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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, Q1 2022

Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Mar 31, 2022. 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
661
+3 vs. Q4 2021
Shares held
54.4M
−404.2K (−0.7%) vs. Q4 2021
Total value
$16.9B
−$3.51B (−17.2%) vs. Q4 2021
New holders
69
208 more added
Sold out
66
243 more reduced

9 institutions that held it in Q4 2021 haven't filed for Q1 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q4 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 holdersQ1 2022: 661 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 heldQ1 2022: $16.9B
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, Q1 2022

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q4 2021.

Institutions holding WAT in Q1 2022
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Vanguard Group Inc6,689,208$2.08B0.05%+30,274+0.5%Added
BlackRock Inc.6,108,293$1.90B0.05%+38,739+0.6%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp3,979,999$1.24B0.24%−72,679−1.8%Reduced
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith3,687,572$1.14B3.93%−823,307−18.3%Reduced
State Street Corp2,735,988$849.2M0.04%−45,239−1.6%Reduced
Massachusetts Financial Services Co2,463,003$764.5M0.23%−83,411−3.3%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP1,504,592$467.0M0.08%+666,851+79.6%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC1,159,267$359.1M0.04%−23,786−2.0%Reduced
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC1,006,180$312.3M1.62%+33,445+3.4%Added
Northern Trust Corp840,359$260.8M0.05%+3,187+0.4%Added
Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd.825,591$256.3M3.52%+825,591New
Price T Rowe Associates Inc825,222$256.1M0.03%+570,510+224.0%Added
FMR LLC824,833$256.0M0.02%−566,521−40.7%Reduced
Janus Henderson Group PLC758,956$235.6M0.11%−169,920−18.3%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc705,525$219.0M0.07%+94,381+15.4%Added
Invesco Ltd.695,260$215.8M0.06%−273,863−28.3%Reduced
Impax Asset Management Group plc690,945$214.5M0.89%−26,867−3.7%Reduced
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.578,823$179.7M0.85%−9,630−1.6%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership564,577$175.2M0.22%−279,707−33.1%Reduced
Norges Bank505,022$156.8M0.03%−3,610−0.7%Reduced
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC442,359$137.3M0.54%−125,185−22.1%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc432,237$134.2M0.06%+9,742+2.3%Added
Boston Trust Walden Corp389,307$120.8M1.00%+75,680+24.1%Added
Nordea Investment Management AB349,084$112.2M0.14%+49,600+16.6%Added
Eaton Vance Management350,964$108.9M0.13%−21,528−5.8%Reduced
Bank of America Corp347,839$108.0M0.01%+7,729+2.3%Added
Royal Bank of Canada337,440$104.7M0.03%−35,291−9.5%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC302,787$102.4M0.03%−1,233−0.4%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc325,868$101.1M0.03%+13,304+4.3%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC297,737$92.4M0.11%+8,393+2.9%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP294,027$91.3M0.03%+4,656+1.6%Added
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.280,267$87.0M0.20%−21,122−7.0%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.273,858$85.0M0.06%−44,397−14.0%Reduced
Swiss National Bank264,311$82.0M0.05%+31,000+13.3%Added
Schroder Investment Management Group250,246$80.5M0.11%+20,510+8.9%Added
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC245,132$76.1M0.04%−4,999−2.0%Reduced
Newport Trust Co241,611$75.0M0.21%−854−0.4%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG240,626$74.7M0.03%−31,721−11.6%Reduced
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC235,919$73.2M1.83%−13,742−5.5%Reduced
AQR Capital Management LLC234,669$72.8M0.14%−46,260−16.5%Reduced
PGGM Investments163,150$60.8M0.30%00.0%Unchanged
Acadian Asset Management LLC180,137$55.9M0.23%−69,595−27.9%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co180,059$55.9M0.01%+22,959+14.6%Added
