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, Q1 2023
Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Mar 31, 2023. 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
- 678
- +34 vs. Q4 2022
- Shares held
- 54.2M
- +1.15M (+2.2%) vs. Q4 2022
- Total value
- $16.8B
- −$1.36B (−7.5%) vs. Q4 2022
- New holders
- 70
- 233 more added
- Sold out
- 36
- 221 more reduced
10 institutions that held it in Q4 2022 haven't filed for Q1 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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.
| Quarter | Holders | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 1,185 | $37.3B |
| Q1 2026 | 1,178 | $29.1B |
| Q4 2025 | 808 | $21.9B |
| Q3 2025 | 755 | $17.2B |
| Q2 2025 | 771 | $20.4B |
| Q1 2025 | 765 | $21.2B |
| Q4 2024 | 761 | $21.2B |
| Q3 2024 | 697 | $20.3B |
| Q2 2024 | 695 | $16.5B |
| Q1 2024 | 689 | $20.1B |
| Q4 2023 | 674 | $19.4B |
| Q3 2023 | 651 | $15.7B |
| Q2 2023 | 647 | $15.0B |
| Q1 2023 | 678 | $16.8B |
| Q4 2022 | 654 | $18.2B |
| Q3 2022 | 644 | $14.5B |
| Q2 2022 | 654 | $17.7B |
| Q1 2022 | 661 | $16.9B |
| Q4 2021 | 667 | $20.4B |
| Q3 2021 | 658 | $19.5B |
| Q2 2021 | 634 | $18.9B |
| Q1 2021 | 600 | $15.5B |
Institutions, Q1 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q4 2022.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 6,858,706 | $2.12B | 0.05% | +55,399+0.8% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 6,435,867 | $1.99B | 0.06% | −151,255−2.3% | Reduced |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 3,698,369 | $1.15B | 4.94% | +8,672+0.2% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 3,444,401 | $1.07B | 0.24% | −44,343−1.3% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 2,589,756 | $801.9M | 0.05% | −36,790−1.4% | Reduced |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 2,581,043 | $799.2M | 0.27% | −75,365−2.8% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 1,470,710 | $455.4M | 0.20% | +1,340,193+1,026.8% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1,229,235 | $379.7M | 0.05% | +32,360+2.7% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 1,094,941 | $339.0M | 0.07% | −6,625−0.6% | Reduced |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 909,407 | $281.6M | 4.33% | +74,169+8.9% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 843,053 | $261.0M | 0.03% | +40,469+5.0% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 773,540 | $239.5M | 0.07% | +90,738+13.3% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 766,220 | $237.2M | 0.05% | −7,380−1.0% | Reduced |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 738,079 | $228.5M | 1.44% | −10,430−1.4% | Reduced |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 696,525 | $215.7M | 0.90% | +39,914+6.1% | Added |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 602,614 | $186.6M | 1.02% | +2,597+0.4% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 599,613 | $185.7M | 0.04% | −30,841−4.9% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 594,506 | $184.1M | 0.15% | +53,204+9.8% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 575,996 | $178.3M | 0.21% | +102,431+21.6% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 562,189 | $174.1M | 0.06% | −53,824−8.7% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 475,651 | $147.3M | 0.01% | −190,624−28.6% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 460,237 | $142.5M | 0.05% | −45,220−8.9% | Reduced |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 398,101 | $123.3M | 1.06% | −6,245−1.5% | Reduced |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 390,633 | $121.0M | 0.16% | +45,514+13.2% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 382,881 | $118.6M | 0.08% | −21,556−5.3% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 380,878 | $117.9M | 0.06% | +13,317+3.6% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 379,586 | $117.5M | 0.01% | +40,234+11.9% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 374,782 | $116.0M | 0.04% | +5,504+1.5% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 329,323 | $102.0M | 0.03% | +128,633+64.1% | Added |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 317,218 | $98.0M | 0.14% | −14,295−4.3% | Reduced |
| Amundi | 322,180 | $97.5M | 0.05% | +5,319+1.7% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 302,119 | $93.5M | 0.03% | +2,730+0.9% | Added |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 284,551 | $88.1M | 0.15% | +111,521+64.5% | Added |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 275,172 | $85.2M | 1.38% | +139,659+103.1% | Added |
| Newport Trust Co | 239,089 | $74.0M | 0.20% | +5,864+2.5% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 235,700 | $73.0M | 0.05% | −7,700−3.2% | Reduced |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 227,731 | $70.5M | 2.04% | −1,567−0.7% | Reduced |
