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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
Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc105,777$39.4M3.18%−565−0.5%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP107,642$40.1M0.04%−23,621−18.0%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System109,066$40.6M0.05%+1,067+1.0%Added
PFM Health Sciences, LP117,634$43.8M1.53%00.0%Unchanged
Credit Suisse AG121,946$45.4M0.04%−14,958−10.9%Reduced
Man Group plc122,058$45.5M0.15%+23,132+23.4%Added
Barclays PLC122,180$45.5M0.03%+937+0.8%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc131,799$47.1M0.01%+50,021+61.2%Added
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd136,847$48.8M0.27%+9,675+7.6%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System132,498$49.4M0.03%−6,156−4.4%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.134,111$50.0M0.06%−83,260−38.3%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund136,665$50.9M0.05%−4,749−3.4%Reduced
Bank of Montreal139,988$52.1M0.03%−13,275−8.7%Reduced
Amundi154,287$52.1M0.03%+18,926+14.0%Added
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale145,699$53.9M0.13%+38,535+36.0%Added
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp145,093$54.1M0.11%−21,172−12.7%Reduced
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd154,839$57.6M0.63%+17,358+12.6%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co157,100$58.5M0.01%−46,388−22.8%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc157,139$58.5M0.05%+42,383+36.9%Added
Rhumbline Advisers157,806$58.8M0.07%+3,054+2.0%Added
Anchor Capital Advisors LLC159,653$59.5M1.18%−2,407−1.5%Reduced
PGGM Investments163,150$60.8M0.30%+801+0.5%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc164,456$61.3M0.01%−26,305−13.8%Reduced
Glenmede Trust Co NA173,595$64.7M0.31%−6,294−3.5%Reduced
HSBC Holdings PLC175,276$65.3M0.07%−92,504−34.5%Reduced
Morgan Stanley207,982$77.5M0.01%+13,789+7.1%Added
Schroder Investment Management Group229,736$85.6M0.12%+127,458+124.6%Added
Swiss National Bank233,311$86.9M0.05%−10,700−4.4%Reduced
Newport Trust Co242,465$90.3M0.24%−3,181−1.3%Reduced
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC249,661$93.0M2.21%−7,532−2.9%Reduced
Acadian Asset Management LLC249,732$93.0M0.35%−126,528−33.6%Reduced
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC250,131$93.2M0.05%+3,603+1.5%Added
Marathon Asset Mgmt Ltd253,043$94.3M1.17%−177,767−41.3%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc254,712$94.9M0.01%+13,951+5.8%Added
Deutsche Bank AG272,347$101.5M0.05%+29,802+12.3%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC280,929$104.4M0.19%+53,138+23.3%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC289,344$107.8M0.12%+252,631+688.1%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP289,371$107.8M0.03%+548+0.2%Added
Nordea Investment Management AB299,484$111.3M0.13%−334,372−52.8%Reduced
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.301,389$112.3M0.24%+6,539+2.2%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC304,020$113.3M0.03%−53,597−15.0%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc312,564$116.5M0.03%+8,692+2.9%Added
Boston Trust Walden Corp313,627$116.9M0.94%−2,091−0.7%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.318,255$118.6M0.07%+57,693+22.1%Added
Bank of America Corp340,110$126.7M0.01%−16,350−4.6%Reduced
Eaton Vance Management372,492$138.8M0.17%+113,693+43.9%Added
Royal Bank of Canada372,731$138.9M0.03%−102,065−21.5%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc422,495$157.4M0.06%+8,642+2.1%Added
Norges Bank508,632$189.5M0.04%−23,237−4.4%Reduced
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC567,544$211.5M0.79%+78,184+16.0%Added
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.588,453$219.3M0.99%+7,025+1.2%Added
Legal & General Group Plc611,144$227.7M0.07%−25,277−4.0%Reduced
Impax Asset Management Group plc717,812$267.5M0.98%+98,490+15.9%Added
Northern Trust Corp837,172$311.9M0.05%+6,035+0.7%Added
Wellington Management Group LLP837,741$312.1M0.05%+837,741New
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership844,284$314.6M0.38%−84,524−9.1%Reduced
Janus Henderson Group PLC928,876$346.1M0.14%−118,558−11.3%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.969,123$361.1M0.09%+129,837+15.5%Added
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC972,735$362.4M1.64%−2,585−0.3%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC1,183,053$440.0M0.05%+21,757+1.9%Added
FMR LLC1,391,354$518.4M0.04%+163,557+13.3%Added
Massachusetts Financial Services Co2,546,414$948.8M0.26%−48,987−1.9%Reduced
State Street Corp2,781,227$1.04B0.05%+70,524+2.6%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp4,052,678$1.51B0.27%−76,385−1.8%Reduced
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith4,510,879$1.68B4.10%−3150.0%Reduced
BlackRock Inc.6,069,554$2.26B0.06%+331,610+5.8%Added
Vanguard Group Inc6,658,934$2.48B0.06%−10,202−0.2%Reduced
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd0$00.00%−54,444−100.0%Sold out
AMP Capital Investors Ltd0$00.00%−33,236−100.0%Sold out
CIBC World Markets Corp0$00.00%−29,067−100.0%Sold out
Achmea Investment Management B.V.0$00.00%−18,655−100.0%Sold out
TCW Group Inc0$00.00%−11,972−100.0%Sold out
Kinneret Advisory, LLC0$00.00%−11,171−100.0%Sold out
Twinbeech Capital LP0$00.00%−11,036−100.0%Sold out
Duality Advisers, LP0$00.00%−10,697−100.0%Sold out
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC0$00.00%−10,400−100.0%Sold out
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP0$00.00%−10,232−100.0%Sold out
Capula Management Ltd0$00.00%−7,824−100.0%Sold out
Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd0$00.00%−6,577−100.0%Sold out
Pinnacle Family Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−6,250−100.0%Sold out
Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC0$00.00%−5,770−100.0%Sold out
Winton Group Ltd0$00.00%−5,667−100.0%Sold out
Quantamental Technologies LLC0$00.00%−4,315−100.0%Sold out
FORA Capital, LLC0$00.00%−4,218−100.0%Sold out
Quantbot Technologies LP0$00.00%−4,130−100.0%Sold out
Prosight Management, LP0$00.00%−4,000−100.0%Sold out
Redwood Investment Management, LLC0$00.00%−3,837−100.0%Sold out
Sciencast Management LP0$00.00%−3,815−100.0%Sold out
Tudor Investment Corp Et Al0$00.00%−3,596−100.0%Sold out
Centiva Capital, LP0$00.00%−3,157−100.0%Sold out
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.0$00.00%−2,780−100.0%Sold out
Bayesian Capital Management, LP0$00.00%−2,632−100.0%Sold out
RiverTree Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−2,600−100.0%Sold out
XTX Topco Ltd0$00.00%−2,299−100.0%Sold out
Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC0$00.00%−2,150−100.0%Sold out
Stevens Capital Management LP0$00.00%−1,878−100.0%Sold out
Verdence Capital Advisors LLC0$00.00%−1,743−100.0%Sold out
Jump Financial, LLC0$00.00%−1,697−100.0%Sold out
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.0$00.00%−1,650−100.0%Sold out
Magnetar Financial LLC0$00.00%−1,531−100.0%Sold out