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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 2022

Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Dec 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
654
+23 vs. Q3 2022
Shares held
53.1M
−140.7K (−0.3%) vs. Q3 2022
Total value
$18.2B
+$3.82B (+26.6%) vs. Q3 2022
New holders
85
194 more added
Sold out
62
242 more reduced

13 institutions that held it in Q3 2022 haven't filed for Q4 2022 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q3 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 holdersQ4 2022: 654 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 2022: $18.2B
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 2022

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q3 2022.

Institutions holding WAT in Q4 2022
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Vanguard Group Inc6,803,307$2.33B0.06%+39,221+0.6%Added
BlackRock Inc.6,587,122$2.26B0.07%+90,715+1.4%Added
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith3,689,697$1.26B5.77%−3,500−0.1%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp3,488,744$1.20B0.27%−42,754−1.2%Reduced
Massachusetts Financial Services Co2,656,408$910.0M0.32%+32,682+1.2%Added
State Street Corp2,626,546$899.8M0.05%−33,808−1.3%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC1,196,875$409.3M0.06%+21,706+1.8%Added
Wellington Management Group LLP1,101,566$377.4M0.08%−222,740−16.8%Reduced
Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd.835,238$286.1M4.76%+12,421+1.5%Added
Morgan Stanley802,584$274.9M0.03%+414,334+106.7%Added
Northern Trust Corp773,600$265.0M0.06%+6,536+0.9%Added
Citadel Advisors LLC770,742$264.0M0.31%+259,903+50.9%Added
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC748,509$256.4M1.64%−9,236−1.2%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.682,802$233.9M0.07%−237,839−25.8%Reduced
FMR LLC666,275$228.3M0.02%+242,454+57.2%Added
Impax Asset Management Group plc656,611$224.9M1.01%−62,572−8.7%Reduced
Norges Bank630,454$216.0M0.05%−118,061−15.8%Reduced
Legal & General Group Plc616,013$211.0M0.08%−24,468−3.8%Reduced
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.600,017$205.6M1.16%+3,267+0.5%Added
American Century Companies Inc541,302$185.4M0.15%+7,455+1.4%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC505,457$173.2M0.07%+190,128+60.3%Added
Millennium Management LLC473,565$162.2M0.18%+100,641+27.0%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC404,437$138.6M0.10%−15,619−3.7%Reduced
Boston Trust Walden Corp404,346$138.5M1.22%+12,347+3.1%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc369,278$126.5M0.04%+10,145+2.8%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc367,561$125.9M0.07%−5,531−1.5%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management SA348,586$119.4M0.17%+289,448+489.4%Added
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership345,119$118.2M0.17%+33,614+10.8%Added
Bank of America Corp339,352$116.3M0.01%−31,678−8.5%Reduced
Nordea Investment Management AB331,513$112.6M0.18%−4,357−1.3%Reduced
Amundi316,861$108.6M0.06%−37,322−10.5%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP299,389$102.6M0.04%+3,463+1.2%Added
Intech Investment Management LLC258,065$88.4M0.66%−38,059−12.9%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.251,990$86.3M0.07%−48,462−16.1%Reduced
Swiss National Bank243,400$83.4M0.06%−17,611−6.7%Reduced
Newport Trust Co233,225$79.9M0.22%−8,591−3.6%Reduced
Schroder Investment Management Group231,607$79.3M0.13%−2,320−1.0%Reduced
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC229,298$78.6M2.31%−1,938−0.8%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada228,863$78.4M0.02%−108,827−32.2%Reduced
Bank of Montreal220,791$76.8M0.06%+85,746+63.5%Added
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale217,778$74.5M0.20%+4,394+2.1%Added
HSBC Holdings PLC212,845$72.9M0.09%+47,472+28.7%Added
Deutsche Bank AG203,088$69.6M0.04%+1,663+0.8%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc200,690$68.8M0.02%−8,281−4.0%Reduced
