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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, 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.

Institutional holdersQ3 2023: 651 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 heldQ3 2023: $15.7B
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, Q3 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q2 2023.

Institutions holding WAT in Q3 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Cambiar Investors LLC170,524$46.8M1.99%+170,524New
Rhumbline Advisers177,946$48.8M0.06%+4,506+2.6%Added
Ameriprise Financial Inc182,625$50.1M0.02%+128,763+239.1%Added
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership183,686$50.4M0.09%+183,686New
Fenimore Asset Management Inc185,612$50.9M1.32%+185,612New
Deutsche Bank AG188,957$51.8M0.03%−15,593−7.6%Reduced
Swiss National Bank189,900$52.1M0.04%−23,300−10.9%Reduced
Standard Life Aberdeen plc201,851$55.3M0.14%+14,522+7.8%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc206,747$56.7M0.01%−135,604−39.6%Reduced
First Trust Advisors LP206,831$56.7M0.07%+206,831New
New York State Common Retirement Fund214,252$58.8M0.08%+1,991+0.9%Added
Royal Bank of Canada214,256$58.8M0.02%−6,665−3.0%Reduced
Newport Trust Co222,347$61.0M0.19%−12,806−5.4%Reduced
Nuveen Asset Management, LLC227,590$62.4M0.02%−31,275−12.1%Reduced
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC239,366$65.6M0.12%−47,567−16.6%Reduced
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC242,285$66.4M1.74%+984+0.4%Added
Findlay Park Partners LLP284,515$78.0M0.84%+284,515New
Robeco Schweiz AG315,225$86.4M1.46%+40,342+14.7%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP327,866$89.9M0.03%+10,234+3.2%Added
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc344,164$94.4M0.03%−17,416−4.8%Reduced
Amundi387,609$97.9M0.05%+44,707+13.0%Added
Principal Financial Group Inc369,811$101.4M0.07%+4,220+1.2%Added
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc388,612$106.6M0.05%+7,734+2.0%Added
Bank of America Corp416,455$114.2M0.01%+72,621+21.1%Added
Nordea Investment Management AB423,425$116.9M0.16%+25,047+6.3%Added
Ako Capital LLP471,764$129.4M2.11%+471,764New
Morgan Stanley478,368$131.2M0.01%+24,286+5.3%Added
Van Eck Associates Corp550,746$151.0M0.33%+68,407+14.2%Added
Norges Bank565,821$155.2M0.03%+5,488+1.0%Added
Boston Trust Walden Corp571,498$156.7M1.31%+41,514+7.8%Added
Legal & General Group Plc576,433$158.1M0.06%−30,988−5.1%Reduced
London Co of Virginia578,836$158.7M0.95%+578,836New
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.604,652$165.8M0.89%−11,769−1.9%Reduced
Janus Henderson Group PLC703,858$193.0M0.13%+123,377+21.3%Added
Northern Trust Corp713,625$195.7M0.04%−41,996−5.6%Reduced
Impax Asset Management Group plc775,540$212.7M0.95%−59,937−7.2%Reduced
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC803,634$220.4M1.43%+47,085+6.2%Added
American Century Companies Inc832,895$228.4M0.18%+212,754+34.3%Added
Wellington Management Group LLP1,051,554$288.3M0.06%−14,557−1.4%Reduced
Invesco Ltd.1,092,459$299.6M0.08%+32,059+3.0%Added
Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd.1,107,094$303.6M4.73%+80,889+7.9%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC1,276,474$349.3M0.04%+19,319+1.5%Added
Generation Investment Management LLP1,668,414$457.5M2.41%+209,585+14.4%Added
