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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, Q2 2023

Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Jun 30, 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
647
−27 vs. Q1 2023
Shares held
56.3M
+2.18M (+4.0%) vs. Q1 2023
Total value
$15.0B
−$1.78B (−10.6%) vs. Q1 2023
New holders
67
234 more added
Sold out
94
219 more reduced

4 institutions that held it in Q1 2023 haven't filed for Q2 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q1 2023: 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 holdersQ2 2023: 647 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 heldQ2 2023: $15.0B
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, Q2 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q1 2023.

Institutions holding WAT in Q2 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The167,378$44.6M0.02%+104,655+166.9%Added
Mackenzie Financial Corp172,789$45.7M0.07%+165,948+2,425.8%Added
Rhumbline Advisers173,440$46.2M0.05%+674+0.4%Added
KBC Group NV173,638$46.3M0.19%+16,202+10.3%Added
Standard Life Aberdeen plc187,329$49.9M0.12%+15,416+9.0%Added
Deutsche Bank AG204,550$54.5M0.03%+19,168+10.3%Added
HSBC Holdings PLC206,233$55.0M0.06%+12,427+6.4%Added
New York State Common Retirement Fund212,261$56.6M0.07%+80,880+61.6%Added
Swiss National Bank213,200$56.8M0.04%−22,500−9.5%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada220,921$58.9M0.02%+26,115+13.4%Added
Newport Trust Co235,153$62.7M0.18%−3,936−1.6%Reduced
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC241,301$64.3M1.68%+13,570+6.0%Added
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC258,865$69.0M0.02%−201,372−43.8%Reduced
Robeco Schweiz AG274,883$73.3M1.09%−289−0.1%Reduced
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC286,933$76.5M0.12%+2,382+0.8%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP317,632$84.7M0.03%+15,513+5.1%Added
Amundi342,902$90.8M0.05%+20,722+6.4%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc342,351$91.3M0.02%+13,028+4.0%Added
Bank of America Corp343,834$91.6M0.01%−35,752−9.4%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc361,580$96.4M0.03%−13,202−3.5%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc365,591$97.4M0.07%+291,353+392.5%Added
Nordea Investment Management AB398,378$105.4M0.14%+81,160+25.6%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc380,878$117.9M0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Morgan Stanley454,082$121.0M0.01%−388,971−46.1%Reduced
Van Eck Associates Corp482,339$128.6M0.28%+477,410+9,685.7%Added
Boston Trust Walden Corp529,984$141.3M1.16%+131,883+33.1%Added
Norges Bank560,333$149.4M0.03%−39,280−6.6%Reduced
Janus Henderson Group PLC580,481$154.7M0.10%+197,600+51.6%Added
Legal & General Group Plc607,421$161.9M0.05%+45,232+8.0%Added
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.616,421$164.3M0.86%+13,807+2.3%Added
American Century Companies Inc620,141$165.3M0.12%+25,635+4.3%Added
Northern Trust Corp755,621$201.4M0.04%−10,599−1.4%Reduced
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC756,549$201.7M1.24%+18,470+2.5%Added
Impax Asset Management Group plc835,477$222.7M0.89%+138,952+19.9%Added
Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd.1,026,205$273.5M3.99%+116,798+12.8%Added
Invesco Ltd.1,060,400$282.6M0.07%+286,860+37.1%Added
Wellington Management Group LLP1,066,111$284.2M0.05%−28,830−2.6%Reduced
Geode Capital Management, LLC1,257,155$334.2M0.04%+27,920+2.3%Added
Generation Investment Management LLP1,458,829$388.8M1.88%+1,458,829New
Alliancebernstein L.P.2,018,487$538.0M0.22%+547,777+37.2%Added
State Street Corp2,619,676$698.2M0.04%+29,920+1.2%Added
Massachusetts Financial Services Co3,470,748$925.1M0.30%+889,705+34.5%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp3,471,889$925.4M0.19%+27,488+0.8%Added
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith3,809,473$1.02B4.26%+111,104+3.0%Added
BlackRock Inc.6,088,496$1.62B0.04%−347,371−5.4%Reduced
Vanguard Group Inc6,789,900$1.81B0.04%−68,806−1.0%Reduced
Quilter Plc77,398––+10,958+16.5%Added
Twinbeech Capital LP0$00.00%−40,775−100.0%Sold out
Tudor Investment Corp Et Al0$00.00%−40,716−100.0%Sold out
Sandler Capital Management0$00.00%−24,194−100.0%Sold out
Marshall Wace, LLP0$00.00%−23,426−100.0%Sold out
First Trust Advisors LP0$00.00%−21,979−100.0%Sold out
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.0$00.00%−21,443−100.0%Sold out
Sivik Global Healthcare LLC0$00.00%−15,000−100.0%Sold out
Trexquant Investment LP0$00.00%−10,905−100.0%Sold out
Engineers Gate Manager LP0$00.00%−10,546−100.0%Sold out
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd0$00.00%−10,218−100.0%Sold out
Putnam Investments LLC0$00.00%−9,115−100.0%Sold out
Point72 Middle East FZE0$00.00%−7,407−100.0%Sold out
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund0$00.00%−6,552−100.0%Sold out
Kames Capital plc0$00.00%−5,373−100.0%Sold out
Redwood Investment Management, LLC0$00.00%−5,051−100.0%Sold out
Quantbot Technologies LP0$00.00%−4,930−100.0%Sold out
Jump Financial, LLC0$00.00%−4,851−100.0%Sold out
Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd0$00.00%−4,488−100.0%Sold out
Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd0$00.00%−4,316−100.0%Sold out
Graham Capital Management, L.P.0$00.00%−4,230−100.0%Sold out
Compton Capital Management Inc0$00.00%−2,875−100.0%Sold out
Virtus ETF Advisers LLC0$00.00%−2,581−100.0%Sold out
BCJ Capital Management, LLC0$00.00%−2,545−100.0%Sold out
Industrial Alliance Investment Management Inc.0$00.00%−2,356−100.0%Sold out
Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC0$00.00%−2,325−100.0%Sold out
Fox Run Management, L.L.C.0$00.00%−1,878−100.0%Sold out
Virtu Financial LLC0$00.00%−1,743−100.0%Sold out
Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC0$00.00%−1,696−100.0%Sold out
Agf Management Ltd0$00.00%−1,664−100.0%Sold out
Winton Group Ltd0$00.00%−1,601−100.0%Sold out
Axq Capital, LP0$00.00%−1,524−100.0%Sold out
HRT Financial LP0$00.00%−1,420−100.0%Sold out
Hillsdale Investment Management Inc.0$00.00%−1,350−100.0%Sold out
Great Lakes Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−1,331−100.0%Sold out
Maverick Capital LtdSuperinvestorMaverick Capital0$00.00%−1,330−100.0%Sold out
Snowden Capital Advisors LLC0$00.00%−1,235−100.0%Sold out
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.0$00.00%−1,235−100.0%Sold out
Simplify Asset Management Inc.0$00.00%−1,206−100.0%Sold out
Boothbay Fund Management, LLC0$00.00%−1,167−100.0%Sold out
Vident Investment Advisory, LLC0$00.00%−1,157−100.0%Sold out
Sun Life Financial INC0$00.00%−1,159−100.0%Sold out
Landscape Capital Management, L.L.C.0$00.00%−1,149−100.0%Sold out
Sciencast Management LP0$00.00%−1,314−100.0%Sold out
Globeflex Capital L P0$00.00%−1,111−100.0%Sold out
Oak Thistle LLC0$00.00%−1,040−100.0%Sold out
Sawtooth Solutions, LLC0$00.00%−954−100.0%Sold out
Bleakley Financial Group, LLC0$00.00%−953−100.0%Sold out
Wealth Alliance0$00.00%−952−100.0%Sold out
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP0$00.00%−938−100.0%Sold out
Ritholtz Wealth Management0$00.00%−929−100.0%Sold out
Portland Global Advisors LLC0$00.00%−912−100.0%Sold out
Acrisure Capital Management, LLC0$00.00%−860−100.0%Sold out
Two Sigma Securities, LLC0$00.00%−849−100.0%Sold out