co203,488$72.7M0.01%+48,375+31.2%Added
Morgan Stanley194,193$69.4M0.01%+37,365+23.8%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc190,761$68.2M0.02%+77,404+68.3%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC186,300$66.6M0.09%+28,800+18.3%Added
Glenmede Trust Co NA179,889$64.3M0.33%−1,955−1.1%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp166,265$59.4M0.13%+930+0.6%Added
PGGM Investments162,349$58.0M0.30%+3,678+2.3%Added
Anchor Capital Advisors LLC162,060$57.9M1.20%−18,698−10.3%Reduced
Select Equity Group, L.P.157,057$56.1M0.19%−166,942−51.5%Reduced
Bank of Montreal153,263$56.1M0.03%−55,882−26.7%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers154,752$55.3M0.07%+4,221+2.8%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund141,414$50.5M0.05%−13,390−8.6%Reduced
California Public Employees Retirement System138,654$49.5M0.04%+639+0.5%Added
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd137,481$49.1M0.56%+367+0.3%Added
Credit Suisse AG136,904$48.9M0.04%−12,737−8.5%Reduced
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.136,665$48.8M0.10%+39,100+40.1%Added
Amundi135,361$48.4M0.03%−3,165−2.3%Reduced
Prudential Financial Inc121,400$47.2M0.07%+27,079+28.7%Added
First Trust Advisors LP131,263$46.9M0.05%+63,978+95.1%Added
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd127,172$45.4M0.29%−7,831−5.8%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.123,641$44.2M0.02%+8,006+6.9%Added
Barclays PLC121,243$43.3M0.03%+35,967+42.2%Added
PFM Health Sciences, LP117,634$42.0M1.36%00.0%Unchanged
TD Asset Management Inc114,756$41.0M0.04%+14,443+14.4%Added
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale107,164$39.2M0.11%−2,256−2.1%Reduced
National Pension Service108,121$38.6M0.07%+9,948+10.1%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System107,999$38.6M0.05%−2,456−2.2%Reduced
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.107,603$38.4M0.14%−235−0.2%Reduced
Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc106,342$38.0M3.42%−3,849−3.5%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co104,007$37.4M0.09%+2,483+2.4%Added
Schroder Investment Management Group102,278$36.5M0.06%−22,178−17.8%Reduced
Man Group plc98,926$35.3M0.13%+37,407+60.8%Added
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC96,160$34.4M0.66%+96,160New
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC93,474$33.4M0.68%−33,119−26.2%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.90,963$32.8M0.06%+12,942+16.6%Added
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)86,922$31.1M0.17%+6,735+8.4%Added
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System86,493$30.9M0.06%−6,515−7.0%Reduced
Boston Financial Mangement LLC85,147$30.4M1.24%+81+0.1%Added
AXA S.A.84,132$30.1M0.08%+60+0.1%Added
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co83,517$29.8M0.03%+35,237+73.0%Added
Franklin Resources Inc82,406$29.4M0.01%+15,354+22.9%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc81,778$29.3M0.01%+16,851+26.0%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc81,739$29.2M0.02%+1,747+2.2%Added
Bristol John W & Co Inc80,091$28.6M0.53%−176,876−68.8%Reduced
Lazard Asset Management LLC73,932$26.4M0.03%+3,502+5.0%Added
Nomura Asset Management Co Ltd70,893$25.3M0.14%+17,600+33.0%Added
New York State Teachers Retirement System70,827$25.3M0.05%−1,536−2.1%Reduced
Baillie Gifford & Co70,133$25.1M0.01%+998+1.4%Added
Pictet Asset Management SA69,179$24.7M0.03%+69,179New
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC69,115$24.7M0.31%+42,509+159.8%Added
Allianz Asset Management GmbH65,450$23.4M0.02%+5,168+8.6%Added
Millennium Management LLC64,757$23.1M0.03%+9,355+16.9%Added
United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC63,917$22.8M0.11%+1,709+2.7%Added
Andra AP-fonden63,200$22.6M0.46%+2,800+4.6%Added
KBC Group NV62,898$22.5M0.08%+1,103+1.8%Added
Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.61,817$22.1M0.72%−12,960−17.3%Reduced
SEI Investments Co59,995$21.4M0.04%−6,897−10.3%Reduced
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board58,276$20.8M0.02%−37,577−39.2%Reduced
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The57,641$20.6M0.02%−3,911−6.4%Reduced