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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo & Company | 96,018 | $31.6M | 0.01% | +1,147+1.2% | Added |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 96,338 | $31.9M | 0.07% | −56,411−36.9% | Reduced |
| Aviva PLC | 98,097 | $32.3M | 0.12% | +10,552+12.1% | Added |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 103,044 | $33.9M | 1.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| National Pension Service | 103,355 | $34.0M | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Credit Suisse AG | 108,151 | $35.6M | 0.03% | +429+0.4% | Added |
| Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc | 109,453 | $36.0M | 3.26% | +3,006+2.8% | Added |
| Glenmede Trust Co NA | 112,436 | $37.0M | 0.19% | −1,926−1.7% | Reduced |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 119,786 | $39.4M | 0.11% | −23,024−16.1% | Reduced |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 121,095 | $39.9M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 125,727 | $41.4M | 0.04% | −52,219−29.3% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 126,216 | $41.6M | 0.04% | +108,198+600.5% | Added |
| Raymond James & Associates | 127,879 | $42.1M | 0.03% | +95,577+295.9% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 130,703 | $43.0M | 0.01% | −76,044−36.8% | Reduced |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 136,755 | $45.0M | 0.14% | +135,757+13,602.9% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 143,058 | $47.1M | 0.03% | −1,464−1.0% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 148,218 | $48.8M | 0.01% | −34,407−18.8% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 146,883 | $49.2M | 0.03% | +23,077+18.6% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 151,843 | $50.0M | 0.03% | +18,774+14.1% | Added |
| Cambiar Investors LLC | 171,506 | $56.5M | 2.22% | +982+0.6% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 175,724 | $57.9M | 0.05% | +43,066+32.5% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 184,800 | $60.8M | 0.04% | −5,100−2.7% | Reduced |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 187,483 | $61.7M | 0.84% | +39,954+27.1% | Added |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 191,502 | $63.0M | 0.10% | +18,959+11.0% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 199,173 | $65.6M | 0.03% | +10,216+5.4% | Added |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 199,319 | $65.6M | 0.10% | +15,633+8.5% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 203,835 | $67.1M | 0.07% | −2,996−1.4% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 208,655 | $68.7M | 0.10% | −5,597−2.6% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 211,541 | $69.6M | 0.02% | −16,049−7.1% | Reduced |
| Newport Trust Co | 214,647 | $70.7M | 0.19% | −7,700−3.5% | Reduced |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc | 227,250 | $74.8M | 1.74% | +41,638+22.4% | Added |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 229,398 | $75.5M | 0.16% | +27,547+13.6% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 233,809 | $76.7M | 0.08% | +194,749+498.6% | Added |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 243,907 | $80.3M | 1.87% | +1,622+0.7% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 244,452 | $80.5M | 0.02% | +30,196+14.1% | Added |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 249,497 | $82.1M | 0.20% | +232,708+1,386.1% | Added |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 259,691 | $85.5M | 0.39% | +155,235+148.6% | Added |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 322,542 | $106.2M | 1.78% | +7,317+2.3% | Added |
| Amundi | 352,406 | $106.6M | 0.05% | −35,203−9.1% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 324,418 | $106.8M | 0.07% | −508,477−61.0% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 346,812 | $114.2M | 0.03% | +18,946+5.8% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 357,257 | $117.6M | 0.03% | +13,093+3.8% | Added |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | 372,969 | $122.8M | 1.21% | +88,454+31.1% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 374,813 | $123.4M | 0.08% | +5,002+1.4% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 383,348 | $126.2M | 0.01% | −33,107−7.9% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 394,475 | $129.9M | 0.05% | +5,863+1.5% | Added |
| Nuance Investments, LLC | 419,363 | $138.1M | 3.16% | +327,389+356.0% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 425,219 | $140.0M | 0.14% | +290,511+215.7% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 523,563 | $172.4M | 0.05% | −52,870−9.2% | Reduced |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 562,993 | $185.4M | 0.34% | +12,247+2.2% | Added |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 582,048 | $191.6M | 1.45% | +10,550+1.8% | Added |
| London Co of Virginia | 586,665 | $193.1M | 1.09% | +7,829+1.4% | Added |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 600,436 | $197.7M | 1.01% | −4,216−0.7% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 604,894 | $199.1M | 0.02% | +126,526+26.4% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 626,571 | $206.3M | 0.04% | +60,750+10.7% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 674,825 | $222.2M | 0.04% | −38,800−5.4% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 709,074 | $233.4M | 0.14% | +5,216+0.7% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 744,663 | $245.2M | 0.98% | −30,877−4.0% | Reduced |
| Ako Capital LLP | 771,922 | $254.1M | 3.62% | +300,158+63.6% | Added |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 785,129 | $258.5M | 1.53% | −18,505−2.3% | Reduced |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 812,124 | $267.4M | 0.05% | −239,430−22.8% | Reduced |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 973,537 | $322.0M | 0.41% | +550,112+129.9% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,027,708 | $338.4M | 0.08% | −64,751−5.9% | Reduced |
| Guardcap Asset Management Ltd | 1,099,047 | $361.8M | 4.66% | +1,099,047 | New |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 1,134,683 | $373.6M | 5.40% | +27,589+2.5% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1,311,244 | $430.5M | 0.05% | +34,770+2.7% | Added |
| Generation Investment Management LLP | 1,646,986 | $542.2M | 2.46% | −21,428−1.3% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,028,650 | $667.9M | 0.26% | −40,658−2.0% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 2,514,705 | $827.9M | 0.04% | −31,867−1.3% | Reduced |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 3,054,938 | $1.01B | 0.33% | −316,399−9.4% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 3,458,344 | $1.14B | 0.23% | −62,285−1.8% | Reduced |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 3,800,688 | $1.25B | 5.24% | −5,806−0.2% | Reduced |
| BlackRock Inc. | 5,635,293 | $1.86B | 0.05% | +82,787+1.5% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 6,837,662 | $2.25B | 0.05% | +64,525+1.0% | Added |
| Woodline Partners LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −87,627−100.0% | Sold out |
| Voloridge Investment Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −37,632−100.0% | Sold out |
| Banque Pictet & Cie SA | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −26,612−100.0% | Sold out |
| Capital Fund Management S.A. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −18,548−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cinctive Capital Management LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −18,063−100.0% | Sold out |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −17,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bayesian Capital Management, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,105−100.0% | Sold out |
| Magnetar Financial LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,221−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bank Pictet & Cie (Asia) Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,171−100.0% | Sold out |
| Dark Forest Capital Management LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,159−100.0% | Sold out |
| Teza Capital Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,215−100.0% | Sold out |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,883−100.0% | Sold out |
| Roundview Capital LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,698−100.0% | Sold out |
| Atom Investors LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,397−100.0% | Sold out |
| Element Capital Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,261−100.0% | Sold out |
| Los Angeles Capital Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,065−100.0% | Sold out |
| Sciencast Management LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,633−100.0% | Sold out |
| Pearl River Capital, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,549−100.0% | Sold out |
| Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,344−100.0% | Sold out |
| Achmea Investment Management B.V. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,267−100.0% | Sold out |
| Oak Thistle LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,137−100.0% | Sold out |
| Capstone Investment Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,853−100.0% | Sold out |
| Boothbay Fund Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,832−100.0% | Sold out |
| Wolverine Trading, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,790−100.0% | Sold out |
| XTX Topco Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,761−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cognios Beta Neutral Large Cap Fund, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,716−100.0% | Sold out |