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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
Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc0$00.00%−600−100.0%Sold out
BLB&B Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−600−100.0%Sold out
Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC0$00.00%−600−100.0%Sold out
Wealth Advisors of Tampa Bay, LLC0$00.00%−600−100.0%Sold out
Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P.0$00.00%−596−100.0%Sold out
Waldron Private Wealth LLC0$00.00%−592−100.0%Sold out
Brighton Jones LLC0$00.00%−566−100.0%Sold out
Karp Capital Management Corp0$00.00%−555−100.0%Sold out
Penobscot Investment Management Company, Inc.0$00.00%−550−100.0%Sold out
MML Investors Services, LLC0$00.00%−546−100.0%Sold out
Blueprint Investment Partners LLC0$00.00%−369−100.0%Sold out
Oakworth Capital, Inc.0$00.00%−337−100.0%Sold out
GraniteShares Advisors LLC0$00.00%−289−100.0%Sold out
PFG Private Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−276−100.0%Sold out
South Dakota Investment Council0$00.00%−200−100.0%Sold out
FinTrust Capital Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−149−100.0%Sold out
Optiver Holding B.V.0$00.00%−155−100.0%Sold out
Retirement Planning Co of New England, Inc.0$00.00%−129−100.0%Sold out
State of Wyoming0$00.00%−57−100.0%Sold out
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.0$00.00%−34−100.0%Sold out
Amplius Wealth Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−35−100.0%Sold out
Plante Moran Financial Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−16−100.0%Sold out
Dixon Hughes Goodman Wealth Advisors LLC0$00.00%−10−100.0%Sold out
Spire Wealth Management0$00.00%−6−100.0%Sold out
Signet Financial Management, LLC0$00.00%−4−100.0%Sold out
Cassady Schiller Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−2−100.0%Sold out
Morton Brown Family Wealth, LLC0$00.00%−2−100.0%Sold out
Andra AP-fonden––––Not filed
Grace Capital––––Not filed
Altavista Wealth Management, Inc.––––Not filed
Columbia Asset Management––––Not filed
6 Meridian––––Not filed
Reilly Financial Advisors, LLC––––Not filed
Carroll Financial Associates, Inc.––––Not filed
Bell Investment Advisors, Inc––––Not filed
NEXT Financial Group, Inc––––Not filed