| Pictet Asset Management SA | 223,041 | $69.1M | 0.09% | −125,545−36.0% | Reduced |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 204,179 | $63.2M | 0.09% | −27,428−11.8% | Reduced |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 203,252 | $62.9M | 0.51% | −54,813−21.2% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 194,806 | $60.3M | 0.02% | −34,057−14.9% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 193,806 | $60.0M | 0.08% | −19,039−8.9% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 191,363 | $59.3M | 0.04% | −60,627−24.1% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 185,382 | $57.4M | 0.03% | −17,706−8.7% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 177,498 | $55.0M | 0.16% | +119,152+204.2% | Added |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 174,200 | $53.9M | 0.14% | +84,500+94.2% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 172,766 | $53.5M | 0.07% | +7,254+4.4% | Added |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 171,913 | $53.2M | 0.13% | −7,619−4.2% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | 167,010 | $51.7M | 0.13% | +7,808+4.9% | Added |
| Aviva PLC | 165,770 | $51.3M | 0.23% | +64,349+63.4% | Added |
| Man Group plc | – | $49.9M | 0.18% | – | – |
| KBC Group NV | 157,436 | $48.7M | 0.21% | +4,591+3.0% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 154,582 | $47.9M | 0.01% | +54,879+55.0% | Added |
| Anchor Capital Advisors LLC | 140,848 | $43.6M | 1.15% | −4,361−3.0% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 140,636 | $43.5M | 0.05% | −8,033−5.4% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 131,895 | $40.8M | 0.07% | +70,320+114.2% | Added |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 131,788 | $40.7M | 0.09% | +23,501+21.7% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 131,381 | $40.7M | 0.05% | +106+0.1% | Added |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 133,924 | $40.3M | 0.10% | −83,854−38.5% | Reduced |
| Credit Suisse AG | 123,491 | $38.2M | 0.04% | +2,479+2.0% | Added |
| Glenmede Trust Co NA | 121,948 | $37.8M | 0.21% | −743−0.6% | Reduced |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 121,095 | $37.5M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 117,691 | $36.4M | 0.03% | −18,154−13.4% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 114,454 | $36.2M | 0.02% | −106,337−48.2% | Reduced |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 116,042 | $35.9M | 0.21% | +116,042 | New |
| Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC | 104,740 | $32.4M | 0.60% | +94,206+894.3% | Added |
| Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc | 101,406 | $31.4M | 3.18% | −970−0.9% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 97,941 | $30.3M | 0.05% | −1,537−1.5% | Reduced |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 96,004 | $29.7M | 0.10% | −1,730−1.8% | Reduced |
| PFM Health Sciences, LP | 94,624 | $29.3M | 1.35% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| National Pension Service | 92,110 | $28.1M | 0.05% | −5,952−6.1% | Reduced |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 87,556 | $27.1M | 0.53% | +6,001+7.4% | Added |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 85,999 | $26.6M | 0.88% | +5,265+6.5% | Added |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 85,804 | $26.6M | 0.16% | −2,104−2.4% | Reduced |
| AXA S.A. | 84,753 | $26.2M | 0.09% | +1,120+1.3% | Added |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 83,899 | $26.0M | 0.24% | +58,542+230.9% | Added |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 80,000 | $24.8M | 1.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 79,991 | $24.8M | 0.07% | +24,557+44.3% | Added |
| Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al | 79,574 | $24.6M | 0.25% | +78,774+9,846.8% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 79,295 | $24.6M | 0.00% | −83,862−51.4% | Reduced |
| Primecap Management Co | 77,844 | $24.1M | 0.02% | +27,150+53.6% | Added |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 76,889 | $23.8M | 0.06% | +440+0.6% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 75,390 | $23.3M | 0.01% | −908−1.2% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 74,716 | $23.1M | 0.02% | −5,359−6.7% | Reduced |
| C WorldWide Group Holding A/S | 74,257 | $23.0M | 0.31% | +47,544+178.0% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 74,238 | $23.0M | 0.02% | +88+0.1% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 72,216 | $22.4M | 0.03% | +8,819+13.9% | Added |
| Los Angeles Capital Management LLC | 71,792 | $22.2M | 0.10% | +2,757+4.0% | Added |
| Umb Bank N A | 70,855 | $21.9M | 0.35% | −20.0% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 70,381 | $21.8M | 0.02% | −700,361−90.9% | Reduced |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 69,979 | $21.7M | 0.05% | −1,990−2.8% | Reduced |
| Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC | 69,897 | $21.6M | 0.06% | −169−0.2% | Reduced |
| SEI Investments Co | 67,613 | $20.9M | 0.04% | +27,410+68.2% | Added |
| Boston Financial Mangement LLC | 66,997 | $20.7M | 0.81% | −1,878−2.7% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 66,869 | $20.7M | 0.01% | −3,210−4.6% | Reduced |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 66,517 | $20.6M | 0.05% | −1,270−1.9% | Reduced |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 63,824 | $19.8M | 0.02% | −4,934−7.2% | Reduced |
| United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC | 63,377 | $19.6M | 0.11% | −1,895−2.9% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 62,723 | $19.4M | 0.01% | +12,787+25.6% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 61,705 | $19.1M | 0.01% | −4,758−7.2% | Reduced |