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, Q4 2023
Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Dec 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
- 674
- +34 vs. Q3 2023
- Shares held
- 59.0M
- +1.86M (+3.3%) vs. Q3 2023
- Total value
- $19.4B
- +$3.77B (+24.0%) vs. Q3 2023
- New holders
- 92
- 211 more added
- Sold out
- 58
- 254 more reduced
11 institutions that held it in Q3 2023 haven't filed for Q4 2023 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2023
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q3 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 6,837,662 | $2.25B | 0.05% | +64,525+1.0% | Added |
| BlackRock Inc. | 5,635,293 | $1.86B | 0.05% | +82,787+1.5% | Added |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 3,800,688 | $1.25B | 5.24% | −5,806−0.2% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 3,458,344 | $1.14B | 0.23% | −62,285−1.8% | Reduced |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 3,054,938 | $1.01B | 0.33% | −316,399−9.4% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 2,514,705 | $827.9M | 0.04% | −31,867−1.3% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,028,650 | $667.9M | 0.26% | −40,658−2.0% | Reduced |
| Generation Investment Management LLP | 1,646,986 | $542.2M | 2.46% | −21,428−1.3% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1,311,244 | $430.5M | 0.05% | +34,770+2.7% | Added |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 1,134,683 | $373.6M | 5.40% | +27,589+2.5% | Added |
| Guardcap Asset Management Ltd | 1,099,047 | $361.8M | 4.66% | +1,099,047 | New |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,027,708 | $338.4M | 0.08% | −64,751−5.9% | Reduced |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 973,537 | $322.0M | 0.41% | +550,112+129.9% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 812,124 | $267.4M | 0.05% | −239,430−22.8% | Reduced |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 785,129 | $258.5M | 1.53% | −18,505−2.3% | Reduced |
| Ako Capital LLP | 771,922 | $254.1M | 3.62% | +300,158+63.6% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 744,663 | $245.2M | 0.98% | −30,877−4.0% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 709,074 | $233.4M | 0.14% | +5,216+0.7% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 674,825 | $222.2M | 0.04% | −38,800−5.4% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 626,571 | $206.3M | 0.04% | +60,750+10.7% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 604,894 | $199.1M | 0.02% | +126,526+26.4% | Added |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 600,436 | $197.7M | 1.01% | −4,216−0.7% | Reduced |
| London Co of Virginia | 586,665 | $193.1M | 1.09% | +7,829+1.4% | Added |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 582,048 | $191.6M | 1.45% | +10,550+1.8% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 562,993 | $185.4M | 0.34% | +12,247+2.2% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 523,563 | $172.4M | 0.05% | −52,870−9.2% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 425,219 | $140.0M | 0.14% | +290,511+215.7% | Added |
| Nuance Investments, LLC | 419,363 | $138.1M | 3.16% | +327,389+356.0% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 394,475 | $129.9M | 0.05% | +5,863+1.5% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 383,348 | $126.2M | 0.01% | −33,107−7.9% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 374,813 | $123.4M | 0.08% | +5,002+1.4% | Added |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | 372,969 | $122.8M | 1.21% | +88,454+31.1% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 357,257 | $117.6M | 0.03% | +13,093+3.8% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 346,812 | $114.2M | 0.03% | +18,946+5.8% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 324,418 | $106.8M | 0.07% | −508,477−61.0% | Reduced |
| Amundi | 352,406 | $106.6M | 0.05% | −35,203−9.1% | Reduced |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 322,542 | $106.2M | 1.78% | +7,317+2.3% | Added |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 259,691 | $85.5M | 0.39% | +155,235+148.6% | Added |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 249,497 | $82.1M | 0.20% | +232,708+1,386.1% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 244,452 | $80.5M | 0.02% | +30,196+14.1% | Added |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 243,907 | $80.3M | 1.87% | +1,622+0.7% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 233,809 | $76.7M | 0.08% | +194,749+498.6% | Added |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 229,398 | $75.5M | 0.16% | +27,547+13.6% | Added |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc | 227,250 | $74.8M | 1.74% | +41,638+22.4% | Added |
