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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
MUFG Securities EMEA plc13,000$4.45M0.08%+13,000New
Leavell Investment Management, Inc.12,973$4.44M0.33%00.0%Unchanged
Fred Alger Management, LLC12,575$4.31M0.02%−50.0%Reduced
DnB Asset Management AS12,460$4.27M0.03%+377+3.1%Added
Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc12,275$4.21M0.30%−54−0.4%Reduced
HighTower Advisors, LLC12,177$4.17M0.01%−154−1.2%Reduced
Commerce Bank12,126$4.15M0.03%−1,466−10.8%Reduced
Tredje AP-fonden12,104$4.15M0.07%+975+8.8%Added
Argyle Capital Management Inc.12,000$4.11M1.41%−100−0.8%Reduced
Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd11,517$3.94M0.07%00.0%Unchanged
Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A.11,352$3.89M0.03%−1,031−8.3%Reduced
PDT Partners, LLC10,919$3.74M0.61%+9,525+683.3%Added
ProShare Advisors LLC10,902$3.73M0.01%−621−5.4%Reduced
Kinneret Advisory, LLC10,703$3.67M0.48%−971−8.3%Reduced
Armstrong Henry H Associates Inc10,688$3.66M0.45%+225+2.2%Added
Handelsbanken Fonder AB10,541$3.61M0.02%+542+5.4%Added
Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC10,534$3.61M0.08%+2,350+28.7%Added
Industrial Alliance Investment Management Inc.10,500$3.60M0.10%00.0%Unchanged
Utah Retirement Systems10,494$3.60M0.06%−200−1.9%Reduced
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)10,487$3.59M0.03%−3,032−22.4%Reduced
SG Americas Securities, LLC10,480$3.59M0.05%−18,165−63.4%Reduced
TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.8,450$3.54M0.04%−1,449−14.6%Reduced
Putnam Investments LLC10,163$3.48M0.01%−1,058−9.4%Reduced
IFM Investors Pty Ltd10,049$3.44M0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt Sys10,042$3.44M0.03%+1,284+14.7%Added
ING Groep NV10,001$3.43M0.03%+617+6.6%Added
Glenview Trust Co9,583$3.28M0.11%00.0%Unchanged
New York Life Investment Management LLC9,365$3.21M0.04%−75−0.8%Reduced
Gateway Investment Advisers LLC9,320$3.19M0.04%+97+1.1%Added
Renaissance Technologies LLC9,100$3.12M0.00%−1,700−15.7%Reduced
S&CO Inc8,975$3.07M0.27%00.0%Unchanged
Yousif Capital Management, LLC8,822$3.02M0.04%+121+1.4%Added
Parkman Healthcare Partners LLC8,804$3.02M0.80%−18,826−68.1%Reduced
CIBC Asset Management Inc8,764$3.00M0.01%+527+6.4%Added
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC8,669$2.97M0.01%+90+1.0%Added
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.8,607$2.95M0.01%+334+4.0%Added
Squarepoint Ops LLC8,544$2.93M0.02%+8,544New
Mutual of America Capital Management LLC8,508$2.91M0.04%+198+2.4%Added
Gabelli Funds LLC8,400$2.88M0.02%−200−2.3%Reduced
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC8,322$2.85M0.05%+762+10.1%Added
Texas Permanent School Fund8,294$2.84M0.04%−178−2.1%Reduced
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.8,196$2.81M0.06%−2,068−20.1%Reduced
D.A. Davidson & Co.8,110$2.79M0.03%00.0%Unchanged
CAPROCK Group, Inc.8,158$2.79M0.26%−14,191−63.5%Reduced
MEAG MUNICH ERGO, Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH8,132$2.79M0.15%+956+13.3%Added
Natixis8,050$2.76M0.02%+4,169+107.4%Added
Banque Cantonale Vaudoise7,963$2.73M0.14%+3,300+70.8%Added
Linscomb & Williams, Inc.7,878$2.70M0.14%−116−1.5%Reduced
Quantinno Capital Management LP7,741$2.65M0.20%+1,384+21.8%Added
