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, Q1 2024
Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Mar 31, 2024. 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
- 689
- +19 vs. Q4 2023
- Shares held
- 58.5M
- −557.4K (−0.9%) vs. Q4 2023
- Total value
- $20.1B
- +$677.7M (+3.5%) vs. Q4 2023
- New holders
- 74
- 190 more added
- Sold out
- 55
- 275 more reduced
4 institutions that held it in Q4 2023 haven't filed for Q1 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q4 2023.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 63,681 | $21.9M | 0.05% | +28,416+80.6% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 65,842 | $22.7M | 0.01% | −30,176−31.4% | Reduced |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 65,915 | $22.7M | 0.67% | −15,500−19.0% | Reduced |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 71,341 | $24.6M | 0.10% | +69,739+4,353.2% | Added |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 72,360 | $24.9M | 0.03% | +16,471+29.5% | Added |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 76,166 | $26.2M | 0.05% | −20,172−20.9% | Reduced |
| Nuance Investments, LLC | 77,368 | $26.6M | 0.70% | −341,995−81.6% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 80,313 | $27.6M | 0.00% | +535+0.7% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 80,913 | $27.9M | 0.00% | +515+0.6% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 84,274 | $29.0M | 0.03% | +1,074+1.3% | Added |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 85,823 | $29.5M | 0.02% | −1,774−2.0% | Reduced |
| Boston Financial Mangement LLC | 86,536 | $29.8M | 0.95% | −1,324−1.5% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 86,740 | $29.9M | 0.01% | +1,776+2.1% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 86,834 | $29.9M | 0.04% | +19,810+29.6% | Added |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 87,125 | $30.0M | 0.08% | −32,661−27.3% | Reduced |
| Oversea-Chinese Banking CORP Ltd | 88,370 | $30.4M | 0.98% | +16,405+22.8% | Added |
| Primecap Management Co | 92,159 | $31.7M | 0.02% | −100−0.1% | Reduced |
| Aviva PLC | 93,229 | $32.1M | 0.11% | −4,868−5.0% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 94,092 | $32.4M | 0.04% | +498+0.5% | Added |
| National Pension Service | 99,482 | $34.2M | 0.04% | −3,873−3.7% | Reduced |
| Glenmede Trust Co NA | 100,155 | $34.5M | 0.17% | −12,281−10.9% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 101,614 | $35.0M | 0.02% | −26,265−20.5% | Reduced |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 101,939 | $35.1M | 1.01% | −1,105−1.1% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 104,044 | $35.8M | 0.01% | +91,073+702.1% | Added |
| Credit Suisse AG | 104,133 | $35.8M | 0.03% | −4,018−3.7% | Reduced |
| Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc | 108,235 | $37.3M | 3.11% | −1,218−1.1% | Reduced |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 121,095 | $41.7M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Barclays PLC | 122,626 | $42.2M | 0.02% | −29,217−19.2% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 125,556 | $43.2M | 0.04% | −171−0.1% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 132,608 | $45.6M | 0.01% | +1,905+1.5% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 134,411 | $46.6M | 0.02% | −12,472−8.5% | Reduced |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 136,231 | $47.0M | 0.13% | −524−0.4% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 139,936 | $48.2M | 0.03% | −3,122−2.2% | Reduced |
| Cambiar Investors LLC | 170,198 | $58.6M | 2.18% | −1,308−0.8% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 177,000 | $60.9M | 0.04% | −7,800−4.2% | Reduced |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 178,337 | $61.4M | 0.08% | −30,318−14.5% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 186,030 | $64.0M | 0.05% | +10,306+5.9% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 190,491 | $65.6M | 0.01% | +98,705+107.5% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 193,273 | $66.5M | 0.03% | −5,900−3.0% | Reduced |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 194,180 | $66.8M | 0.02% | −17,361−8.2% | Reduced |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 194,589 | $67.0M | 0.10% | +3,087+1.6% | Added |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 197,767 | $68.1M | 0.10% | −1,552−0.8% | Reduced |
| C WorldWide Group Holding A/S | 204,664 | $70.5M | 0.80% | +135,467+195.8% | Added |
| Newport Trust Co | 207,017 | $71.3M | 0.19% | −7,630−3.6% | Reduced |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 214,329 | $73.8M | 0.91% | +26,846+14.3% | Added |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc | 229,223 | $78.9M | 1.67% | +1,973+0.9% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 232,030 | $79.9M | 0.02% | −12,422−5.1% | Reduced |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 243,332 | $83.8M | 0.16% | +13,934+6.1% | Added |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 244,924 | $84.3M | 1.47% | −77,618−24.1% | Reduced |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 245,635 | $84.6M | 1.71% | +1,728+0.7% | Added |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 253,472 | $87.3M | 0.39% | −6,219−2.4% | Reduced |
