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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 80,000 | $24.8M | 1.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | 83,899 | $26.0M | 0.24% | +58,542+230.9% | Added |
| AXA S.A. | 84,753 | $26.2M | 0.09% | +1,120+1.3% | Added |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 85,804 | $26.6M | 0.16% | −2,104−2.4% | Reduced |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 85,999 | $26.6M | 0.88% | +5,265+6.5% | Added |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 87,556 | $27.1M | 0.53% | +6,001+7.4% | Added |
| National Pension Service | 92,110 | $28.1M | 0.05% | −5,952−6.1% | Reduced |
| PFM Health Sciences, LP | 94,624 | $29.3M | 1.35% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 96,004 | $29.7M | 0.10% | −1,730−1.8% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 97,941 | $30.3M | 0.05% | −1,537−1.5% | Reduced |
| Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc | 101,406 | $31.4M | 3.18% | −970−0.9% | Reduced |
| Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC | 104,740 | $32.4M | 0.60% | +94,206+894.3% | Added |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 116,042 | $35.9M | 0.21% | +116,042 | New |
| Bank of Montreal | 114,454 | $36.2M | 0.02% | −106,337−48.2% | Reduced |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 117,691 | $36.4M | 0.03% | −18,154−13.4% | Reduced |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 121,095 | $37.5M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Glenmede Trust Co NA | 121,948 | $37.8M | 0.21% | −743−0.6% | Reduced |
| Credit Suisse AG | 123,491 | $38.2M | 0.04% | +2,479+2.0% | Added |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 133,924 | $40.3M | 0.10% | −83,854−38.5% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 131,381 | $40.7M | 0.05% | +106+0.1% | Added |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 131,788 | $40.7M | 0.09% | +23,501+21.7% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 131,895 | $40.8M | 0.07% | +70,320+114.2% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 140,636 | $43.5M | 0.05% | −8,033−5.4% | Reduced |
| Anchor Capital Advisors LLC | 140,848 | $43.6M | 1.15% | −4,361−3.0% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 154,582 | $47.9M | 0.01% | +54,879+55.0% | Added |
| KBC Group NV | 157,436 | $48.7M | 0.21% | +4,591+3.0% | Added |
| Man Group plc | – | $49.9M | 0.18% | – | – |
| Aviva PLC | 165,770 | $51.3M | 0.23% | +64,349+63.4% | Added |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | 167,010 | $51.7M | 0.13% | +7,808+4.9% | Added |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 171,913 | $53.2M | 0.13% | −7,619−4.2% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 172,766 | $53.5M | 0.07% | +7,254+4.4% | Added |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 174,200 | $53.9M | 0.14% | +84,500+94.2% | Added |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 177,498 | $55.0M | 0.16% | +119,152+204.2% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 185,382 | $57.4M | 0.03% | −17,706−8.7% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 191,363 | $59.3M | 0.04% | −60,627−24.1% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 193,806 | $60.0M | 0.08% | −19,039−8.9% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 194,806 | $60.3M | 0.02% | −34,057−14.9% | Reduced |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 203,252 | $62.9M | 0.51% | −54,813−21.2% | Reduced |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 204,179 | $63.2M | 0.09% | −27,428−11.8% | Reduced |
| Pictet Asset Management SA | 223,041 | $69.1M | 0.09% | −125,545−36.0% | Reduced |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 227,731 | $70.5M | 2.04% | −1,567−0.7% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 235,700 | $73.0M | 0.05% | −7,700−3.2% | Reduced |
| Newport Trust Co | 239,089 | $74.0M | 0.20% | +5,864+2.5% | Added |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 275,172 | $85.2M | 1.38% | +139,659+103.1% | Added |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 284,551 | $88.1M | 0.15% | +111,521+64.5% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 302,119 | $93.5M | 0.03% | +2,730+0.9% | Added |
| Amundi | 322,180 | $97.5M | 0.05% | +5,319+1.7% | Added |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 317,218 | $98.0M | 0.14% | −14,295−4.3% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 329,323 | $102.0M | 0.03% | +128,633+64.1% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 374,782 | $116.0M | 0.04% | +5,504+1.5% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 379,586 | $117.5M | 0.01% | +40,234+11.9% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 380,878 | $117.9M | 0.06% | +13,317+3.6% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 382,881 | $118.6M | 0.08% | −21,556−5.3% | Reduced |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 390,633 | $121.0M | 0.16% | +45,514+13.2% | Added |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 398,101 | $123.3M | 1.06% | −6,245−1.5% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 460,237 | $142.5M | 0.05% | −45,220−8.9% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 475,651 | $147.3M | 0.01% | −190,624−28.6% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 562,189 | $174.1M | 0.06% | −53,824−8.7% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 575,996 | $178.3M | 0.21% | +102,431+21.6% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 594,506 | $184.1M | 0.15% | +53,204+9.8% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 599,613 | $185.7M | 0.04% | −30,841−4.9% | Reduced |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 602,614 | $186.6M | 1.02% | +2,597+0.4% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 696,525 | $215.7M | 0.90% | +39,914+6.1% | Added |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 738,079 | $228.5M | 1.44% | −10,430−1.4% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 766,220 | $237.2M | 0.05% | −7,380−1.0% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 773,540 | $239.5M | 0.07% | +90,738+13.3% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 843,053 | $261.0M | 0.03% | +40,469+5.0% | Added |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 909,407 | $281.6M | 4.33% | +74,169+8.9% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 1,094,941 | $339.0M | 0.07% | −6,625−0.6% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1,229,235 | $379.7M | 0.05% | +32,360+2.7% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 1,470,710 | $455.4M | 0.20% | +1,340,193+1,026.8% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 2,581,043 | $799.2M | 0.27% | −75,365−2.8% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 2,589,756 | $801.9M | 0.05% | −36,790−1.4% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 3,444,401 | $1.07B | 0.24% | −44,343−1.3% | Reduced |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 3,698,369 | $1.15B | 4.94% | +8,672+0.2% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 6,435,867 | $1.99B | 0.06% | −151,255−2.3% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 6,858,706 | $2.12B | 0.05% | +55,399+0.8% | Added |
| Quilter Plc | 66,440 | – | – | +11,312+20.5% | Added |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −105,522−100.0% | Sold out |
| Woodline Partners LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −35,003−100.0% | Sold out |
| Moran Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −24,129−100.0% | Sold out |
| MUFG Securities EMEA plc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −13,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Fred Alger Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −12,575−100.0% | Sold out |
| Diametric Capital, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,405−100.0% | Sold out |
| L2 Asset Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,897−100.0% | Sold out |
| Merlin Capital LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,385−100.0% | Sold out |
| Walleye Capital LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,417−100.0% | Sold out |
| Allstate Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,266−100.0% | Sold out |
| Prelude Capital Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,099−100.0% | Sold out |
| XTX Topco Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,455−100.0% | Sold out |
| Blueprint Investment Partners LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,124−100.0% | Sold out |
| Fort, L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,059−100.0% | Sold out |
| Asahi Life Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,050−100.0% | Sold out |
| HBK Sorce Advisory LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,004−100.0% | Sold out |
| Allen Investment Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −943−100.0% | Sold out |
| Birchcreek Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −900−100.0% | Sold out |
| Robertson Stephens Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −671−100.0% | Sold out |
| LGT Financial Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −668−100.0% | Sold out |
| Schwartz Investment Counsel Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −600−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bedel Financial Consulting, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −600−100.0% | Sold out |