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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, Q3 2022

Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Sep 30, 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
644
−4 vs. Q2 2022
Shares held
53.6M
+246.3K (+0.5%) vs. Q2 2022
Total value
$14.5B
−$3.23B (−18.3%) vs. Q2 2022
New holders
61
183 more added
Sold out
65
255 more reduced

6 institutions that held it in Q2 2022 haven't filed for Q3 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2022: 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 holdersQ3 2022: 644 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 heldQ3 2022: $14.5B
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, Q3 2022

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q2 2022.

Institutions holding WAT in Q3 2022
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Vanguard Group Inc6,764,086$1.82B0.05%+46,498+0.7%Added
BlackRock Inc.6,496,407$1.75B0.06%+73,839+1.1%Added
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith3,693,197$995.4M4.73%+3,972+0.1%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp3,531,498$951.8M0.23%−200,919−5.4%Reduced
State Street Corp2,660,354$717.0M0.05%+3,351+0.1%Added
Massachusetts Financial Services Co2,623,726$707.2M0.26%+171,541+7.0%Added
Wellington Management Group LLP1,324,306$356.9M0.08%−94,185−6.6%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC1,175,169$316.4M0.05%+17,941+1.6%Added
Invesco Ltd.920,641$248.1M0.08%+240,565+35.4%Added
Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd.822,817$221.8M3.84%−2,774−0.3%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp767,064$206.7M0.05%−20,651−2.6%Reduced
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC757,745$204.2M1.39%−206,675−21.4%Reduced
Norges Bank748,515$201.7M0.05%+146,134+24.3%Added
Impax Asset Management Group plc719,183$193.8M1.00%+112,698+18.6%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc676,175$182.3M0.03%−159,161−19.1%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc640,481$172.6M0.07%−30,012−4.5%Reduced
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.596,750$160.8M0.98%+39,144+7.0%Added
American Century Companies Inc533,847$143.9M0.13%+419,854+368.3%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC510,839$137.7M0.17%−178,392−25.9%Reduced
FMR LLC423,821$114.2M0.01%−172,769−29.0%Reduced
Janus Henderson Group PLC420,056$113.2M0.08%−18,426−4.2%Reduced
Boston Trust Walden Corp391,999$105.7M1.05%−9,102−2.3%Reduced
Morgan Stanley388,250$104.6M0.01%−15,712−3.9%Reduced
Amundi354,183$103.0M0.06%+176,119+98.9%Added
Eaton Vance Management377,531$101.8M0.15%−66,239−14.9%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc373,092$100.6M0.06%−9,454−2.5%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC372,924$100.5M0.12%−193,992−34.2%Reduced
Bank of America Corp371,030$100.0M0.01%+16,978+4.8%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc359,133$96.8M0.03%+31,416+9.6%Added
Nordea Investment Management AB335,870$92.8M0.15%+7,598+2.3%Added
Royal Bank of Canada337,690$91.0M0.03%−58,082−14.7%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC315,329$85.0M0.03%−1,046−0.3%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership311,505$84.0M0.12%−4,963−1.6%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.300,452$81.0M0.07%−43,126−12.6%Reduced
Intech Investment Management LLC296,124$79.8M0.60%−61,364−17.2%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP295,926$79.8M0.03%+3,389+1.2%Added
Swiss National Bank261,011$70.3M0.05%−1,500−0.6%Reduced
Newport Trust Co241,816$65.2M0.22%+2,196+0.9%Added
Schroder Investment Management Group233,927$63.0M0.10%−24,694−9.5%Reduced
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC231,236$62.3M2.01%−1,439−0.6%Reduced
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale213,384$57.8M0.17%+28,598+15.5%Added
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.213,676$57.6M0.19%−59,496−21.8%Reduced
Goldman Sachs Group Inc208,971$56.3M0.02%+40,170+23.8%Added
