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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, Q4 2021

Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Dec 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
667
+19 vs. Q3 2021
Shares held
54.8M
+453.4K (+0.8%) vs. Q3 2021
Total value
$20.4B
+$974.3M (+5.0%) vs. Q3 2021
New holders
94
195 more added
Sold out
75
238 more reduced

10 institutions that held it in Q3 2021 haven't filed for Q4 2021 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 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 holdersQ4 2021: 667 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 heldQ4 2021: $20.4B
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, Q4 2021

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q3 2021.

Institutions holding WAT in Q4 2021
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Vanguard Group Inc6,658,934$2.48B0.06%−10,202−0.2%Reduced
BlackRock Inc.6,069,554$2.26B0.06%+331,610+5.8%Added
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith4,510,879$1.68B4.10%−3150.0%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp4,052,678$1.51B0.27%−76,385−1.8%Reduced
State Street Corp2,781,227$1.04B0.05%+70,524+2.6%Added
Massachusetts Financial Services Co2,546,414$948.8M0.26%−48,987−1.9%Reduced
FMR LLC1,391,354$518.4M0.04%+163,557+13.3%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC1,183,053$440.0M0.05%+21,757+1.9%Added
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC972,735$362.4M1.64%−2,585−0.3%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.969,123$361.1M0.09%+129,837+15.5%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC928,876$346.1M0.14%−118,558−11.3%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership844,284$314.6M0.38%−84,524−9.1%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP837,741$312.1M0.05%+837,741New
Northern Trust Corp837,172$311.9M0.05%+6,035+0.7%Added
Impax Asset Management Group plc717,812$267.5M0.98%+98,490+15.9%Added
Legal & General Group Plc611,144$227.7M0.07%−25,277−4.0%Reduced
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.588,453$219.3M0.99%+7,025+1.2%Added
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC567,544$211.5M0.79%+78,184+16.0%Added
Norges Bank508,632$189.5M0.04%−23,237−4.4%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc422,495$157.4M0.06%+8,642+2.1%Added
Royal Bank of Canada372,731$138.9M0.03%−102,065−21.5%Reduced
Eaton Vance Management372,492$138.8M0.17%+113,693+43.9%Added
Bank of America Corp340,110$126.7M0.01%−16,350−4.6%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.318,255$118.6M0.07%+57,693+22.1%Added
Boston Trust Walden Corp313,627$116.9M0.94%−2,091−0.7%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc312,564$116.5M0.03%+8,692+2.9%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC304,020$113.3M0.03%−53,597−15.0%Reduced
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.301,389$112.3M0.24%+6,539+2.2%Added
Nordea Investment Management AB299,484$111.3M0.13%−334,372−52.8%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP289,371$107.8M0.03%+548+0.2%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC289,344$107.8M0.12%+252,631+688.1%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC280,929$104.4M0.19%+53,138+23.3%Added
Deutsche Bank AG272,347$101.5M0.05%+29,802+12.3%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc254,712$94.9M0.01%+13,951+5.8%Added
Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd253,043$94.3M1.17%−177,767−41.3%Reduced
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC250,131$93.2M0.05%+3,603+1.5%Added
Acadian Asset Management LLC249,732$93.0M0.35%−126,528−33.6%Reduced
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC249,661$93.0M2.21%−7,532−2.9%Reduced
Newport Trust Co242,465$90.3M0.24%−3,181−1.3%Reduced
Swiss National Bank233,311$86.9M0.05%−10,700−4.4%Reduced
Schroder Investment Management Group229,736$85.6M0.12%+127,458+124.6%Added
Morgan Stanley207,982$77.5M0.01%+13,789+7.1%Added
HSBC Holdings PLC175,276$65.3M0.07%−92,504−34.5%Reduced
Glenmede Trust Co NA173,595$64.7M0.31%−6,294−3.5%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc164,456$61.3M0.01%−26,305−13.8%Reduced