| Newport Trust Co | 214,647 | $70.7M | 0.19% | −7,700−3.5% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 211,541 | $69.6M | 0.02% | −16,049−7.1% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 208,655 | $68.7M | 0.10% | −5,597−2.6% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 203,835 | $67.1M | 0.07% | −2,996−1.4% | Reduced |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 199,319 | $65.6M | 0.10% | +15,633+8.5% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 199,173 | $65.6M | 0.03% | +10,216+5.4% | Added |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 191,502 | $63.0M | 0.10% | +18,959+11.0% | Added |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 187,483 | $61.7M | 0.84% | +39,954+27.1% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 184,800 | $60.8M | 0.04% | −5,100−2.7% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 175,724 | $57.9M | 0.05% | +43,066+32.5% | Added |
| Cambiar Investors LLC | 171,506 | $56.5M | 2.22% | +982+0.6% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 151,843 | $50.0M | 0.03% | +18,774+14.1% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 146,883 | $49.2M | 0.03% | +23,077+18.6% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 148,218 | $48.8M | 0.01% | −34,407−18.8% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 143,058 | $47.1M | 0.03% | −1,464−1.0% | Reduced |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 136,755 | $45.0M | 0.14% | +135,757+13,602.9% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 130,703 | $43.0M | 0.01% | −76,044−36.8% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 127,879 | $42.1M | 0.03% | +95,577+295.9% | Added |
| Millennium Management LLC | 126,216 | $41.6M | 0.04% | +108,198+600.5% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 125,727 | $41.4M | 0.04% | −52,219−29.3% | Reduced |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 121,095 | $39.9M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 119,786 | $39.4M | 0.11% | −23,024−16.1% | Reduced |
| Glenmede Trust Co NA | 112,436 | $37.0M | 0.19% | −1,926−1.7% | Reduced |
| Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc | 109,453 | $36.0M | 3.26% | +3,006+2.8% | Added |
| Credit Suisse AG | 108,151 | $35.6M | 0.03% | +429+0.4% | Added |
| National Pension Service | 103,355 | $34.0M | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 103,044 | $33.9M | 1.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Aviva PLC | 98,097 | $32.3M | 0.12% | +10,552+12.1% | Added |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 96,338 | $31.9M | 0.07% | −56,411−36.9% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 96,018 | $31.6M | 0.01% | +1,147+1.2% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 93,594 | $30.8M | 0.04% | +1,356+1.5% | Added |
| Anchor Capital Advisors LLC | 93,556 | $30.8M | 0.81% | −42,175−31.1% | Reduced |
| Primecap Management Co | 92,259 | $30.4M | 0.02% | −5,400−5.5% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 91,786 | $30.2M | 0.00% | −19,926−17.8% | Reduced |
| Boston Financial Mangement LLC | 87,860 | $28.9M | 0.98% | −1,280−1.4% | Reduced |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 87,597 | $28.8M | 0.02% | −24,223−21.7% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 84,964 | $28.0M | 0.01% | +3,316+4.1% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 83,200 | $27.4M | 0.02% | +2,723+3.4% | Added |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 81,415 | $26.8M | 0.65% | −375−0.5% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 80,398 | $26.5M | 0.00% | +32,363+67.4% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 79,778 | $26.3M | 0.00% | +1,853+2.4% | Added |
| KBC Group NV | 79,507 | $26.2M | 0.09% | +1,832+2.4% | Added |
| Oversea-Chinese Banking CORP Ltd | 71,965 | $23.7M | 0.84% | −1,072−1.5% | Reduced |
| Umb Bank N A | 70,823 | $23.3M | 0.34% | −320.0% | Reduced |
| Quilter Plc | 70,088 | $23.3M | 0.79% | −7,397−9.5% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 69,963 | $23.0M | 0.02% | +30,753+78.4% | Added |
| C WorldWide Group Holding A/S | 69,197 | $22.8M | 0.31% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 67,024 | $22.1M | 0.04% | +32,433+93.8% | Added |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 64,324 | $21.2M | 0.04% | +99+0.2% | Added |
| AXA S.A. | 60,092 | $19.8M | 0.06% | −1,434−2.3% | Reduced |
| Jensen Investment Management Inc | 58,632 | $19.3M | 0.15% | −810−1.4% | Reduced |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 58,187 | $19.2M | 0.04% | −3,070−5.0% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 56,771 | $18.6M | 0.04% | +2,514+4.6% | Added |
| LGT Group Foundation | 55,615 | $18.5M | 0.41% | +1,741+3.2% | Added |
| Baillie Gifford & Co | 55,106 | $18.1M | 0.01% | −207−0.4% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 55,889 | $17.1M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |