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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
Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP0$00.00%−350−100.0%Sold out
Aquatic Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−300−100.0%Sold out
Evoke Wealth, LLC0$00.00%−203−100.0%Sold out
Optimum Investment Advisors0$00.00%−150−100.0%Sold out
Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd.0$00.00%−139−100.0%Sold out
EdgeRock Capital LLC0$00.00%−100−100.0%Sold out
Crewe Advisors LLC0$00.00%−25−100.0%Sold out
Core Alternative Capital0$00.00%−22−100.0%Sold out
Harding Loevner LP0$00.00%−18−100.0%Sold out
Loomis Sayles & Co L P0$00.00%−12−100.0%Sold out
Baystate Wealth Management LLC0$00.00%−10−100.0%Sold out
Blue Bell Private Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−6−100.0%Sold out
Beacon Capital Management, Inc.0$00.00%−6−100.0%Sold out
Financial Enhancement Group LLC0$00.00%−7−100.0%Sold out
Bellwether Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−10−100.0%Sold out
SOA Wealth Advisors, LLC.0$00.00%−2−100.0%Sold out
Eaton Vance Management––––Not filed
American Research & Management Co.––––Not filed
Eos Focused Equity Management, L.P.––––Not filed
Jefferies Group LLC––––Not filed
Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd––––Not filed
Corient Capital Partners, LLC––––Not filed
Regentatlantic Capital LLC––––Not filed
NuWave Investment Management, LLC––––Not filed
Wipfli Financial Advisors LLC,––––Not filed
FourThought Financial, LLC––––Not filed
Newfound Research LLC––––Not filed
American Portfolios Advisors––––Not filed
Surevest, LLC––––Not filed