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 2024
Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Dec 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
- 761
- +77 vs. Q3 2024
- Shares held
- 57.1M
- +695.5K (+1.2%) vs. Q3 2024
- Total value
- $21.2B
- +$906.5M (+4.5%) vs. Q3 2024
- New holders
- 131
- 269 more added
- Sold out
- 54
- 233 more reduced
13 institutions that held it in Q3 2024 haven't filed for Q4 2024 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2024
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q3 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 7,098,668 | $2.63B | 0.05% | +19,456+0.3% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 6,483,503 | $2.41B | 0.05% | +586,449+9.9% | Added |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 3,634,522 | $1.35B | 5.75% | −11,477−0.3% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,654,002 | $984.6M | 0.33% | +212,364+8.7% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 2,602,002 | $965.3M | 0.04% | +24,269+0.9% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 1,943,267 | $720.9M | 0.23% | −195,625−9.1% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,881,756 | $698.1M | 0.13% | −135,809−6.7% | Reduced |
| Generation Investment Management LLP | 1,530,119 | $567.6M | 2.96% | −275,756−15.3% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1,451,445 | $537.1M | 0.04% | +34,762+2.5% | Added |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 1,224,932 | $454.4M | 5.91% | −3,435−0.3% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 975,732 | $362.0M | 0.07% | −35,448−3.5% | Reduced |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 889,306 | $329.9M | 0.17% | +3,713+0.4% | Added |
| Ako Capital LLP | 815,379 | $302.5M | 4.18% | +25,172+3.2% | Added |
| Guardcap Asset Management Ltd | 808,923 | $300.1M | 4.85% | −108,605−11.8% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 766,658 | $284.4M | 0.04% | −62,977−7.6% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 728,534 | $270.3M | 0.15% | +72,515+11.1% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 724,067 | $268.6M | 0.04% | +99,030+15.8% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 714,155 | $264.9M | 1.20% | +68,509+10.6% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 700,753 | $260.0M | 0.02% | +209,917+42.8% | Added |
| London Co of Virginia | 616,371 | $228.7M | 1.25% | −4,421−0.7% | Reduced |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | 525,169 | $194.8M | 1.94% | +14,045+2.7% | Added |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 519,776 | $192.8M | 0.88% | −11,856−2.2% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 502,679 | $186.5M | 0.04% | +25,535+5.4% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 489,131 | $181.5M | 0.04% | −1,595−0.3% | Reduced |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 478,319 | $177.4M | 1.12% | −265,910−35.7% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 423,098 | $157.0M | 0.04% | −22,682−5.1% | Reduced |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 421,691 | $156.4M | 0.30% | +27,801+7.1% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 418,464 | $155.2M | 0.01% | −23,265−5.3% | Reduced |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 417,567 | $154.9M | 1.09% | −54,352−11.5% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 398,527 | $147.8M | 0.03% | +13,886+3.6% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 367,916 | $136.5M | 0.12% | +28,141+8.3% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 332,587 | $123.4M | 0.07% | −925−0.3% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 304,404 | $112.9M | 0.10% | +300,380+7,464.7% | Added |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 303,076 | $112.4M | 0.14% | +246,738+438.0% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 296,390 | $110.0M | 0.02% | +25,228+9.3% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 294,932 | $109.3M | 0.11% | −97,574−24.9% | Reduced |
| Amundi | 280,441 | $104.9M | 0.04% | −19,508−6.5% | Reduced |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 282,076 | $104.6M | 1.18% | +24,205+9.4% | Added |
| Madison Investment Advisors, LLC | 282,076 | $104.6M | 1.18% | +282,076 | New |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 266,947 | $99.0M | 0.04% | +29,558+12.5% | Added |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 256,115 | $95.0M | 0.18% | −7,448−2.8% | Reduced |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 246,251 | $91.4M | 1.69% | −900.0% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 235,919 | $87.5M | 0.08% | −15,221−6.1% | Reduced |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc | 233,477 | $86.6M | 1.82% | +713+0.3% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 218,608 | $81.1M | 0.05% | +7,964+3.8% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 217,106 | $80.5M | 0.02% | +18,251+9.2% | Added |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | 211,747 | $78.6M | 0.02% | +46,227+27.9% | Added |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 194,364 | $72.1M | 0.11% | +100+0.1% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 193,075 | $71.6M | 0.01% | +8,661+4.7% | Added |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 189,401 | $70.3M | 0.14% | +186,778+7,120.8% | Added |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 185,148 | $68.7M | 1.47% | −34,717−15.8% | Reduced |
