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 2024
Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Sep 30, 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
- 697
- +9 vs. Q2 2024
- Shares held
- 56.5M
- +5.27M (+10.3%) vs. Q2 2024
- Total value
- $20.3B
- +$5.45B (+36.7%) vs. Q2 2024
- New holders
- 76
- 236 more added
- Sold out
- 67
- 247 more reduced
7 institutions that held it in Q2 2024 haven't filed for Q3 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 2024: 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, Q3 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q2 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 7,079,212 | $2.55B | 0.05% | +57,598+0.8% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 5,897,054 | $2.12B | 0.04% | +5,897,054 | New |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 3,645,999 | $1.31B | 5.19% | −8,451−0.2% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 2,577,733 | $927.7M | 0.04% | +49,194+1.9% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,441,638 | $878.7M | 0.30% | +85,811+3.6% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 2,138,892 | $769.8M | 0.23% | −278,980−11.5% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 2,017,565 | $726.1M | 0.14% | −58,700−2.8% | Reduced |
| Generation Investment Management LLP | 1,805,875 | $649.9M | 3.04% | −5,615−0.3% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1,416,683 | $508.1M | 0.04% | +16,703+1.2% | Added |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 1,228,367 | $442.1M | 5.50% | +741+0.1% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,011,180 | $363.9M | 0.07% | +4,513+0.4% | Added |
| Guardcap Asset Management Ltd | 917,528 | $330.2M | 4.49% | −66,050−6.7% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 885,593 | $318.7M | 0.16% | +6,256+0.7% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 829,635 | $298.6M | 0.04% | +154,805+22.9% | Added |
| Ako Capital LLP | 790,207 | $284.4M | 3.71% | −88,445−10.1% | Reduced |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 744,229 | $267.8M | 1.62% | −12,895−1.7% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 656,019 | $236.1M | 0.13% | +271,804+70.7% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 645,646 | $232.4M | 0.91% | −39,640−5.8% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 625,037 | $224.9M | 0.04% | −13,972−2.2% | Reduced |
| London Co of Virginia | 620,792 | $223.4M | 1.18% | +22,469+3.8% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 659,539 | $219.8M | 0.27% | +6,647+1.0% | Added |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 531,632 | $191.3M | 0.87% | −6,420−1.2% | Reduced |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | 511,124 | $183.9M | 1.73% | +136,739+36.5% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 490,836 | $176.6M | 0.01% | −32,774−6.3% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 490,726 | $176.6M | 0.04% | +42,422+9.5% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 477,144 | $171.7M | 0.04% | +17,185+3.7% | Added |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 471,919 | $169.8M | 1.18% | −66,093−12.3% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 445,780 | $160.4M | 0.04% | +3,477+0.8% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 441,729 | $159.0M | 0.01% | +22,075+5.3% | Added |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 393,890 | $141.8M | 0.28% | +100,811+34.4% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 392,506 | $141.0M | 0.15% | +132,195+50.8% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 384,641 | $138.4M | 0.03% | +7,865+2.1% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 339,775 | $122.3M | 0.12% | +35,182+11.6% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 333,512 | $120.0M | 0.07% | +9,546+2.9% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 305,661 | $110.0M | 0.01% | +82,865+37.2% | Added |
| Amundi | 299,949 | $107.7M | 0.04% | +15,641+5.5% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 271,162 | $97.6M | 0.02% | −21,997−7.5% | Reduced |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 263,563 | $94.7M | 0.17% | +7,611+3.0% | Added |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 257,871 | $92.8M | 1.04% | +23,034+9.8% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 251,140 | $89.7M | 0.08% | +3,797+1.5% | Added |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 246,341 | $88.7M | 1.72% | −320.0% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 237,389 | $85.4M | 0.03% | +36,571+18.2% | Added |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc | 232,764 | $83.8M | 1.69% | +960+0.4% | Added |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 219,865 | $79.1M | 1.48% | −2,109−1.0% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 210,644 | $75.8M | 0.05% | +15,163+7.8% | Added |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 209,228 | $75.3M | 0.10% | −310−0.1% | Reduced |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 204,510 | $73.5M | 0.08% | −666,571−76.5% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 198,855 | $71.6M | 0.02% | +7,335+3.8% | Added |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 194,264 | $69.9M | 0.10% | −2,113−1.1% | Reduced |
