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, Q3 2023
Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Sep 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
- 651
- +10 vs. Q2 2023
- Shares held
- 57.2M
- +907.4K (+1.6%) vs. Q2 2023
- Total value
- $15.7B
- +$664.8M (+4.4%) vs. Q2 2023
- New holders
- 70
- 216 more added
- Sold out
- 60
- 232 more reduced
6 institutions that held it in Q2 2023 haven't filed for Q3 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 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.
| 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, Q3 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q2 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 6,773,137 | $1.86B | 0.05% | −16,763−0.2% | Reduced |
| BlackRock Inc. | 5,552,506 | $1.52B | 0.04% | −535,990−8.8% | Reduced |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 3,806,494 | $1.04B | 4.74% | −2,979−0.1% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 3,520,629 | $965.4M | 0.21% | +48,740+1.4% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 3,371,337 | $924.5M | 0.32% | −99,411−2.9% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 2,546,572 | $698.3M | 0.04% | −73,104−2.8% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,069,308 | $567.4M | 0.24% | +50,821+2.5% | Added |
| Generation Investment Management LLP | 1,668,414 | $457.5M | 2.41% | +209,585+14.4% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1,276,474 | $349.3M | 0.04% | +19,319+1.5% | Added |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 1,107,094 | $303.6M | 4.73% | +80,889+7.9% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,092,459 | $299.6M | 0.08% | +32,059+3.0% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 1,051,554 | $288.3M | 0.06% | −14,557−1.4% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 832,895 | $228.4M | 0.18% | +212,754+34.3% | Added |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 803,634 | $220.4M | 1.43% | +47,085+6.2% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 775,540 | $212.7M | 0.95% | −59,937−7.2% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 713,625 | $195.7M | 0.04% | −41,996−5.6% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 703,858 | $193.0M | 0.13% | +123,377+21.3% | Added |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 604,652 | $165.8M | 0.89% | −11,769−1.9% | Reduced |
| London Co of Virginia | 578,836 | $158.7M | 0.95% | +578,836 | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 576,433 | $158.1M | 0.06% | −30,988−5.1% | Reduced |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 571,498 | $156.7M | 1.31% | +41,514+7.8% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 565,821 | $155.2M | 0.03% | +5,488+1.0% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 550,746 | $151.0M | 0.33% | +68,407+14.2% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 478,368 | $131.2M | 0.01% | +24,286+5.3% | Added |
| Ako Capital LLP | 471,764 | $129.4M | 2.11% | +471,764 | New |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 423,425 | $116.9M | 0.16% | +25,047+6.3% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 416,455 | $114.2M | 0.01% | +72,621+21.1% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 388,612 | $106.6M | 0.05% | +7,734+2.0% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 369,811 | $101.4M | 0.07% | +4,220+1.2% | Added |
| Amundi | 387,609 | $97.9M | 0.05% | +44,707+13.0% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 344,164 | $94.4M | 0.03% | −17,416−4.8% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 327,866 | $89.9M | 0.03% | +10,234+3.2% | Added |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 315,225 | $86.4M | 1.46% | +40,342+14.7% | Added |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | 284,515 | $78.0M | 0.84% | +284,515 | New |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 242,285 | $66.4M | 1.74% | +984+0.4% | Added |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 239,366 | $65.6M | 0.12% | −47,567−16.6% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 227,590 | $62.4M | 0.02% | −31,275−12.1% | Reduced |
| Newport Trust Co | 222,347 | $61.0M | 0.19% | −12,806−5.4% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 214,256 | $58.8M | 0.02% | −6,665−3.0% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 214,252 | $58.8M | 0.08% | +1,991+0.9% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 206,831 | $56.7M | 0.07% | +206,831 | New |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 206,747 | $56.7M | 0.01% | −135,604−39.6% | Reduced |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 201,851 | $55.3M | 0.14% | +14,522+7.8% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 189,900 | $52.1M | 0.04% | −23,300−10.9% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 188,957 | $51.8M | 0.03% | −15,593−7.6% | Reduced |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc | 185,612 | $50.9M | 1.32% | +185,612 | New |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 183,686 | $50.4M | 0.09% | +183,686 | New |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 182,625 | $50.1M | 0.02% | +128,763+239.1% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 177,946 | $48.8M | 0.06% | +4,506+2.6% | Added |
