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 2025
Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Mar 31, 2025. 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
- 765
- +15 vs. Q4 2024
- Shares held
- 57.7M
- +1.27M (+2.3%) vs. Q4 2024
- Total value
- $21.2B
- +$313.7M (+1.5%) vs. Q4 2024
- New holders
- 76
- 281 more added
- Sold out
- 61
- 271 more reduced
11 institutions that held it in Q4 2024 haven't filed for Q1 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q4 2024.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 7,272,252 | $2.68B | 0.05% | +173,584+2.4% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 6,940,651 | $2.56B | 0.05% | +457,148+7.1% | Added |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 3,613,197 | $1.33B | 6.06% | −21,325−0.6% | Reduced |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 3,070,671 | $1.13B | 0.41% | +416,669+15.7% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 2,638,435 | $972.4M | 0.04% | +36,433+1.4% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 2,066,482 | $761.6M | 0.25% | +123,215+6.3% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,812,335 | $668.0M | 0.13% | −69,421−3.7% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1,510,197 | $554.9M | 0.04% | +58,752+4.0% | Added |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 1,215,834 | $448.1M | 6.32% | −9,098−0.7% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,112,128 | $409.9M | 0.08% | +136,396+14.0% | Added |
| Ako Capital LLP | 887,215 | $327.0M | 4.24% | +71,836+8.8% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 901,479 | $326.5M | 0.18% | +12,173+1.4% | Added |
| Norges Bank | 817,956 | $301.5M | 0.04% | +51,298+6.7% | Added |
| Generation Investment Management LLP | 755,325 | $278.4M | 1.68% | −774,794−50.6% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 739,630 | $272.6M | 0.04% | +15,563+2.1% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 738,056 | $272.0M | 0.15% | +9,522+1.3% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 713,181 | $262.9M | 0.02% | +12,428+1.8% | Added |
| Guardcap Asset Management Ltd | 699,225 | $257.7M | 4.99% | −109,698−13.6% | Reduced |
| London Co of Virginia | 597,348 | $220.2M | 1.25% | −19,023−3.1% | Reduced |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | 581,169 | $214.2M | 2.20% | +56,000+10.7% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 572,823 | $211.1M | 0.04% | +276,433+93.3% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 530,697 | $195.6M | 0.05% | +28,018+5.6% | Added |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 513,514 | $189.3M | 0.91% | −6,262−1.2% | Reduced |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 498,193 | $183.6M | 1.33% | +19,874+4.2% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 484,519 | $178.5M | 0.04% | −4,612−0.9% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 475,229 | $175.2M | 0.02% | +56,765+13.6% | Added |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 443,321 | $163.4M | 0.32% | +21,630+5.1% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 440,935 | $162.5M | 0.04% | +17,837+4.2% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 424,753 | $156.6M | 0.94% | −289,402−40.5% | Reduced |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 412,332 | $152.0M | 0.03% | +13,805+3.5% | Added |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 352,059 | $129.8M | 0.29% | +162,658+85.9% | Added |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 350,259 | $129.1M | 0.17% | +47,183+15.6% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 335,275 | $123.6M | 0.08% | +2,688+0.8% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 335,102 | $123.5M | 0.11% | −32,814−8.9% | Reduced |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 309,319 | $114.0M | 1.27% | +27,243+9.7% | Added |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 287,800 | $106.1M | 0.77% | −129,767−31.1% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 284,868 | $104.8M | 0.12% | −10,064−3.4% | Reduced |
| Amundi | 284,590 | $98.2M | 0.04% | +4,149+1.5% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 259,985 | $95.8M | 0.04% | −6,962−2.6% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 255,115 | $94.0M | 0.03% | +255,115 | New |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 249,909 | $92.1M | 1.84% | +3,658+1.5% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 239,048 | $88.1M | 0.01% | +71,166+42.4% | Added |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc | 234,488 | $86.4M | 1.83% | +1,011+0.4% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 231,343 | $85.3M | 0.08% | −4,576−1.9% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 225,211 | $83.0M | 0.02% | +8,105+3.7% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 220,779 | $81.1M | 0.05% | +2,171+1.0% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 200,051 | $73.7M | 0.01% | +6,976+3.6% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 183,785 | $67.7M | 0.01% | +40,906+28.6% | Added |