| Newport Trust Co | 190,425 | $68.5M | 0.17% | −14,986−7.3% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 184,414 | $66.4M | 0.01% | −53,707−22.6% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 176,100 | $63.4M | 0.04% | +700+0.4% | Added |
| Cambiar Investors LLC | 167,006 | $60.1M | 2.31% | −3,228−1.9% | Reduced |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 165,709 | $59.6M | 0.27% | +6,613+4.2% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 165,520 | $59.6M | 0.02% | −50,165−23.3% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 159,995 | $57.6M | 0.03% | +41,339+34.8% | Added |
| Woodline Partners LP | 158,600 | $57.1M | 0.48% | +158,600 | New |
| C WorldWide Group Holding A/S | 154,776 | $55.7M | 0.58% | −622−0.4% | Reduced |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 140,992 | $50.7M | 0.10% | +58,983+71.9% | Added |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 138,126 | $49.5M | 0.12% | +1,295+0.9% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 133,788 | $48.1M | 0.03% | +1,156+0.9% | Added |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 121,095 | $43.6M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 119,569 | $43.0M | 0.04% | −242−0.2% | Reduced |
| Aviva PLC | 113,978 | $41.0M | 0.11% | +2,447+2.2% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 112,037 | $40.3M | 0.01% | +6,866+6.5% | Added |
| Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc | 107,601 | $38.7M | 3.09% | +2,407+2.3% | Added |
| National Pension Service | 107,562 | $38.7M | 0.04% | −98−0.1% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 107,094 | $38.5M | 0.01% | −8,053−7.0% | Reduced |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 105,783 | $38.1M | 0.03% | +204+0.2% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 104,807 | $37.5M | 0.02% | −1,508−1.4% | Reduced |
| Primecap Management Co | 98,459 | $35.4M | 0.03% | −400−0.4% | Reduced |
| Raymond James & Associates | 97,863 | $35.2M | 0.02% | −5,396−5.2% | Reduced |
| Glenmede Trust Co NA | 97,007 | $34.9M | 0.17% | −1,268−1.3% | Reduced |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 94,357 | $34.0M | 0.04% | −200.0% | Reduced |
| Oversea-Chinese Banking CORP Ltd | 87,780 | $31.6M | 0.89% | −13,526−13.4% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 86,706 | $31.2M | 0.03% | +9,774+12.7% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 85,244 | $30.7M | 0.03% | +161+0.2% | Added |
| Boston Financial Mangement LLC | 84,158 | $30.3M | 0.90% | −1,967−2.3% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 83,225 | $30.0M | 0.00% | +1,373+1.7% | Added |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 83,117 | $29.9M | 0.79% | −16,515−16.6% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 82,164 | $29.6M | 0.07% | −50,120−37.9% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 81,653 | $29.4M | 0.00% | +934+1.2% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 75,105 | $27.0M | 0.03% | −13,383−15.1% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 74,088 | $26.7M | 0.02% | −7,294−9.0% | Reduced |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 71,859 | $25.9M | 0.06% | −3,196−4.3% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 70,507 | $25.2M | 0.01% | +30,101+74.5% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 67,802 | $24.4M | 0.01% | +4,347+6.9% | Added |
| C Partners Holding GmbH | 67,685 | $24.4M | 7.73% | −9,354−12.1% | Reduced |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 66,915 | $24.1M | 0.54% | +700+1.1% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 61,119 | $22.0M | 0.03% | −10,600−14.8% | Reduced |
| LGT Group Foundation | 61,856 | $22.0M | 0.36% | +2,522+4.3% | Added |
| Quilter Plc | 60,824 | $21.9M | 0.45% | −994−1.6% | Reduced |
| Nuance Investments, LLC | 58,223 | $21.0M | 0.70% | −27,692−32.2% | Reduced |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 57,774 | $20.8M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 56,338 | $20.3M | 0.03% | +24,299+75.8% | Added |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 56,576 | $19.9M | 0.04% | −259−0.5% | Reduced |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 53,975 | $19.4M | 0.04% | −514−0.9% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 53,345 | $19.2M | 0.00% | −1,139−2.1% | Reduced |
| PFM Health Sciences, LP | 51,063 | $18.4M | 1.05% | +30,522+148.6% | Added |
| Andra AP-fonden | 50,640 | $18.2M | 0.27% | +4,700+10.2% | Added |