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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
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.136,665$48.8M0.10%+39,100+40.1%Added
Credit Suisse AG136,904$48.9M0.04%−12,737−8.5%Reduced
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd137,481$49.1M0.56%+367+0.3%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System138,654$49.5M0.04%+639+0.5%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund141,414$50.5M0.05%−13,390−8.6%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers154,752$55.3M0.07%+4,221+2.8%Added
Bank of Montreal153,263$56.1M0.03%−55,882−26.7%Reduced
Select Equity Group, L.P.157,057$56.1M0.19%−166,942−51.5%Reduced
Anchor Capital Advisors LLC162,060$57.9M1.20%−18,698−10.3%Reduced
PGGM Investments162,349$58.0M0.30%+3,678+2.3%Added
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp166,265$59.4M0.13%+930+0.6%Added
Glenmede Trust Co NA179,889$64.3M0.33%−1,955−1.1%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC186,300$66.6M0.09%+28,800+18.3%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc190,761$68.2M0.02%+77,404+68.3%Added
Morgan Stanley194,193$69.4M0.01%+37,365+23.8%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co203,488$72.7M0.01%+48,375+31.2%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.217,371$77.7M0.10%−72,265−25.0%Reduced
AQR Capital Management LLC227,791$81.4M0.15%+83,795+58.2%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc240,761$86.0M0.01%+75,905+46.0%Added
Deutsche Bank AG242,545$86.7M0.04%+7,623+3.2%Added
Swiss National Bank244,011$87.2M0.06%−9,800−3.9%Reduced
Newport Trust Co245,646$87.8M0.24%−3,970−1.6%Reduced
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC246,528$88.1M0.05%+13,446+5.8%Added
Wells Fargo & Company252,228$90.1M0.02%+34,526+15.9%Added
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC257,193$91.9M2.38%−20,456−7.4%Reduced
Eaton Vance Management258,799$92.2M0.13%+29,263+12.7%Added
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.260,562$93.1M0.06%−10,547−3.9%Reduced
HSBC Holdings PLC267,780$96.0M0.11%+16,510+6.6%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP288,823$103.2M0.03%−1,137−0.4%Reduced
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.294,850$105.4M0.23%−49,822−14.5%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc303,872$108.6M0.04%+2,254+0.7%Added
Boston Trust Walden Corp315,718$112.8M1.00%−22,482−6.6%Reduced
Bank of America Corp356,460$127.4M0.01%+42,687+13.6%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC357,617$127.8M0.04%−48,640−12.0%Reduced
Acadian Asset Management LLC376,260$134.4M0.51%+71,041+23.3%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc413,853$147.9M0.06%+11,857+2.9%Added
Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd430,810$153.9M1.87%+430,810New
Royal Bank of Canada474,796$169.6M0.05%+3,855+0.8%Added
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC489,360$174.8M0.80%+197,433+67.6%Added
Norges Bank531,869$190.0M0.04%−29,800−5.3%Reduced
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.581,428$207.7M0.99%+902+0.2%Added
Impax Asset Management Group plc619,322$221.3M0.91%−90,527−12.8%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc636,421$227.4M0.07%+38,017+6.4%Added
Nordea Investment Management AB633,856$234.1M0.30%−394,557−38.4%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp831,137$297.0M0.05%+634+0.1%Added
Invesco Ltd.839,286$299.9M0.08%−41,222−4.7%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership928,808$331.9M0.42%+134,304+16.9%Added
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC975,320$348.5M1.67%−35,230−3.5%Reduced
Janus Henderson Group PLC1,047,434$374.2M0.16%−58,839−5.3%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC1,161,296$414.1M0.06%+101,669+9.6%Added
FMR LLC1,227,797$438.7M0.03%+455,047+58.9%Added
Massachusetts Financial Services Co2,595,401$927.3M0.27%−530,238−17.0%Reduced
State Street Corp2,710,703$968.5M0.05%+29,914+1.1%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp4,129,063$1.48B0.29%−267,956−6.1%Reduced
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith4,511,194$1.61B4.46%+103,155+2.3%Added
BlackRock Inc.5,737,944$2.05B0.06%+80,183+1.4%Added
Vanguard Group Inc6,669,136$2.38B0.06%+6,400+0.1%Added
Sofos Investments, Inc.30––−1−3.2%Reduced
Iron Triangle Partners LP0$00.00%−169,999−100.0%Sold out
Marshfield Associates0$00.00%−58,555−100.0%Sold out
Woodline Partners LP0$00.00%−46,538−100.0%Sold out
Balyasny Asset Management LLC0$00.00%−43,360−100.0%Sold out
Snyder Capital Management L P0$00.00%−37,369−100.0%Sold out
BP PLC0$00.00%−35,890−100.0%Sold out
Twin Tree Management, LP0$00.00%−23,713−100.0%Sold out
Sivik Global Healthcare LLC0$00.00%−20,000−100.0%Sold out
Mondrian Investment Partners LTD0$00.00%−16,248−100.0%Sold out
Paloma Partners Management Co0$00.00%−11,960−100.0%Sold out
SRB Corp0$00.00%−5,964−100.0%Sold out
Rathbone Brothers plc0$00.00%−5,897−100.0%Sold out
M&G Investment Management Ltd0$00.00%−4,929−100.0%Sold out
Jennison Associates LLC0$00.00%−4,745−100.0%Sold out
Tuttle Tactical Management0$00.00%−3,604−100.0%Sold out
LMR Partners LLP0$00.00%−3,386−100.0%Sold out
Donoghue Forlines LLC0$00.00%−2,348−100.0%Sold out
Weiss Asset Management LP0$00.00%−2,271−100.0%Sold out
Capitolis Advisors LLC0$00.00%−2,141−100.0%Sold out
Telemus Capital, LLC0$00.00%−1,788−100.0%Sold out
Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC0$00.00%−1,788−100.0%Sold out
Two Sigma Securities, LLC0$00.00%−1,607−100.0%Sold out
Ledyard National Bank0$00.00%−1,477−100.0%Sold out
Circle Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−1,398−100.0%Sold out
Lombard Odier Asset Management (Switzerland) SA0$00.00%−1,379−100.0%Sold out
Ontario Teachers Pension Plan Board0$00.00%−1,264−100.0%Sold out
Fox Run Management, L.L.C.0$00.00%−1,042−100.0%Sold out
Wolverine Asset Management LLC0$00.00%−983−100.0%Sold out
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC0$00.00%−930−100.0%Sold out
Parsec Financial Management, Inc.0$00.00%−853−100.0%Sold out
Coldstream Capital Management Inc0$00.00%−707−100.0%Sold out
Walleye Capital LLC0$00.00%−640−100.0%Sold out
BSW Wealth Partners0$00.00%−630−100.0%Sold out
Newfound Research LLC0$00.00%−191−100.0%Sold out
Dark Forest Capital Management LP0$00.00%−91−100.0%Sold out
Exos Asset Management LLC0$00.00%−83−100.0%Sold out
Harding Loevner LP0$00.00%−28−100.0%Sold out
CVA Family Office, LLC0$00.00%−20−100.0%Sold out
Clearstead Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−9−100.0%Sold out
Beck Bode, LLC0$00.00%−7−100.0%Sold out
Standard Family Office LLC0$00.00%−5−100.0%Sold out
KB Financial Partners, LLC0$00.00%−7−100.0%Sold out