| Amundi | 297,648 | $87.6M | 0.04% | −54,758−15.5% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 269,226 | $92.5M | 0.09% | +35,417+15.1% | Added |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 291,707 | $100.4M | 0.22% | +42,210+16.9% | Added |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | 303,369 | $104.4M | 0.96% | −69,600−18.7% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 320,803 | $110.4M | 0.07% | −3,615−1.1% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 332,603 | $114.5M | 0.12% | +128,768+63.2% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 369,395 | $127.2M | 0.03% | +12,138+3.4% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 370,353 | $127.5M | 0.03% | +23,541+6.8% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 377,269 | $129.9M | 0.08% | +2,456+0.7% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 389,952 | $134.2M | 0.05% | −4,523−1.1% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 431,034 | $148.4M | 0.01% | +47,686+12.4% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 443,493 | $152.7M | 0.14% | +18,274+4.3% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 497,291 | $171.2M | 0.05% | −26,272−5.0% | Reduced |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 547,139 | $188.3M | 1.34% | −34,909−6.0% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 568,522 | $195.7M | 0.02% | −36,372−6.0% | Reduced |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 583,853 | $201.0M | 0.93% | −16,583−2.8% | Reduced |
| London Co of Virginia | 592,699 | $204.0M | 1.07% | +6,034+1.0% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 601,039 | $206.9M | 0.31% | +38,046+6.8% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 616,897 | $212.4M | 0.04% | −57,928−8.6% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 682,141 | $234.8M | 0.04% | +55,570+8.9% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 705,859 | $243.0M | 0.13% | −3,215−0.5% | Reduced |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 714,371 | $245.9M | 0.94% | −30,292−4.1% | Reduced |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 765,654 | $263.6M | 1.51% | −19,475−2.5% | Reduced |
| Ako Capital LLP | 838,763 | $288.7M | 4.09% | +66,841+8.7% | Added |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 923,217 | $317.7M | 0.38% | −50,320−5.2% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 932,873 | $321.1M | 0.07% | −94,835−9.2% | Reduced |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 1,012,850 | $348.7M | 0.06% | +200,726+24.7% | Added |
| Guardcap Asset Management Ltd | 1,110,898 | $382.4M | 4.69% | +11,851+1.1% | Added |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 1,137,804 | $391.7M | 5.21% | +3,121+0.3% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1,353,206 | $464.6M | 0.04% | +41,962+3.2% | Added |
| Generation Investment Management LLP | 1,527,595 | $525.8M | 2.40% | −119,391−7.2% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,285,307 | $786.7M | 0.28% | +256,657+12.7% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 2,537,492 | $873.5M | 0.04% | +22,787+0.9% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 2,887,799 | $994.1M | 0.30% | −167,139−5.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 3,397,466 | $1.17B | 0.22% | −60,878−1.8% | Reduced |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 3,766,251 | $1.30B | 5.07% | −34,437−0.9% | Reduced |
| BlackRock Inc. | 5,579,670 | $1.92B | 0.04% | −55,623−1.0% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 6,879,316 | $2.37B | 0.05% | +41,654+0.6% | Added |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −49,989−100.0% | Sold out |
| Hamilton Point Investment Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −29,923−100.0% | Sold out |
| Sawgrass Asset Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −27,424−100.0% | Sold out |
| Pinebridge Investments, L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −23,527−100.0% | Sold out |
| Meridian Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,011−100.0% | Sold out |
| Vident Advisory, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,128−100.0% | Sold out |
| CWM Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,017−100.0% | Sold out |
| Unigestion Holding SA | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,085−100.0% | Sold out |
| Entropy Technologies, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,635−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,348−100.0% | Sold out |
| Fortis Capital Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,000−100.0% | Sold out |