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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Resources Inc | 113,039 | $41.7M | 0.01% | +14,341+14.5% | Added |
| Aviva PLC | 117,373 | $43.3M | 0.10% | +5,514+4.9% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 120,090 | $44.3M | 0.01% | −77−0.1% | Reduced |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 121,095 | $44.6M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| BLI - Banque de Luxembourg Investments | 127,100 | $45.9M | 1.39% | −9,500−7.0% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 125,518 | $46.3M | 0.04% | +9,365+8.1% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 132,610 | $48.9M | 0.04% | +23,296+21.3% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 133,557 | $49.2M | 0.02% | +16,672+14.3% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 134,140 | $49.4M | 0.03% | −1,323−1.0% | Reduced |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 142,523 | $52.5M | 1.29% | −42,625−23.0% | Reduced |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 164,811 | $59.2M | 0.06% | −12,684−7.1% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 167,500 | $61.7M | 0.04% | −200−0.1% | Reduced |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 172,420 | $63.5M | 0.07% | +133,735+345.7% | Added |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 173,037 | $63.8M | 0.12% | +16,423+10.5% | Added |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 173,791 | $64.1M | 0.33% | +9,901+6.0% | Added |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 175,894 | $64.8M | 0.11% | −18,470−9.5% | Reduced |
| Newport Trust Co | 182,761 | $67.4M | 0.17% | −1,744−0.9% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 183,785 | $67.7M | 0.01% | +40,906+28.6% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 200,051 | $73.7M | 0.01% | +6,976+3.6% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 220,779 | $81.1M | 0.05% | +2,171+1.0% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 225,211 | $83.0M | 0.02% | +8,105+3.7% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 231,343 | $85.3M | 0.08% | −4,576−1.9% | Reduced |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc | 234,488 | $86.4M | 1.83% | +1,011+0.4% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 239,048 | $88.1M | 0.01% | +71,166+42.4% | Added |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 249,909 | $92.1M | 1.84% | +3,658+1.5% | Added |
| Nuveen, LLC | 255,115 | $94.0M | 0.03% | +255,115 | New |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 259,985 | $95.8M | 0.04% | −6,962−2.6% | Reduced |
| Amundi | 284,590 | $98.2M | 0.04% | +4,149+1.5% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 284,868 | $104.8M | 0.12% | −10,064−3.4% | Reduced |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 287,800 | $106.1M | 0.77% | −129,767−31.1% | Reduced |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 309,319 | $114.0M | 1.27% | +27,243+9.7% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 335,102 | $123.5M | 0.11% | −32,814−8.9% | Reduced |
| American Century Companies Inc | 335,275 | $123.6M | 0.08% | +2,688+0.8% | Added |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 350,259 | $129.1M | 0.17% | +47,183+15.6% | Added |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 352,059 | $129.8M | 0.29% | +162,658+85.9% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 412,332 | $152.0M | 0.03% | +13,805+3.5% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 424,753 | $156.6M | 0.94% | −289,402−40.5% | Reduced |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 440,935 | $162.5M | 0.04% | +17,837+4.2% | Added |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 443,321 | $163.4M | 0.32% | +21,630+5.1% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 475,229 | $175.2M | 0.02% | +56,765+13.6% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 484,519 | $178.5M | 0.04% | −4,612−0.9% | Reduced |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 498,193 | $183.6M | 1.33% | +19,874+4.2% | Added |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 513,514 | $189.3M | 0.91% | −6,262−1.2% | Reduced |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 530,697 | $195.6M | 0.05% | +28,018+5.6% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 572,823 | $211.1M | 0.04% | +276,433+93.3% | Added |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | 581,169 | $214.2M | 2.20% | +56,000+10.7% | Added |
| London Co of Virginia | 597,348 | $220.2M | 1.25% | −19,023−3.1% | Reduced |
| Guardcap Asset Management Ltd | 699,225 | $257.7M | 4.99% | −109,698−13.6% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 713,181 | $262.9M | 0.02% | +12,428+1.8% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 738,056 | $272.0M | 0.15% | +9,522+1.3% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 739,630 | $272.6M | 0.04% | +15,563+2.1% | Added |
| Generation Investment Management LLP | 755,325 | $278.4M | 1.68% | −774,794−50.6% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 817,956 | $301.5M | 0.04% | +51,298+6.7% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 901,479 | $326.5M | 0.18% | +12,173+1.4% | Added |
| Ako Capital LLP | 887,215 | $327.0M | 4.24% | +71,836+8.8% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,112,128 | $409.9M | 0.08% | +136,396+14.0% | Added |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 1,215,834 | $448.1M | 6.32% | −9,098−0.7% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1,510,197 | $554.9M | 0.04% | +58,752+4.0% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1,812,335 | $668.0M | 0.13% | −69,421−3.7% | Reduced |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 2,066,482 | $761.6M | 0.25% | +123,215+6.3% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 2,638,435 | $972.4M | 0.04% | +36,433+1.4% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 3,070,671 | $1.13B | 0.41% | +416,669+15.7% | Added |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 3,613,197 | $1.33B | 6.06% | −21,325−0.6% | Reduced |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 6,940,651 | $2.56B | 0.05% | +457,148+7.1% | Added |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 7,272,252 | $2.68B | 0.05% | +173,584+2.4% | Added |
| Proequities, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −89−100.0% | Sold out |
| ZRC Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −44−100.0% | Sold out |
| HRT Financial LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −83,760−100.0% | Sold out |
| Progressive Investment Management Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −20,076−100.0% | Sold out |
| Jain Global LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −14,398−100.0% | Sold out |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,800−100.0% | Sold out |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −6,619−100.0% | Sold out |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,347−100.0% | Sold out |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,945−100.0% | Sold out |
| WBI Investments | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,129−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bayesian Capital Management, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,436−100.0% | Sold out |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,808−100.0% | Sold out |
| Park Avenue Securities LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,531−100.0% | Sold out |
| Catalyst Funds Management Pty Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,600−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bryce Point Capital, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,415−100.0% | Sold out |
| Exencial Wealth Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,387−100.0% | Sold out |
| Laurion Capital Management LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,188−100.0% | Sold out |
| Capstone Investment Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,125−100.0% | Sold out |
| GTS Securities LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,040−100.0% | Sold out |
| Sienna Gestion | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,033−100.0% | Sold out |
| Canada Post Corp Registered Pension Plan | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,014−100.0% | Sold out |
| Chilton Investment Co LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −942−100.0% | Sold out |
| United Advisor Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −884−100.0% | Sold out |
| Tealwood Asset Management Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −800−100.0% | Sold out |
| Petrus Trust Company, LTA | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −788−100.0% | Sold out |
| Ground Swell Capital, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −757−100.0% | Sold out |
| Intech Investment Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −700−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −675−100.0% | Sold out |
| Prospera Financial Services Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −654−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bristol John W & Co Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −641−100.0% | Sold out |
| Waldron Private Wealth LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −610−100.0% | Sold out |
| Middleton & Co Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −605−100.0% | Sold out |
| David Loasby | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −584−100.0% | Sold out |
| AE Wealth Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −584−100.0% | Sold out |
| IMPACTfolio, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −559−100.0% | Sold out |