Amundi174,914$54.9M0.04%+20,627+13.4%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc179,566$54.3M0.02%+47,767+36.2%Added
HSBC Holdings PLC170,152$53.3M0.07%−5,124−2.9%Reduced
Glenmede Trust Co NA171,301$53.2M0.26%−2,294−1.3%Reduced
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale165,267$53.1M0.13%+19,568+13.4%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc171,013$53.1M0.01%+6,557+4.0%Added
Rhumbline Advisers162,497$50.4M0.06%+4,691+3.0%Added
Anchor Capital Advisors LLC156,593$48.6M1.04%−3,060−1.9%Reduced
Morgan Stanley144,256$44.8M0.01%−63,726−30.6%Reduced
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd143,395$44.5M0.53%−11,444−7.4%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund139,989$43.5M0.05%+3,324+2.4%Added
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp139,719$43.4M0.10%−5,374−3.7%Reduced
KBC Group NV137,650$42.7M0.17%+40,791+42.1%Added
Bank of Montreal125,045$40.8M0.02%−14,943−10.7%Reduced
Credit Suisse AG126,977$39.4M0.03%+5,031+4.1%Added
TD Asset Management Inc125,826$39.1M0.04%−31,313−19.9%Reduced
California Public Employees Retirement System125,552$39.0M0.03%−6,946−5.2%Reduced
Balyasny Asset Management LLC125,402$38.9M0.17%+125,402New
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.125,240$38.9M0.17%+125,240New
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd118,392$36.7M0.21%−18,455−13.5%Reduced
PFM Health Sciences, LP117,634$36.5M1.41%00.0%Unchanged
Alliancebernstein L.P.111,026$34.5M0.01%+11,261+11.3%Added
Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc105,179$32.6M2.83%−598−0.6%Reduced
Renaissance Technologies LLC104,300$32.4M0.04%+88,700+568.6%Added
Wells Fargo & Company104,013$32.3M0.01%+893+0.9%Added
California State Teachers Retirement System102,672$31.9M0.04%−6,394−5.9%Reduced
National Pension Service101,708$31.6M0.06%+76+0.1%Added
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co100,160$31.1M0.03%+16,643+19.9%Added
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.98,625$30.6M0.11%−5,047−4.9%Reduced
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.97,721$30.3M0.04%−36,390−27.1%Reduced
Man Group plc95,879$29.8M0.10%−26,179−21.4%Reduced
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC93,125$28.9M0.56%−5,175−5.3%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co81,288$26.6M0.06%−1,952−2.3%Reduced
Panagora Asset Management Inc84,347$26.2M0.14%+1,037+1.2%Added
State of Wisconsin Investment Board84,271$26.2M0.05%+29,013+52.5%Added
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System80,878$25.1M0.05%−4,184−4.9%Reduced
Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.80,497$25.0M0.80%−1,348−1.6%Reduced
Pinebridge Investments, L.P.79,985$24.8M0.27%+33,405+71.7%Added
AXA S.A.78,142$24.3M0.07%−11,409−12.7%Reduced
Barclays PLC78,013$24.2M0.02%−44,167−36.1%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management SA77,354$24.0M0.03%−3,730−4.6%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc75,864$23.5M0.01%−3,921−4.9%Reduced
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The73,396$22.9M0.01%+20,120+37.8%Added
Baillie Gifford & Co73,390$22.8M0.02%−55−0.1%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc72,246$22.4M0.01%−9,855−12.0%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc73,985$22.4M0.02%+16,594+28.9%Added
New York State Teachers Retirement System71,879$22.3M0.05%−116−0.2%Reduced
Umb Bank N A71,057$22.1M0.29%00.0%Unchanged
NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V.69,770$21.7M0.12%+65+0.1%Added
Boston Financial Mangement LLC69,685$21.6M0.82%−922−1.3%Reduced
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.67,356$20.9M0.10%+1,129+1.7%Added
United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC65,813$20.4M0.10%+101+0.2%Added
Two Sigma Advisers, LP64,000$19.9M0.05%−13,100−17.0%Reduced
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.60,137$18.9M0.03%−29,927−33.2%Reduced
Tikehau Investment Management59,000$18.3M3.94%+59,000New
Aviva PLC58,058$18.0M0.09%+33,348+135.0%Added
Millennium Management LLC57,845$18.0M0.02%−7,123−11.0%Reduced