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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
Robeco Schweiz AG135,513$46.4M0.85%+101,757+301.4%Added
California Public Employees Retirement System135,845$46.5M0.04%+1,333+1.0%Added
Anchor Capital Advisors LLC145,209$49.7M1.28%−3,024−2.0%Reduced
TD Asset Management Inc148,669$50.9M0.06%+2,222+1.5%Added
KBC Group NV152,845$52.4M0.25%−3,580−2.3%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp159,202$54.5M0.14%+3,627+2.3%Added
Price T Rowe Associates Inc163,157$55.9M0.01%−513,018−75.9%Reduced
Rhumbline Advisers165,512$56.7M0.08%+3,277+2.0%Added
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC173,030$59.3M0.10%+164,340+1,891.1%Added
Standard Life Aberdeen plc179,532$61.5M0.17%+17,109+10.5%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc200,690$68.8M0.02%−8,281−4.0%Reduced
Deutsche Bank AG203,088$69.6M0.04%+1,663+0.8%Added
HSBC Holdings PLC212,845$72.9M0.09%+47,472+28.7%Added
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale217,778$74.5M0.20%+4,394+2.1%Added
Bank of Montreal220,791$76.8M0.06%+85,746+63.5%Added
Royal Bank of Canada228,863$78.4M0.02%−108,827−32.2%Reduced
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC229,298$78.6M2.31%−1,938−0.8%Reduced
Schroder Investment Management Group231,607$79.3M0.13%−2,320−1.0%Reduced
Newport Trust Co233,225$79.9M0.22%−8,591−3.6%Reduced
Swiss National Bank243,400$83.4M0.06%−17,611−6.7%Reduced
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.251,990$86.3M0.07%−48,462−16.1%Reduced
Intech Investment Management LLC258,065$88.4M0.66%−38,059−12.9%Reduced
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP299,389$102.6M0.04%+3,463+1.2%Added
Amundi316,861$108.6M0.06%−37,322−10.5%Reduced
Nordea Investment Management AB331,513$112.6M0.18%−4,357−1.3%Reduced
Bank of America Corp339,352$116.3M0.01%−31,678−8.5%Reduced
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership345,119$118.2M0.17%+33,614+10.8%Added
Pictet Asset Management SA348,586$119.4M0.17%+289,448+489.4%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc367,561$125.9M0.07%−5,531−1.5%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc369,278$126.5M0.04%+10,145+2.8%Added
Boston Trust Walden Corp404,346$138.5M1.22%+12,347+3.1%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC404,437$138.6M0.10%−15,619−3.7%Reduced
Millennium Management LLC473,565$162.2M0.18%+100,641+27.0%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC505,457$173.2M0.07%+190,128+60.3%Added
American Century Companies Inc541,302$185.4M0.15%+7,455+1.4%Added
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.600,017$205.6M1.16%+3,267+0.5%Added
Legal & General Group Plc616,013$211.0M0.08%−24,468−3.8%Reduced
Norges Bank630,454$216.0M0.05%−118,061−15.8%Reduced
Impax Asset Management Group plc656,611$224.9M1.01%−62,572−8.7%Reduced
FMR LLC666,275$228.3M0.02%+242,454+57.2%Added
Invesco Ltd.682,802$233.9M0.07%−237,839−25.8%Reduced
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC748,509$256.4M1.64%−9,236−1.2%Reduced
Citadel Advisors LLC770,742$264.0M0.31%+259,903+50.9%Added
Northern Trust Corp773,600$265.0M0.06%+6,536+0.9%Added
Morgan Stanley802,584$274.9M0.03%+414,334+106.7%Added
Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd.835,238$286.1M4.76%+12,421+1.5%Added
