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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
Boston Common Asset Management, LLC55,224$19.7M0.85%−287−0.5%Reduced
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.54,925$19.6M0.08%−9,811−15.2%Reduced
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd54,444$19.5M0.24%+45,854+533.8%Added
Swedbank AB54,055$19.3M0.04%−70−0.1%Reduced
Logan Capital Management Inc53,934$19.3M0.90%−2,056−3.7%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc53,438$19.1M0.02%−11,905−18.2%Reduced
Citigroup Inc53,094$19.0M0.02%+8,424+18.9%Added
Panagora Asset Management Inc51,499$18.4M0.10%−83,859−62.0%Reduced
Bank of Nova Scotia51,194$18.3M0.03%+41,775+443.5%Added
Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank)50,802$18.2M0.10%+50,802New
Squarepoint Ops LLC49,302$17.6M0.12%+30,712+165.2%Added
First Manhattan Co48,276$17.2M0.06%+1,500+3.2%Added
Two Sigma Advisers, LP47,800$17.1M0.04%−14,500−23.3%Reduced
Burney Co47,449$17.0M0.80%−381−0.8%Reduced
Jensen Investment Management Inc47,237$16.9M0.13%−120−0.3%Reduced
Macquarie Group Ltd47,226$16.9M0.01%+40,000+553.6%Added
UBS Group AG46,982$16.8M0.01%−35,677−43.2%Reduced
Hikari Power Ltd46,590$16.6M1.67%00.0%Unchanged
Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V.46,333$16.6M0.11%+700+1.5%Added
Primecap Management Co46,200$16.5M0.01%+5,202+12.7%Added
Storebrand Asset Management AS46,035$16.4M0.08%−2,079−4.3%Reduced
Korea Investment CORP44,100$15.8M0.05%+3,300+8.1%Added
State of Wisconsin Investment Board43,994$15.7M0.03%−7,251−14.1%Reduced
Toronto Dominion Bank42,229$15.1M0.02%+10,439+32.8%Added
Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio41,917$15.0M0.05%−220−0.5%Reduced
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund39,527$14.1M0.52%+7,715+24.3%Added
Unigestion Holding SA39,158$14.0M0.57%−6,141−13.6%Reduced
Quilter Plc38,753$13.8M0.39%+496+1.3%Added
Teacher Retirement System of Texas38,669$13.8M0.07%−22,863−37.2%Reduced
Parthenon LLC38,468$13.7M2.07%−5,998−13.5%Reduced
Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc.38,351$13.7M0.05%−1,640−4.1%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC36,713$13.1M0.01%+35,056+2,115.6%Added
NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V.36,561$13.1M0.07%−30,063−45.1%Reduced
State of Alaska, Department of Revenue35,571$12.7M0.13%−1,808−4.8%Reduced
Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC35,561$12.7M0.08%+5,806+19.5%Added
State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D35,558$12.7M0.04%−142−0.4%Reduced
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC35,375$12.6M0.05%+943+2.7%Added
Two Sigma Investments, LP35,171$12.6M0.03%−17,150−32.8%Reduced
Robeco Schweiz AG35,131$12.6M0.18%−119,813−77.3%Reduced
American Research & Management Co.34,658$12.4M2.86%−485−1.4%Reduced
Voya Investment Management LLC34,029$12.2M0.02%−819−2.4%Reduced
AMP Capital Investors Ltd33,236$11.9M0.07%+6,727+25.4%Added
Independent Investors Inc32,367$11.6M2.88%−5,000−13.4%Reduced
Standard Life Aberdeen plc31,542$11.4M0.03%+9,022+40.1%Added
Jane Street Group, LLC31,209$11.2M0.03%+19,111+158.0%Added
Baird Financial Group, Inc.30,507$10.9M0.03%−70−0.2%Reduced
Federated Hermes, Inc.30,056$10.7M0.02%+12,543+71.6%Added
Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.29,825$10.7M0.07%+4,713+18.8%Added
Cypress Capital, LLC29,675$10.6M1.35%+29,675New
Hamilton Point Investment Advisors, LLC29,669$10.6M2.81%−93−0.3%Reduced
