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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
IFM Investors Pty Ltd13,062$3.58M0.05%+717+5.8%Added
ICICI Prudential Asset Management Co Ltd12,970$3.56M0.47%+2,270+21.2%Added
Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec12,814$3.51M0.01%−11,072−46.4%Reduced
HighTower Advisors, LLC12,695$3.48M0.01%+505+4.1%Added
Leavell Investment Management, Inc.12,573$3.45M0.24%−400−3.1%Reduced
Texas Permanent School Fund12,212$3.35M0.03%−241−1.9%Reduced
Two Sigma Investments, LP12,132$3.33M0.01%−54,532−81.8%Reduced
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt Sys11,884$3.26M0.03%+1,588+15.4%Added
Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc11,435$3.14M0.22%−180−1.5%Reduced
Bridgewater Associates, LP11,106$3.05M0.02%−19,755−64.0%Reduced
MEAG MUNICH ERGO, Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH10,891$2.99M0.13%−591−5.1%Reduced
Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ)10,847$2.97M0.02%+61+0.6%Added
Armstrong Henry H Associates Inc10,699$2.93M0.34%−20−0.2%Reduced
S&CO Inc10,560$2.90M0.24%00.0%Unchanged
ProShare Advisors LLC10,451$2.87M0.01%−1,319−11.2%Reduced
Czech National Bank10,344$2.84M0.05%+3,355+48.0%Added
Burney Co10,286$2.82M0.13%−513−4.8%Reduced
SG Americas Securities, LLC10,276$2.82M0.04%+3,071+42.6%Added
Advisor Group Holdings, Inc.10,172$2.79M0.00%+4,020+65.3%Added
Kinneret Advisory, LLC10,151$2.78M0.34%−6−0.1%Reduced
Utah Retirement Systems10,128$2.78M0.04%00.0%Unchanged
TD Waterhouse Canada Inc.8,455$2.77M0.03%−1,001−10.6%Reduced
Bayesian Capital Management, LP10,105$2.77M0.32%+10,105New
Comerica Bank10,101$2.77M0.01%+10,101New
Brinker Capital Investments, LLC9,984$2.74M0.03%+6,531+189.1%Added
Orion Portfolio Solutions, LLC9,984$2.74M0.03%+6,531+189.1%Added
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC9,953$2.73M0.01%+345+3.6%Added
AustralianSuper Pty Ltd9,872$2.71M0.02%+487+5.2%Added
Argyle Capital Management Inc.9,800$2.69M0.98%00.0%Unchanged
Tredje AP-fonden9,739$2.67M0.04%−913−8.6%Reduced
Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd9,711$2.66M0.04%−17,494−64.3%Reduced
Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP9,465$2.59M0.20%+9,465New
Ci Investments Inc.9,448$2.59M0.01%−157−1.6%Reduced
Deroy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel Inc9,445$2.59M0.19%+9,445New
State of Tennessee, Treasury Department9,371$2.57M0.01%−160−1.7%Reduced
LPL Financial LLC9,277$2.54M0.00%−3,588−27.9%Reduced
New York Life Investment Management LLC9,206$2.52M0.03%−44−0.5%Reduced
Pacer Advisors, Inc.8,883$2.44M0.01%+2,448+38.0%Added
Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc.8,773$2.41M0.00%+240+2.8%Added
Pinnacle Associates Ltd8,728$2.39M0.04%+31+0.4%Added
CIBC Asset Management Inc8,680$2.38M0.01%−153−1.7%Reduced
Banco Santander, S.A.8,659$2.37M0.03%+3,759+76.7%Added
Hunter Perkins Capital Management, LLC8,585$2.35M0.51%−1,935−18.4%Reduced
Glenview Trust Co8,437$2.31M0.06%−1,146−12.0%Reduced
Quantinno Capital Management LP8,354$2.29M0.10%+2,556+44.1%Added
Mutual of America Capital Management LLC8,290$2.27M0.03%−223−2.6%Reduced
Hikari Tsushin, Inc.8,286$2.27M0.22%+2,021+32.3%Added
AIA Group Ltd8,257$2.26M0.11%+1,272+18.2%Added
Eos Management, L.P.8,201$2.25M1.05%00.0%Unchanged
Lafayette Investments, Inc.8,195$2.25M0.61%+7,044+612.0%Added