| Newport Trust Co | 182,761 | $67.4M | 0.17% | −1,744−0.9% | Reduced |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 175,894 | $64.8M | 0.11% | −18,470−9.5% | Reduced |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 173,791 | $64.1M | 0.33% | +9,901+6.0% | Added |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 173,037 | $63.8M | 0.12% | +16,423+10.5% | Added |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 172,420 | $63.5M | 0.07% | +133,735+345.7% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 167,500 | $61.7M | 0.04% | −200−0.1% | Reduced |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 164,811 | $59.2M | 0.06% | −12,684−7.1% | Reduced |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 142,523 | $52.5M | 1.29% | −42,625−23.0% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 134,140 | $49.4M | 0.03% | −1,323−1.0% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 133,557 | $49.2M | 0.02% | +16,672+14.3% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 132,610 | $48.9M | 0.04% | +23,296+21.3% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 125,518 | $46.3M | 0.04% | +9,365+8.1% | Added |
| BLI - Banque de Luxembourg Investments | 127,100 | $45.9M | 1.39% | −9,500−7.0% | Reduced |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 121,095 | $44.6M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 120,090 | $44.3M | 0.01% | −77−0.1% | Reduced |
| Aviva PLC | 117,373 | $43.3M | 0.10% | +5,514+4.9% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 113,039 | $41.7M | 0.01% | +14,341+14.5% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 112,799 | $41.6M | 0.02% | +3,888+3.6% | Added |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 110,164 | $40.6M | 0.06% | −27,485−20.0% | Reduced |
| National Pension Service | 105,601 | $38.9M | 0.04% | +8,323+8.6% | Added |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 105,145 | $38.8M | 0.04% | +9,216+9.6% | Added |
| Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc | 104,815 | $38.6M | 3.13% | −1,489−1.4% | Reduced |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 101,087 | $37.3M | 0.03% | −1,111−1.1% | Reduced |
| Oversea-Chinese Banking CORP Ltd | 100,345 | $36.9M | 1.08% | +9,489+10.4% | Added |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 101,127 | $36.5M | 0.04% | +77,253+323.6% | Added |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 93,274 | $34.4M | 0.07% | −17,987−16.2% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 92,282 | $34.0M | 0.00% | +1,748+1.9% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 89,749 | $33.1M | 0.04% | +431+0.5% | Added |
| Bank of Montreal | 89,032 | $32.8M | 0.02% | −11,958−11.8% | Reduced |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 86,704 | $32.0M | 0.08% | +83,882+2,972.4% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 85,912 | $31.7M | 0.00% | +1,773+2.1% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 85,595 | $31.5M | 0.03% | +780+0.9% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 76,115 | $28.1M | 0.01% | +3,613+5.0% | Added |
| Woodline Partners LP | 75,561 | $27.8M | 0.18% | −36,421−32.5% | Reduced |
| FIL Ltd | 75,517 | $27.8M | 0.03% | +75,517 | New |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 76,166 | $27.3M | 0.05% | +19,590+34.6% | Added |
| Citigroup Inc | 71,726 | $26.4M | 0.02% | +2,385+3.4% | Added |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 70,491 | $26.0M | 0.25% | +70,491 | New |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 69,213 | $25.5M | 0.05% | +7,355+11.9% | Added |
| Primecap Management Co | 68,901 | $25.4M | 0.02% | −140−0.2% | Reduced |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 67,443 | $24.4M | 0.05% | −188,672−73.7% | Reduced |
| Smith Group Asset Management, LLC | 63,300 | $23.3M | 1.75% | +3,490+5.8% | Added |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 59,887 | $22.1M | 0.19% | +56,089+1,476.8% | Added |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 59,607 | $22.0M | 0.09% | +13,146+28.3% | Added |
| Man Group plc | 58,492 | $21.6M | 0.06% | +6,129+11.7% | Added |
| SEI Investments Co | 57,826 | $21.3M | 0.03% | +24,506+73.5% | Added |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 57,451 | $21.2M | 0.04% | +268+0.5% | Added |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 57,281 | $21.1M | 0.06% | −14,866−20.6% | Reduced |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. | 56,925 | $21.0M | 0.57% | −35,279−38.3% | Reduced |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 55,872 | $20.6M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. | 54,165 | $20.0M | 0.04% | −1,300−2.3% | Reduced |
| Glenmede Trust Co NA | 53,840 | $19.8M | 0.11% | −2,185−3.9% | Reduced |