Asset Management One Co.,Ltd.29,379$10.5M0.04%+29+0.1%Added
Forsta Ap-Fonden29,100$10.4M0.12%+4,600+18.8%Added
CIBC World Markets Corp29,067$10.4M0.07%+7,540+35.0%Added
Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC28,985$10.4M0.23%−1,207−4.0%Reduced
Aviva PLC28,748$10.3M0.05%−2,298−7.4%Reduced
Tekla Capital Management LLC28,461$10.2M0.33%−19,845−41.1%Reduced
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA27,479$9.82M0.02%−37,846−57.9%Reduced
Trillium Asset Management, LLC27,358$9.78M0.26%+949+3.6%Added
Handelsbanken Fonder AB27,320$9.76M0.05%+1,041+4.0%Added
Headinvest, LLC26,683$9.53M1.81%−414−1.5%Reduced
Westpac Banking Corp26,010$9.29M0.10%−1,061−3.9%Reduced
Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec25,764$9.21M0.02%+2,900+12.7%Added
Formuepleje A/S25,746$9.20M0.37%−610−2.3%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.25,591$9.14M0.05%+2,930+12.9%Added
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc.25,245$9.02M0.06%+832+3.4%Added
MEAG MUNICH ERGO, Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH25,184$9.00M1.56%+6,715+36.4%Added
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.24,377$8.71M0.05%+17,037+232.1%Added
Nomura Holdings Inc23,503$8.37M0.06%+22,186+1,684.6%Added
Treasurer of the State of North Carolina22,924$8.19M0.05%+739+3.3%Added
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main22,661$8.10M0.01%+2,947+14.9%Added
CAPROCK Group, Inc.22,329$7.98M0.71%+21+0.1%Added
Progressive Investment Management Corp22,262$7.95M2.36%+104+0.5%Added
C WorldWide Group Holding A/S21,440$7.66M0.08%+400+1.9%Added
Royal London Asset Management Ltd21,278$7.60M0.03%−716−3.3%Reduced
Retirement Systems of Alabama21,074$7.53M0.03%−1,498−6.6%Reduced
Investment House LLC21,049$7.52M0.55%−200−0.9%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc20,933$7.48M0.00%−5,012−19.3%Reduced
Eos Focused Equity Management, L.P.19,628$7.01M5.34%00.0%Unchanged
Comerica Bank17,976$6.97M0.04%+7,538+72.2%Added
American International Group, Inc.19,284$6.89M0.04%−464−2.3%Reduced
Fjarde Ap-Fonden /Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund19,282$6.89M0.06%−2,500−11.5%Reduced
Achmea Investment Management B.V.18,655$6.67M0.20%+13,166+239.9%Added
GHP Investment Advisors, Inc.18,563$6.63M0.53%+561+3.1%Added
State of Tennessee, Treasury Department17,617$6.29M0.02%+6,627+60.3%Added
Natixis Advisors, L.P.17,412$6.22M0.03%−1,985−10.2%Reduced
Arizona State Retirement System17,315$6.19M0.05%−262−1.5%Reduced
Red Cedar Capital, LLC16,816$6.01M3.69%−43−0.3%Reduced
The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.16,403$5.86M0.01%+151+0.9%Added
Banque Pictet & Cie SA15,795$5.64M0.06%−1,392−8.1%Reduced
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.15,682$5.60M0.02%+1,124+7.7%Added
Guggenheim Capital LLC15,669$5.60M0.03%+3,372+27.4%Added
Raymond James & Associates15,539$5.55M0.00%−453−2.8%Reduced
State of Michigan Retirement System15,362$5.49M0.03%−100−0.6%Reduced
Amalgamated Bank15,068$5.38M0.05%−736−4.7%Reduced
Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co15,000$5.36M0.08%+15,000New
APG Asset Management N.V.17,109$5.28M0.01%−15,209−47.1%Reduced
PDT Partners, LLC14,300$5.11M0.37%−2,400−14.4%Reduced
Harvey Investment Co LLC13,942$4.98M0.65%00.0%Unchanged
MetLife Investment Management13,860$4.95M0.04%−445−3.1%Reduced
Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc13,782$4.92M0.30%−248−1.8%Reduced