CAPROCK Group, Inc.8,187$2.24M0.17%+103+1.3%Added
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.8,094$2.22M0.02%+857+11.8%Added
Intech Investment Management LLC8,017$2.20M0.03%−30,543−79.2%Reduced
Allianz Asset Management GmbH8,006$2.20M0.00%−1,319−14.1%Reduced
Gabelli Funds LLC8,000$2.19M0.02%−400−4.8%Reduced
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund7,949$2.18M0.03%−1,431−15.3%Reduced
Linscomb & Williams, Inc.7,782$2.13M0.12%+10.0%Added
Truadvice, LLC8,056$2.06M0.81%+8,056New
Yousif Capital Management, LLC7,471$2.05M0.03%−201−2.6%Reduced
Absher Wealth Management, LLC7,317$2.01M0.33%+677+10.2%Added
PDT Partners, LLC7,285$2.00M0.25%+4,600+171.3%Added
Magnetar Financial LLC7,221$1.98M0.05%+1,783+32.8%Added
Nissay Asset Management Corp7,138$1.96M0.02%+225+3.3%Added
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A.7,085$1.94M0.03%+88+1.3%Added
Advisors Asset Management, Inc.6,880$1.89M0.04%+99+1.5%Added
Vestcor Inc6,874$1.89M0.07%−6,067−46.9%Reduced
Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado6,810$1.87M0.01%−390−5.4%Reduced
Storebrand Asset Management AS6,735$1.85M0.01%−3,105−31.6%Reduced
Cannell Peter B & Co Inc6,689$1.83M0.06%−456−6.4%Reduced
CWM Advisors, LLC6,624$1.82M0.23%+5,106+336.4%Added
Colony Group LLC6,537$1.79M0.03%+4,899+299.1%Added
Walleye Trading LLC6,455$1.77M0.04%+6,455New
Prio Wealth Limited Partnership6,415$1.76M0.07%−75−1.2%Reduced
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC6,408$1.76M0.01%−56−0.9%Reduced
Bessemer Group Inc6,385$1.75M0.00%−28−0.4%Reduced
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP6,366$1.75M0.03%+6,366New
Public Sector Pension Investment Board6,365$1.75M0.01%+689+12.1%Added
LaFleur & Godfrey LLC6,354$1.74M0.28%−265−4.0%Reduced
Shell Asset Management Co6,198$1.70M0.07%−30−0.5%Reduced
Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc.6,302$1.69M0.04%−557−8.1%Reduced
Rafferty Asset Management, LLC6,170$1.69M0.01%+451+7.9%Added
Hartford Investment Management Co6,166$1.69M0.07%−169−2.7%Reduced
Kensington Investment Counsel, LLC6,151$1.69M1.05%+271+4.6%Added
B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG6,019$1.65M0.02%+49+0.8%Added
North Star Asset Management Inc5,964$1.64M0.09%−46−0.8%Reduced
Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc6,064$1.62M0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Northwest Investment Counselors, LLC5,871$1.61M0.45%+1,475+33.6%Added
MML Investors Services, LLC5,852$1.60M0.01%+3,112+113.6%Added
Sheets Smith Wealth Management5,678$1.56M0.24%00.0%Unchanged
Parsons Capital Management Inc5,672$1.56M0.12%−7−0.1%Reduced
Private Advisor Group, LLC5,634$1.54M0.01%+23+0.4%Added
Brown Advisory Inc5,617$1.54M0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Bank of Nova Scotia5,483$1.50M0.00%+645+13.3%Added
Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd5,473$1.50M0.04%−462−7.8%Reduced
Creative Planning5,437$1.49M0.00%+1,213+28.7%Added
British Columbia Investment Management Corp5,371$1.47M0.01%+68+1.3%Added
Ostrum Asset Management5,358$1.47M0.14%+2,449+84.2%Added
Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky5,354$1.47M0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Bank Pictet & Cie (Asia) Ltd5,171$1.42M0.42%00.0%Unchanged
Dark Forest Capital Management LP5,159$1.41M0.12%+1,989+62.7%Added