PGGM Investments163,150$60.8M0.30%+801+0.5%Added
Anchor Capital Advisors LLC159,653$59.5M1.18%−2,407−1.5%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers157,806$58.8M0.07%+3,054+2.0%Added
TD Asset Management Inc157,139$58.5M0.05%+42,383+36.9%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co157,100$58.5M0.01%−46,388−22.8%Reduced
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd154,839$57.6M0.63%+17,358+12.6%Added
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp145,093$54.1M0.11%−21,172−12.7%Reduced
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale145,699$53.9M0.13%+38,535+36.0%Added
Amundi154,287$52.1M0.03%+18,926+14.0%Added
Bank of Montreal139,988$52.1M0.03%−13,275−8.7%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund136,665$50.9M0.05%−4,749−3.4%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.134,111$50.0M0.06%−83,260−38.3%Reduced
California Public Employees Retirement System132,498$49.4M0.03%−6,156−4.4%Reduced
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd136,847$48.8M0.27%+9,675+7.6%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc131,799$47.1M0.01%+50,021+61.2%Added
Barclays PLC122,180$45.5M0.03%+937+0.8%Added
Man Group plc122,058$45.5M0.15%+23,132+23.4%Added
Credit Suisse AG121,946$45.4M0.04%−14,958−10.9%Reduced
PFM Health Sciences, LP117,634$43.8M1.53%00.0%Unchanged
California State Teachers Retirement System109,066$40.6M0.05%+1,067+1.0%Added
First Trust Advisors LP107,642$40.1M0.04%−23,621−18.0%Reduced
Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc105,777$39.4M3.18%−565−0.5%Reduced
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC105,777$39.4M0.04%+105,777New
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.103,672$38.6M0.13%−3,931−3.7%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company103,120$38.4M0.01%−149,108−59.1%Reduced
National Pension Service101,632$37.9M0.07%−6,489−6.0%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.99,765$37.2M0.01%−23,876−19.3%Reduced
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC98,300$36.6M0.68%+2,140+2.2%Added
KBC Group NV96,859$36.1M0.12%+33,961+54.0%Added
Prudential Financial Inc98,039$34.5M0.04%−23,361−19.2%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.90,064$33.5M0.05%−899−1.0%Reduced
AXA S.A.89,551$33.4M0.09%+5,419+6.4%Added
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System85,062$31.7M0.06%−1,431−1.7%Reduced
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co83,517$31.1M0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Panagora Asset Management Inc83,310$31.0M0.16%+31,811+61.8%Added
Great West Life Assurance Co83,240$30.9M0.06%−20,767−20.0%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc82,101$30.6M0.01%−305−0.4%Reduced
Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.81,845$30.5M0.90%+20,028+32.4%Added
Pictet Asset Management SA81,084$30.2M0.03%+11,905+17.2%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc79,785$29.7M0.02%−1,954−2.4%Reduced
Two Sigma Advisers, LP77,100$28.7M0.07%+29,300+61.3%Added
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board75,872$28.3M0.03%+17,596+30.2%Added
Select Equity Group, L.P.75,087$28.0M0.08%−81,970−52.2%Reduced
Baillie Gifford & Co73,445$27.4M0.02%+3,312+4.7%Added
New York State Teachers Retirement System71,995$26.8M0.05%+1,168+1.6%Added
Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank)71,373$26.6M0.13%+20,571+40.5%Added
Umb Bank N A71,057$26.5M0.33%+70,349+9,936.3%Added
Boston Financial Mangement LLC70,607$26.3M0.96%−14,540−17.1%Reduced
NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V.69,705$26.0M0.13%+33,144+90.7%Added
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.66,227$24.7M0.13%+41,850+171.7%Added
United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC65,712$24.5M0.11%+1,795+2.8%Added
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)65,676$24.4M0.13%−21,246−24.4%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC64,968$24.2M0.03%+211+0.3%Added
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC60,990$22.7M0.05%+60,990New
Storebrand Asset Management AS59,802$22.3M0.10%+13,767+29.9%Added