Standard Life Aberdeen plc179,532$61.5M0.17%+17,109+10.5%Added
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC173,030$59.3M0.10%+164,340+1,891.1%Added
Rhumbline Advisers165,512$56.7M0.08%+3,277+2.0%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc163,157$55.9M0.01%−513,018−75.9%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp159,202$54.5M0.14%+3,627+2.3%Added
KBC Group NV152,845$52.4M0.25%−3,580−2.3%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc148,669$50.9M0.06%+2,222+1.5%Added
Anchor Capital Advisors LLC145,209$49.7M1.28%−3,024−2.0%Reduced
California Public Employees Retirement System135,845$46.5M0.04%+1,333+1.0%Added
Robeco Schweiz AG135,513$46.4M0.85%+101,757+301.4%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund131,275$45.0M0.06%−20.0%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.130,517$44.7M0.02%+41,839+47.2%Added
Glenmede Trust Co NA122,691$42.0M0.25%−3,200−2.5%Reduced
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co121,095$41.5M0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Credit Suisse AG121,012$41.5M0.04%+12,525+11.5%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC108,287$36.8M0.08%−44,922−29.3%Reduced
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.105,522$36.1M0.14%−13,581−11.4%Reduced
Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc102,376$35.1M3.72%−2,417−2.3%Reduced
Aviva PLC101,421$34.7M0.17%+9,510+10.3%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co99,703$34.2M0.00%−25,293−20.2%Reduced
California State Teachers Retirement System99,478$34.1M0.05%+60+0.1%Added
National Pension Service98,062$33.6M0.07%−1,970−2.0%Reduced
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A.97,734$33.5M0.12%+5,583+6.1%Added
PFM Health Sciences, LP94,624$32.4M1.37%−23,010−19.6%Reduced
Two Sigma Advisers, LP89,700$30.7M0.09%+15,300+20.6%Added
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.87,908$30.1M0.18%+7,926+9.9%Added
AXA S.A.83,633$28.7M0.10%+2,144+2.6%Added
Capital Fund Management S.A.81,555$27.9M0.62%+32,538+66.4%Added
Balyasny Asset Management LLC81,022$27.8M0.10%−84,038−50.9%Reduced
Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P.80,734$27.7M0.96%−5,063−5.9%Reduced
Barclays PLC80,075$27.4M0.02%+15,813+24.6%Added
Investment Management Corp of Ontario80,000$27.4M1.34%+5,000+6.7%Added
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans76,449$26.2M0.07%−31,044−28.9%Reduced
Wells Fargo & Company76,298$26.1M0.01%+234+0.3%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc74,150$25.4M0.02%−1,889−2.5%Reduced
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System71,969$24.7M0.06%−1,340−1.8%Reduced
Umb Bank N A70,857$24.3M0.38%−310.0%Reduced
Ameriprise Financial Inc70,079$24.0M0.01%−55,545−44.2%Reduced
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC70,066$24.0M0.07%−4,329−5.8%Reduced
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC69,035$23.7M0.11%−130,001−65.3%Reduced
Boston Financial Mangement LLC68,875$23.6M0.95%−660−0.9%Reduced
Victory Capital Management Inc68,758$23.6M0.03%+10,264+17.5%Added
New York State Teachers Retirement System67,787$23.2M0.06%−3,115−4.4%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc66,463$22.8M0.01%−20,494−23.6%Reduced
United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC65,272$22.4M0.13%−308−0.5%Reduced
Allianz Asset Management GmbH64,043$21.9M0.05%+18,191+39.7%Added
Citigroup Inc63,397$21.7M0.03%−1,524−2.3%Reduced
APG Asset Management N.V.62,488$21.4M0.04%+50,651+427.9%Added
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.61,575$21.1M0.04%+36,917+149.7%Added
Great West Life Assurance Co60,490$20.8M0.05%+946+1.6%Added
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.60,465$20.7M0.05%−500−0.8%Reduced
Two Sigma Investments, LP58,346$20.0M0.06%+44,442+319.6%Added
Voloridge Investment Management, LLC55,519$19.0M0.11%−17,161−23.6%Reduced
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.55,434$19.0M0.05%−158,242−74.1%Reduced
Quilter Plc55,128$18.9M0.62%+13,866+33.6%Added
Russell Investments Group, Ltd.54,845$18.8M0.04%+4,803+9.6%Added