| Newport Trust Co | 184,505 | $68.4M | 0.17% | −5,920−3.1% | Reduced |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 177,495 | $66.1M | 0.07% | −27,015−13.2% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 167,882 | $62.3M | 0.00% | −137,779−45.1% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 167,700 | $62.2M | 0.04% | −8,400−4.8% | Reduced |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 163,890 | $60.8M | 0.29% | −1,819−1.1% | Reduced |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 156,614 | $58.1M | 0.11% | +15,622+11.1% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 142,879 | $53.0M | 0.01% | +35,785+33.4% | Added |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 137,649 | $51.1M | 0.07% | −71,579−34.2% | Reduced |
| BLI - Banque de Luxembourg Investments | 136,600 | $50.7M | 1.38% | +136,600 | New |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 135,463 | $50.3M | 0.03% | +1,675+1.3% | Added |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 121,095 | $44.9M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 120,167 | $44.6M | 0.01% | +8,130+7.3% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 116,885 | $43.4M | 0.02% | −43,110−26.9% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 116,153 | $43.1M | 0.04% | −3,416−2.9% | Reduced |
| Woodline Partners LP | 111,982 | $41.5M | 0.28% | −46,618−29.4% | Reduced |
| Aviva PLC | 111,859 | $41.5M | 0.11% | −2,119−1.9% | Reduced |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 111,261 | $41.3M | 0.09% | +29,097+35.4% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 109,314 | $40.6M | 0.03% | +34,209+45.5% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 108,911 | $40.4M | 0.01% | +108,911 | New |
| Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc | 106,304 | $39.4M | 3.16% | −1,297−1.2% | Reduced |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 102,198 | $37.9M | 0.03% | −3,585−3.4% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 100,990 | $37.5M | 0.02% | −3,817−3.6% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 98,698 | $36.6M | 0.01% | +28,191+40.0% | Added |
| National Pension Service | 97,278 | $36.1M | 0.03% | −10,284−9.6% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 95,929 | $35.7M | 0.03% | +9,223+10.6% | Added |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 92,204 | $34.2M | 0.93% | +9,087+10.9% | Added |
| Oversea-Chinese Banking CORP Ltd | 90,856 | $33.7M | 0.96% | +3,076+3.5% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 90,534 | $33.6M | 0.00% | +8,881+10.9% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 89,318 | $33.1M | 0.04% | −5,039−5.3% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 84,815 | $31.5M | 0.03% | −429−0.5% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 84,139 | $31.2M | 0.00% | +914+1.1% | Added |
| HRT Financial LP | 83,760 | $31.1M | 0.16% | +83,760 | New |
| Boston Financial Mangement LLC | 83,707 | $31.1M | 0.94% | −451−0.5% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 72,502 | $26.9M | 0.01% | +4,700+6.9% | Added |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 72,147 | $26.8M | 0.07% | +288+0.4% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 69,341 | $25.7M | 0.02% | −4,747−6.4% | Reduced |
| Primecap Management Co | 69,041 | $25.6M | 0.02% | −29,418−29.9% | Reduced |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 61,858 | $22.9M | 0.05% | +61,858 | New |
| Smith Group Asset Management, LLC | 59,810 | $22.2M | 1.64% | +59,810 | New |
| PFM Health Sciences, LP | 59,053 | $21.9M | 1.67% | +7,990+15.6% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 58,219 | $21.6M | 0.03% | −2,900−4.7% | Reduced |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 57,183 | $21.2M | 0.04% | +37,234+186.6% | Added |
| Glenmede Trust Co NA | 56,025 | $20.8M | 0.11% | −40,982−42.2% | Reduced |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 56,576 | $20.8M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 55,872 | $20.7M | 0.04% | −1,902−3.3% | Reduced |
| Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. | 55,465 | $20.6M | 0.04% | +55,465 | New |
| Man Group plc | 52,363 | $19.4M | 0.06% | +16,391+45.6% | Added |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 52,357 | $19.4M | 0.04% | −1,618−3.0% | Reduced |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 54,144 | $19.4M | 0.05% | +32,953+155.5% | Added |