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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
California Public Employees Retirement System125,552$39.0M0.03%−6,946−5.2%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc125,826$39.1M0.04%−31,313−19.9%Reduced
Credit Suisse AG126,977$39.4M0.03%+5,031+4.1%Added
Bank of Montreal125,045$40.8M0.02%−14,943−10.7%Reduced
KBC Group NV137,650$42.7M0.17%+40,791+42.1%Added
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp139,719$43.4M0.10%−5,374−3.7%Reduced
New York State Common Retirement Fund139,989$43.5M0.05%+3,324+2.4%Added
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd143,395$44.5M0.53%−11,444−7.4%Reduced
Morgan Stanley144,256$44.8M0.01%−63,726−30.6%Reduced
Anchor Capital Advisors LLC156,593$48.6M1.04%−3,060−1.9%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers162,497$50.4M0.06%+4,691+3.0%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc171,013$53.1M0.01%+6,557+4.0%Added
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale165,267$53.1M0.13%+19,568+13.4%Added
Glenmede Trust Co NA171,301$53.2M0.26%−2,294−1.3%Reduced
HSBC Holdings PLC170,152$53.3M0.07%−5,124−2.9%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc179,566$54.3M0.02%+47,767+36.2%Added
Amundi174,914$54.9M0.04%+20,627+13.4%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co180,059$55.9M0.01%+22,959+14.6%Added
Acadian Asset Management LLC180,137$55.9M0.23%−69,595−27.9%Reduced
PGGM Investments163,150$60.8M0.30%00.0%Unchanged
AQR Capital Management LLC234,669$72.8M0.14%−46,260−16.5%Reduced
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC235,919$73.2M1.83%−13,742−5.5%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG240,626$74.7M0.03%−31,721−11.6%Reduced
Newport Trust Co241,611$75.0M0.21%−854−0.4%Reduced
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC245,132$76.1M0.04%−4,999−2.0%Reduced
Schroder Investment Management Group250,246$80.5M0.11%+20,510+8.9%Added
Swiss National Bank264,311$82.0M0.05%+31,000+13.3%Added
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.273,858$85.0M0.06%−44,397−14.0%Reduced
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.280,267$87.0M0.20%−21,122−7.0%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP294,027$91.3M0.03%+4,656+1.6%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC297,737$92.4M0.11%+8,393+2.9%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc325,868$101.1M0.03%+13,304+4.3%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC302,787$102.4M0.03%−1,233−0.4%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada337,440$104.7M0.03%−35,291−9.5%Reduced
Bank of America Corp347,839$108.0M0.01%+7,729+2.3%Added
Eaton Vance Management350,964$108.9M0.13%−21,528−5.8%Reduced
Nordea Investment Management AB349,084$112.2M0.14%+49,600+16.6%Added
Boston Trust Walden Corp389,307$120.8M1.00%+75,680+24.1%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc432,237$134.2M0.06%+9,742+2.3%Added
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC442,359$137.3M0.54%−125,185−22.1%Reduced
Norges Bank505,022$156.8M0.03%−3,610−0.7%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership564,577$175.2M0.22%−279,707−33.1%Reduced
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.578,823$179.7M0.85%−9,630−1.6%Reduced
Impax Asset Management Group plc690,945$214.5M0.89%−26,867−3.7%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.695,260$215.8M0.06%−273,863−28.3%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc705,525$219.0M0.07%+94,381+15.4%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC758,956$235.6M0.11%−169,920−18.3%Reduced
FMR LLC824,833$256.0M0.02%−566,521−40.7%Reduced
Price T Rowe Associates Inc825,222$256.1M0.03%+570,510+224.0%Added
Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd.825,591$256.3M3.52%+825,591New
Northern Trust Corp840,359$260.8M0.05%+3,187+0.4%Added
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC1,006,180$312.3M1.62%+33,445+3.4%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC1,159,267$359.1M0.04%−23,786−2.0%Reduced
Wellington Management Group LLP1,504,592$467.0M0.08%+666,851+79.6%Added
Massachusetts Financial Services Co2,463,003$764.5M0.23%−83,411−3.3%Reduced
State Street Corp2,735,988$849.2M0.04%−45,239−1.6%Reduced
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith3,687,572$1.14B3.93%−823,307−18.3%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp3,979,999$1.24B0.24%−72,679−1.8%Reduced
BlackRock Inc.6,108,293$1.90B0.05%+38,739+0.6%Added
Vanguard Group Inc6,689,208$2.08B0.05%+30,274+0.5%Added
Longfellow Investment Management Co LLC1––00.0%Unchanged
Select Equity Group, L.P.0$00.00%−75,087−100.0%Sold out
Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC0$00.00%−60,990−100.0%Sold out
Sofos Investments, Inc.0$00.00%−16,785−100.0%Sold out
Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co0$00.00%−15,000−100.0%Sold out
Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC0$00.00%−9,415−100.0%Sold out
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.0$00.00%−6,788−100.0%Sold out
Quadrature Capital Ltd0$00.00%−5,626−100.0%Sold out
Bowling Portfolio Management LLC0$00.00%−5,393−100.0%Sold out
Arjuna Capital0$00.00%−4,884−100.0%Sold out
Simplex Trading, LLC0$00.00%−2,729−100.0%Sold out
Empirical Asset Management, LLC0$00.00%−1,985−100.0%Sold out
MorganRosel Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−1,912−100.0%Sold out
Eqis Capital Management, Inc.0$00.00%−1,845−100.0%Sold out
Twin Capital Management Inc0$00.00%−1,840−100.0%Sold out
Boulder Hill Capital Management LP0$00.00%−1,600−100.0%Sold out
Lombard Odier Asset Management (Switzerland) SA0$00.00%−1,432−100.0%Sold out
Ergoteles LLC0$00.00%−1,395−100.0%Sold out
Alethea Capital Management, LLC0$00.00%−1,266−100.0%Sold out
Iron Financial, LLC0$00.00%−1,254−100.0%Sold out
AGF Investments LLC0$00.00%−1,166−100.0%Sold out
Pensionfund DSM Netherlands0$00.00%−1,100−100.0%Sold out
Nomura Holdings Inc0$00.00%−1,063−100.0%Sold out
Capitolis Advisors LLC0$00.00%−974−100.0%Sold out
Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC0$00.00%−934−100.0%Sold out
Alps Advisors Inc0$00.00%−905−100.0%Sold out
Leuthold Group, LLC0$00.00%−838−100.0%Sold out
Focused Wealth Management, Inc0$00.00%−825−100.0%Sold out
IMPACTfolio, LLC0$00.00%−791−100.0%Sold out
Driehaus Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−761−100.0%Sold out
Conning Inc.0$00.00%−731−100.0%Sold out
Gitterman Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−687−100.0%Sold out
Modera Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−669−100.0%Sold out
Baker Avenue Asset Management, LP0$00.00%−660−100.0%Sold out
Associated Banc-Corp0$00.00%−648−100.0%Sold out
Cresset Asset Management, LLC0$00.00%−638−100.0%Sold out
Barings LLC0$00.00%−628−100.0%Sold out
Canandaigua National Corp0$00.00%−618−100.0%Sold out
Trust Asset Management LLC0$00.00%−608−100.0%Sold out
Ridgewood Investments LLC0$00.00%−606−100.0%Sold out