Deutsche Bank AG201,425$54.3M0.03%−9,741−4.6%Reduced
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC199,036$53.6M0.28%−122,300−38.1%Reduced
HSBC Holdings PLC165,373$44.9M0.08%−9,111−5.2%Reduced
Balyasny Asset Management LLC165,060$44.5M0.17%+165,060New
Standard Life Aberdeen plc162,423$43.8M0.13%+107,393+195.2%Added
Rhumbline Advisers162,235$43.7M0.07%−126−0.1%Reduced
KBC Group NV156,425$42.2M0.22%−2,578−1.6%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp155,575$41.9M0.12%+8,295+5.6%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC153,209$41.3M0.10%−24,355−13.7%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc146,447$40.2M0.05%+13,850+10.4%Added
Anchor Capital Advisors LLC148,233$40.0M1.10%−4,621−3.0%Reduced
Bank of Montreal135,045$37.3M0.03%+6,695+5.2%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System134,512$36.3M0.03%+16,406+13.9%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund131,277$35.4M0.05%−2,897−2.2%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc125,624$34.2M0.01%−34,873−21.7%Reduced
Glenmede Trust Co NA125,891$33.9M0.21%−2,044−1.6%Reduced
JPMorgan Chase & Co124,996$33.7M0.01%−14,012−10.1%Reduced
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co121,095$32.6M0.04%+5,348+4.6%Added
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.119,103$32.1M0.14%+5,637+5.0%Added
PFM Health Sciences, LP117,634$31.7M1.21%00.0%Unchanged
Credit Suisse AG108,487$29.2M0.03%+2,843+2.7%Added
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans107,493$29.0M0.08%+97,826+1,012.0%Added
Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc104,793$28.2M3.27%−299−0.3%Reduced
National Pension Service100,032$27.5M0.06%−3,267−3.2%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System99,418$26.8M0.05%−1,384−1.4%Reduced
Man Group plc93,594$25.2M0.12%––
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.92,151$24.8M0.10%−24,792−21.2%Reduced
Aviva PLC91,911$24.8M0.14%+9,245+11.2%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.88,678$23.9M0.01%+2,541+2.9%Added
Franklin Resources Inc86,957$23.4M0.01%+17,285+24.8%Added
Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.85,797$23.1M0.93%+7,510+9.6%Added
AXA S.A.81,489$22.0M0.09%+5,328+7.0%Added
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.79,982$21.6M0.14%+1,092+1.4%Added
Acadian Asset Management LLC79,143$21.3M0.12%−5,598−6.6%Reduced
Baillie Gifford & Co76,384$20.6M0.02%+296+0.4%Added
Wells Fargo & Company76,064$20.5M0.01%+617+0.8%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc76,039$20.5M0.02%−3,474−4.4%Reduced
Investment Management Corp of Ontario75,000$20.2M3.25%+75,000New
Two Sigma Advisers, LP74,400$20.1M0.06%−13,700−15.6%Reduced
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC74,395$20.1M0.07%+54,945+282.5%Added
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System73,309$19.8M0.05%−101−0.1%Reduced
Voloridge Investment Management, LLC72,680$19.6M0.11%+38,102+110.2%Added
New York State Teachers Retirement System70,902$19.1M0.05%−924−1.3%Reduced
Umb Bank N A70,888$19.1M0.32%−169−0.2%Reduced
Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank)70,633$19.0M0.11%+29,079+70.0%Added
Boston Financial Mangement LLC69,535$18.7M0.81%+725+1.1%Added
United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC65,580$17.7M0.10%−190−0.3%Reduced
Citigroup Inc64,921$17.5M0.02%+14,326+28.3%Added
Barclays PLC64,262$17.3M0.02%+21,170+49.1%Added
First Trust Advisors LP63,257$17.0M0.02%+56,703+865.2%Added
Tikehau Investment Management61,732$16.6M5.04%+6,872+12.5%Added
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.60,965$16.4M0.04%−1,800−2.9%Reduced
Great West Life Assurance Co59,544$16.0M0.05%−2,930−4.7%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management SA59,138$15.9M0.02%−1,019−1.7%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc58,494$15.8M0.02%−10,697−15.5%Reduced
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board57,034$15.4M0.03%+13,300+30.4%Added
Pinebridge Investments, L.P.54,146$14.6M0.19%−24,469−31.1%Reduced