Shell Asset Management Co7,674$2.63M0.12%−1,435−15.8%Reduced
Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado7,503$2.57M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Public Sector Pension Investment Board7,430$2.55M0.02%+995+15.5%Added
Nissay Asset Management Corp7,326$2.51M0.02%−129−1.7%Reduced
Colony Group LLC7,259$2.49M0.03%+255+3.6%Added
Cannell Peter B & Co Inc7,149$2.45M0.09%−888−11.0%Reduced
Investment Management of Virginia LLC7,117$2.44M0.48%−1,050−12.9%Reduced
CIBC World Markets Corp6,984$2.39M0.02%+6,075+668.3%Added
Bokf, NA6,973$2.39M0.04%+98+1.4%Added
LaFleur & Godfrey LLC6,969$2.39M0.40%−800−10.3%Reduced
Czech National Bank6,954$2.38M0.06%−4−0.1%Reduced
1832 Asset Management L.P.6,859$2.35M0.00%−477−6.5%Reduced
Prio Wealth Limited Partnership6,850$2.35M0.09%00.0%Unchanged
Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company, Ltd6,633$2.27M0.05%00.0%Unchanged
Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc.6,595$2.26M0.06%+651+11.0%Added
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC6,590$2.26M0.01%−26,129−79.9%Reduced
Pearl River Capital, LLC6,573$2.25M0.38%+2,033+44.8%Added
Comerica Bank6,628$2.20M0.02%−67−1.0%Reduced
Stifel Financial Corp6,298$2.16M0.00%−538−7.9%Reduced
Hikari Tsushin, Inc.6,265$2.15M0.23%00.0%Unchanged
Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc6,210$2.13M0.05%−62−1.0%Reduced
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.6,195$2.12M0.02%+170+2.8%Added
North Star Asset Management Inc6,165$2.11M0.13%+47+0.8%Added
B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG6,106$2.09M0.04%−1,908−23.8%Reduced
Coastline Trust Co6,085$2.08M0.31%00.0%Unchanged
Compton Capital Management Inc5,993$2.05M1.48%−1,550−20.5%Reduced
Sheets Smith Wealth Management5,878$2.01M0.32%00.0%Unchanged
Hartford Investment Management Co5,840$2.00M0.06%−3,136−34.9%Reduced
Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky5,763$1.97M0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Parsons Capital Management Inc5,679$1.95M0.16%−15−0.3%Reduced
Brown Advisory Inc5,619$1.92M0.00%+396+7.6%Added
Graham Capital Management, L.P.5,477$1.88M0.07%+88+1.6%Added
Achmea Investment Management B.V.5,785$1.86M0.06%−10,418−64.3%Reduced
Diametric Capital, LP5,405$1.85M0.89%−2,443−31.1%Reduced
Kames Capital plc5,373$1.84M0.03%+1,151+27.3%Added
British Columbia Investment Management Corp5,303$1.82M0.02%−629−10.6%Reduced
Hussman Strategic Advisors, Inc.5,200$1.78M0.29%00.0%Unchanged
Rafferty Asset Management, LLC5,141$1.76M0.01%+1,921+59.7%Added
Virtu Financial LLC5,113$1.75M0.23%+5,113New
Securian Asset Management, Inc5,088$1.74M0.05%+47+0.9%Added
Bank of Nova Scotia4,911$1.68M0.00%+10.0%Added
Bank of Stockton4,901$1.68M0.59%−141−2.8%Reduced
Mariner, LLC4,899$1.68M0.01%+1,243+34.0%Added
Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Ltd4,838$1.66M0.03%+703+17.0%Added
MainStreet Investment Advisors LLC4,835$1.66M0.18%+84+1.8%Added
Diversified Trust Co4,810$1.65M0.07%−252−5.0%Reduced
Kentucky Retirement Systems4,708$1.61M0.06%+21+0.4%Added
Maryland State Retirement & Pension System4,679$1.60M0.05%+4,679New
HM Payson & Co4,660$1.60M0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co4,655$1.59M0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Massmutual Trust Co FSB4,646$1.59M0.07%+66+1.4%Added