Wellington Management Group LLP1,101,566$377.4M0.08%−222,740−16.8%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC1,196,875$409.3M0.06%+21,706+1.8%Added
State Street Corp2,626,546$899.8M0.05%−33,808−1.3%Reduced
Massachusetts Financial Services Co2,656,408$910.0M0.32%+32,682+1.2%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp3,488,744$1.20B0.27%−42,754−1.2%Reduced
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith3,689,697$1.26B5.77%−3,500−0.1%Reduced
BlackRock Inc.6,587,122$2.26B0.07%+90,715+1.4%Added
Vanguard Group Inc6,803,307$2.33B0.06%+39,221+0.6%Added
First Trust Advisors LP0$00.00%−63,257−100.0%Sold out
Cinctive Capital Management LP0$00.00%−44,172−100.0%Sold out
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd0$00.00%−41,180−100.0%Sold out
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.0$00.00%−37,997−100.0%Sold out
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd0$00.00%−37,956−100.0%Sold out
Hudson Bay Capital Management LP0$00.00%−12,500−100.0%Sold out
Railway Pension Investments Ltd0$00.00%−11,800−100.0%Sold out
Point72 Hong Kong Ltd0$00.00%−10,543−100.0%Sold out
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC0$00.00%−9,800−100.0%Sold out
Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd0$00.00%−9,261−100.0%Sold out
Duality Advisers, LP0$00.00%−7,269−100.0%Sold out
OPSEU Pension Plan Trust Fund0$00.00%−5,391−100.0%Sold out
Quantamental Technologies LLC0$00.00%−5,430−100.0%Sold out
Verition Fund Management LLC0$00.00%−5,042−100.0%Sold out
Magnetar Financial LLC0$00.00%−4,422−100.0%Sold out
Cornercap Investment Counsel Inc0$00.00%−4,047−100.0%Sold out
Simplex Trading, LLC0$00.00%−3,837−100.0%Sold out
Gsa Capital Partners LLP0$00.00%−3,671−100.0%Sold out
Marshall Financial Group LLC0$00.00%−2,880−100.0%Sold out
Prospera Financial Services Inc0$00.00%−2,824−100.0%Sold out
Boulder Hill Capital Management LP0$00.00%−2,800−100.0%Sold out
Azzad Asset Management Inc0$00.00%−4,172−100.0%Sold out
Cordatus Wealth Management LLC0$00.00%−2,751−100.0%Sold out
AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−2,139−100.0%Sold out
TrimTabs Asset Management, LLC0$00.00%−1,962−100.0%Sold out
Virtus ETF Advisers LLC0$00.00%−1,944−100.0%Sold out
Scissortail Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−1,750−100.0%Sold out
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd0$00.00%−1,697−100.0%Sold out
Financial Advocates Investment Management0$00.00%−22,536−100.0%Sold out
Cypress Capital Group0$00.00%−1,565−100.0%Sold out
First Light Asset Management, LLC0$00.00%−1,536−100.0%Sold out
Boothbay Fund Management, LLC0$00.00%−1,434−100.0%Sold out
Meeder Asset Management Inc0$00.00%−1,295−100.0%Sold out
Teza Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−1,182−100.0%Sold out
Ieq Capital, LLC0$00.00%−1,133−100.0%Sold out
Blueshift Asset Management, LLC0$00.00%−1,014−100.0%Sold out
Trust Co of Virginia0$00.00%−1,000−100.0%Sold out
Quantitative Investment Management, LLC0$00.00%−997−100.0%Sold out
Vestmark Advisory Solutions, Inc.0$00.00%−964−100.0%Sold out
Cowen and Company, LLC0$00.00%−915−100.0%Sold out
Caxton Associates LP0$00.00%−909−100.0%Sold out
Aigen Investment Management, LP0$00.00%−880−100.0%Sold out
Oak Thistle LLC0$00.00%−857−100.0%Sold out
Stevens Capital Management LP0$00.00%−762−100.0%Sold out
IMPACTfolio, LLC0$00.00%−754−100.0%Sold out
Wahed Invest LLC0$00.00%−705−100.0%Sold out