Alliancebernstein L.P.2,069,308$567.4M0.24%+50,821+2.5%Added
State Street Corp2,546,572$698.3M0.04%−73,104−2.8%Reduced
Massachusetts Financial Services Co3,371,337$924.5M0.32%−99,411−2.9%Reduced
Bank of New York Mellon Corp3,520,629$965.4M0.21%+48,740+1.4%Added
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith3,806,494$1.04B4.74%−2,979−0.1%Reduced
BlackRock Inc.5,552,506$1.52B0.04%−535,990−8.8%Reduced
Vanguard Group Inc6,773,137$1.86B0.05%−16,763−0.2%Reduced
Quilter Plc77,485––+87+0.1%Added
PFM Health Sciences, LP0$00.00%−94,624−100.0%Sold out
Virginia Retirement Systems Et Al0$00.00%−79,574−100.0%Sold out
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership0$00.00%−62,591−100.0%Sold out
Renaissance Technologies LLC0$00.00%−56,800−100.0%Sold out
Worldquant Millennium Advisors LLC0$00.00%−41,928−100.0%Sold out
Parkman Healthcare Partners LLC0$00.00%−40,688−100.0%Sold out
Andra AP-fonden0$00.00%−39,040−100.0%Sold out
Ergoteles LLC0$00.00%−10,649−100.0%Sold out
Aquatic Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−10,500−100.0%Sold out
FORA Capital, LLC0$00.00%−10,449−100.0%Sold out
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC0$00.00%−9,700−100.0%Sold out
Strategic Global Advisors, LLC0$00.00%−7,953−100.0%Sold out
Duality Advisers, LP0$00.00%−6,758−100.0%Sold out
Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C.0$00.00%−6,466−100.0%Sold out
Hussman Strategic Advisors, Inc.0$00.00%−5,200−100.0%Sold out
Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC0$00.00%−5,075−100.0%Sold out
Echo Street Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−4,584−100.0%Sold out
Quadrature Capital Ltd0$00.00%−4,190−100.0%Sold out
DuPont Capital Management Corp0$00.00%−3,861−100.0%Sold out
Tocqueville Asset Management L.P.0$00.00%−3,615−100.0%Sold out
Natixis0$00.00%−3,613−100.0%Sold out
Stevens Capital Management LP0$00.00%−3,044−100.0%Sold out
GTS Securities LLC0$00.00%−3,038−100.0%Sold out
iA Global Asset Management Inc.0$00.00%−3,023−100.0%Sold out
Quantamental Technologies LLC0$00.00%−3,013−100.0%Sold out
Quantitative Investment Management, LLC0$00.00%−2,930−100.0%Sold out
Vinva Investment Management Ltd0$00.00%−2,039−100.0%Sold out
Cipher Capital LP0$00.00%−1,937−100.0%Sold out
SRB Corp0$00.00%−1,638−100.0%Sold out
New England Research & Management, Inc.0$00.00%−1,585−100.0%Sold out
Symphony Financial, Ltd. Co.0$00.00%−1,368−100.0%Sold out
Machina Capital S.A.S.0$00.00%−1,307−100.0%Sold out
Seven Eight Capital, LP0$00.00%−1,046−100.0%Sold out
Steel Peak Wealth Management LLC0$00.00%−1,000−100.0%Sold out
Veritable, L.P.0$00.00%−975−100.0%Sold out
TCWP LLC0$00.00%−843−100.0%Sold out
Red Door Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−824−100.0%Sold out
Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC0$00.00%−805−100.0%Sold out
Lincoln National Corp0$00.00%−799−100.0%Sold out
Buffington Mohr McNeal0$00.00%−780−100.0%Sold out
Columbia Asset Management0$00.00%−705−100.0%Sold out
Ridgewood Investments LLC0$00.00%−606−100.0%Sold out
Options Solutions, LLC0$00.00%−400−100.0%Sold out
MUFG Securities EMEA plc0$00.00%−260−100.0%Sold out
ICA Group Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−259−100.0%Sold out
25 LLC0$00.00%−202−100.0%Sold out
Clear Street Markets LLC0$00.00%−166−100.0%Sold out
Granite FO LLC0$00.00%−150−100.0%Sold out
Mirova0$00.00%−119−100.0%Sold out