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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, 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.

Institutional holdersQ4 2023: 674 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 heldQ4 2023: $19.4B
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, Q4 2023

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q3 2023.

Institutions holding WAT in Q4 2023
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Piscataqua Savings Bank190$62.6K0.06%00.0%Unchanged
Leonteq Securities AG191$62.9K0.01%+2+1.1%Added
Quent Capital, LLC192$63.2K0.01%−16−7.7%Reduced
Rogco, LP192$63.2K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Park Place Capital Corp194$63.9K0.03%−3−1.5%Reduced
Farther Finance Advisors, LLC197$64.9K0.00%+29+17.3%Added
Alta Advisers Ltd200$65.8K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.217$71.4K0.00%+38+21.2%Added
Lindbrook Capital, LLC221$72.8K0.01%+123+125.5%Added
Smithfield Trust Co231$77.0K0.00%−9−3.8%Reduced
GPS Wealth Strategies Group, LLC247$81.3K0.01%+197+394.0%Added
MEAG MUNICH ERGO, Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH265$87.2K0.00%−10,626−97.6%Reduced
Concord Wealth Partners266$87.6K0.02%−17−6.0%Reduced
Spartan Planning & Wealth Management281$92.5K0.10%+281New
Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators289$95.1K0.05%−102−26.1%Reduced
Salem Investment Counselors Inc300$98.8K0.00%−25−7.7%Reduced
Sentry Investment Management LLC312$103.0K0.04%−34−9.8%Reduced
Rothschild Investment LLC316$104.0K0.01%+316New
Kepos Capital LP328$108.0K0.04%−12−3.5%Reduced
LGT Financial Advisors LLC329$108.3K0.13%−92−21.9%Reduced
Foster Dykema Cabot & Partners, LLC340$111.9K0.01%+340New
Rosenberg Matthew Hamilton367$120.8K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich375$123.5K0.00%−5−1.3%Reduced
First Manhattan Co400$131.7K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Tobam400$132.0K0.01%+75+23.1%Added
Global Retirement Partners, LLC435$134.1K0.01%+207+90.8%Added
Resurgent Financial Advisors LLC429$141.2K0.09%−7−1.6%Reduced
Parallel Advisors, LLC445$146.5K0.00%−69−13.4%Reduced
Manchester Capital Management LLC448$147.5K0.02%−308−40.7%Reduced
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co453$149.1K0.00%−39−7.9%Reduced
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co454$149.5K0.00%−4−0.9%Reduced
Whittier Trust Co468$154.1K0.00%−59−11.2%Reduced
Central Trust Co472$155.4K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Cacti Asset Management LLC500$166.5K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Spire Wealth Management547$170.9K0.01%−13,624−96.1%Reduced
Penserra Capital Management LLC538$175.0K0.00%−100−15.7%Reduced
Sugarloaf Wealth Management, LLC541$178.1K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
GAMMA Investing LLC562$178.6K0.05%+562New
Clearstead Advisors, LLC585$192.6K0.01%−13−2.2%Reduced
Westpac Banking Corp605$199.2K0.02%−959−61.3%Reduced
Mount Yale Investment Advisors, LLC621$204.5K0.02%−809−56.6%Reduced
Colonial Trust Co625$205.8K0.04%+65+11.6%Added
Steele Capital Management, Inc.625$205.8K0.01%+625New
SRS Capital Advisors, Inc.634$208.7K0.02%−2−0.3%Reduced
Cigna Investments Inc634$209.0K0.04%+634New
Ritholtz Wealth Management637$209.7K0.01%+637New
Flputnam Investment Management Co639$210.4K0.00%+639New
Avestar Capital, LLC642$211.4K0.03%+642New
Eads & Heald Wealth Management643$212.0K0.10%+643New
Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC645$212.4K0.01%+645New
Lebenthal Global Advisors, LLC650$214.0K0.05%+650New
Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec656$216.0K0.00%−249−27.5%Reduced
QRG Capital Management, Inc.658$216.6K0.00%+658New
Credential Qtrade Securities Inc.660$217.3K0.01%+634+2,438.5%Added
Rockland Trust Co660$217.3K0.01%−210−24.1%Reduced
Portland Global Advisors LLC661$217.6K0.03%+661New
Siemens Fonds Invest GmbH662$217.9K0.02%+662New
Shufro Rose & Co LLC800$219.4K0.02%00.0%Unchanged
Cetera Advisors LLC668$219.9K0.00%−70−9.5%Reduced
Buffington Mohr McNeal680$223.9K0.04%+680New
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc.682$224.5K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
CIBC Private Wealth Group, LLC684$225.2K0.00%+684New
AE Wealth Management LLC720$227.6K0.00%−237−24.8%Reduced
Cardinal Strategic Wealth Guidance693$228.2K0.09%−160−18.8%Reduced
ING Groep NV695$228.8K0.00%+675+3,375.0%Added
Jump Financial, LLC696$229.1K0.01%+696New
Trust Asset Management LLC700$230.5K0.02%+700New
Barlow Wealth Partners, Inc.700$230.5K0.03%+700New
Columbia Asset Management705$232.0K0.05%+705New
Assetmark, Inc712$234.4K0.00%+166+30.4%Added
CAPROCK Group, Inc.714$235.1K0.02%−7,473−91.3%Reduced
Camelot Portfolios, LLC720$237.2K0.14%+720New
Beacon Investment Advisors LLC722$237.7K0.15%+722New
Benjamin F. Edwards & Company, Inc.724$239.0K0.00%+524+262.0%Added
Panagora Asset Management Inc734$241.7K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Boston Common Asset Management, LLC741$244.0K0.01%00.0%Unchanged
Middleton & Co Inc745$245.3K0.03%00.0%Unchanged
Northstar Asset Management LLC754$248.2K0.07%00.0%Unchanged
Holt Capital Advisors, L.L.C. dba Holt Capital Partners, L.P.758$249.6K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Co762$250.9K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
GTS Securities LLC774$254.8K0.01%+774New
Quadrant Capital Group LLC784$258.1K0.02%+19+2.5%Added
Boston Family Office LLC795$262.0K0.02%+795New
Ipswich Investment Management Co., Inc.800$263.4K0.07%00.0%Unchanged
Wunderlich Capital Managemnt800$263.4K0.12%+800New
IMPACTfolio, LLC803$264.4K0.17%+32+4.2%Added
Viewpoint Capital Management LLC815$268.3K0.19%00.0%Unchanged
Greenleaf Trust820$270.0K0.00%−319−28.0%Reduced
Balentine LLC822$270.6K0.01%−84−9.3%Reduced
NEOS Investment Management LLC839$276.2K0.03%+839New
KilterHowling LLC867$278.1K0.21%00.0%Unchanged
TD Private Client Wealth LLC849$279.5K0.01%+430+102.6%Added
Signaturefd, LLC860$283.1K0.01%−61−6.6%Reduced
Tiaa Trust, National Association875$288.1K0.00%−175−16.7%Reduced
Verition Fund Management LLC876$288.4K0.00%+876New
Crestwood Advisors Group LLC883$290.7K0.01%+8+0.9%Added
Symmetry Partners, LLC877$292.0K0.02%−137−13.5%Reduced
Stiles Financial Services Inc888$292.4K0.13%−635−41.7%Reduced
Horizon Investments, LLC892$293.7K0.01%+55+6.6%Added
KPP Advisory Services LLC900$296.3K0.26%00.0%Unchanged