| Cambiar Investors LLC | 170,524 | $46.8M | 1.99% | +170,524 | New |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 172,543 | $45.7M | 0.08% | −246−0.1% | Reduced |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 152,749 | $42.0M | 0.10% | +890+0.6% | Added |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 147,529 | $40.5M | 0.59% | +2,853+2.0% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 144,522 | $39.6M | 0.03% | −504−0.3% | Reduced |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 142,810 | $39.2M | 0.12% | +2,207+1.6% | Added |
| Anchor Capital Advisors LLC | 135,731 | $37.2M | 1.04% | −6,431−4.5% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 134,708 | $36.9M | 0.04% | −11,965−8.2% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 133,069 | $36.5M | 0.02% | +9,922+8.1% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 132,658 | $36.4M | 0.04% | −73,575−35.7% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 123,806 | $34.3M | 0.02% | +6,526+5.6% | Added |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 121,095 | $33.2M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Glenmede Trust Co NA | 114,362 | $31.4M | 0.18% | −7,586−6.2% | Reduced |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 111,820 | $30.7M | 0.03% | +429+0.4% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 111,712 | $30.6M | 0.00% | −13,876−11.0% | Reduced |
| Credit Suisse AG | 107,722 | $29.5M | 0.03% | −468−0.4% | Reduced |
| Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc | 106,447 | $29.2M | 2.88% | +444+0.4% | Added |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 104,456 | $28.6M | 0.18% | +3,262+3.2% | Added |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 103,044 | $28.3M | 0.95% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| National Pension Service | 103,355 | $27.7M | 0.04% | −1,422−1.4% | Reduced |
| Primecap Management Co | 97,659 | $26.8M | 0.02% | +9,615+10.9% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 94,871 | $26.0M | 0.01% | +4,788+5.3% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 92,238 | $25.3M | 0.04% | −2,600−2.7% | Reduced |
| Nuance Investments, LLC | 91,974 | $25.2M | 0.62% | −18,999−17.1% | Reduced |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 90,262 | $24.8M | 0.04% | +5,171+6.1% | Added |
| Boston Financial Mangement LLC | 89,140 | $24.4M | 0.91% | +22,931+34.6% | Added |
| Woodline Partners LP | 87,627 | $24.0M | 0.28% | +87,627 | New |
| Aviva PLC | 87,545 | $24.0M | 0.10% | −2,666−3.0% | Reduced |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 81,790 | $22.4M | 0.88% | −48,210−37.1% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 81,648 | $22.4M | 0.01% | +49,137+151.1% | Added |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 81,376 | $22.3M | 0.03% | −12,745−13.5% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 80,477 | $22.1M | 0.01% | −86,901−51.9% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 77,925 | $21.4M | 0.00% | −1,359−1.7% | Reduced |
| KBC Group NV | 77,675 | $21.3M | 0.09% | −95,963−55.3% | Reduced |
| Oversea-Chinese Banking CORP Ltd | 73,037 | $20.0M | 0.92% | +73,037 | New |
| Umb Bank N A | 70,855 | $19.4M | 0.31% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | 69,260 | $19.0M | 0.05% | −85,293−55.2% | Reduced |
| C WorldWide Group Holding A/S | 69,197 | $19.0M | 0.26% | +185+0.3% | Added |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 65,220 | $17.9M | 0.04% | −10,031−13.3% | Reduced |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 64,225 | $17.6M | 0.04% | −3,262−4.8% | Reduced |
| United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC | 62,921 | $17.3M | 0.11% | −1,544−2.4% | Reduced |
| AXA S.A. | 61,526 | $16.9M | 0.06% | −11,704−16.0% | Reduced |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 61,257 | $16.8M | 0.04% | −2,481−3.9% | Reduced |
| Jensen Investment Management Inc | 59,442 | $16.3M | 0.13% | +4,680+8.5% | Added |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 57,751 | $15.8M | 0.02% | −2,709−4.5% | Reduced |
| SEI Investments Co | 56,195 | $15.4M | 0.03% | −637−1.1% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 55,889 | $15.3M | 0.03% | +4,936+9.7% | Added |
| Baillie Gifford & Co | 55,313 | $15.2M | 0.01% | −2,065−3.6% | Reduced |
| C Partners Holding GmbH | 54,850 | $15.0M | 4.15% | −4,236−7.2% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 54,257 | $14.9M | 0.04% | +368+0.7% | Added |
| LGT Group Foundation | 53,874 | $14.6M | 0.36% | +553+1.0% | Added |