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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, Q2 2025

Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Jun 30, 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
771
+16 vs. Q1 2025
Shares held
58.4M
+830.1K (+1.4%) vs. Q1 2025
Total value
$20.4B
−$816.7M (−3.9%) vs. Q1 2025
New holders
82
275 more added
Sold out
66
278 more reduced

10 institutions that held it in Q1 2025 haven't filed for Q2 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q1 2025: 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.

Institutional holdersQ2 2025: 771 institutions
Q1 2021: 600 institutionsQ2 2021: 634 institutionsQ3 2021: 658 institutionsQ4 2021: 667 institutionsQ1 2022: 661 institutionsQ2 2022: 654 institutionsQ3 2022: 644 institutionsQ4 2022: 654 institutionsQ1 2023: 678 institutionsQ2 2023: 647 institutionsQ3 2023: 651 institutionsQ4 2023: 674 institutionsQ1 2024: 689 institutionsQ2 2024: 695 institutionsQ3 2024: 697 institutionsQ4 2024: 761 institutionsQ1 2025: 765 institutionsQ2 2025: 771 institutionsQ3 2025: 755 institutionsQ4 2025: 808 institutionsQ1 2026: 1,178 institutionsQ2 2026: 1,185 institutions
Value heldQ2 2025: $20.4B
Q1 2021: $15.5BQ2 2021: $18.9BQ3 2021: $19.5BQ4 2021: $20.4BQ1 2022: $16.9BQ2 2022: $17.7BQ3 2022: $14.5BQ4 2022: $18.2BQ1 2023: $16.8BQ2 2023: $15.0BQ3 2023: $15.7BQ4 2023: $19.4BQ1 2024: $20.1BQ2 2024: $16.5BQ3 2024: $20.3BQ4 2024: $21.2BQ1 2025: $21.2BQ2 2025: $20.4BQ3 2025: $17.2BQ4 2025: $21.9BQ1 2026: $29.1BQ2 2026: $37.3B
Institutions holding WAT and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 20261,185$37.3B
Q1 20261,178$29.1B
Q4 2025808$21.9B
Q3 2025755$17.2B
Q2 2025771$20.4B
Q1 2025765$21.2B
Q4 2024761$21.2B
Q3 2024697$20.3B
Q2 2024695$16.5B
Q1 2024689$20.1B
Q4 2023674$19.4B
Q3 2023651$15.7B
Q2 2023647$15.0B
Q1 2023678$16.8B
Q4 2022654$18.2B
Q3 2022644$14.5B
Q2 2022654$17.7B
Q1 2022661$16.9B
Q4 2021667$20.4B
Q3 2021658$19.5B
Q2 2021634$18.9B
Q1 2021600$15.5B

Institutions, Q2 2025

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q1 2025.

Institutions holding WAT in Q2 2025
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
California Public Employees Retirement System105,868$37.0M0.02%+4,781+4.7%Added
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA106,149$37.1M0.03%−26,461−20.0%Reduced
Franklin Resources Inc110,349$38.5M0.01%−2,690−2.4%Reduced
Raymond James Financial Inc111,298$38.8M0.01%−1,501−1.3%Reduced
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.111,572$38.9M0.03%+6,427+6.1%Added
Man Group plc113,762$39.7M0.09%+55,270+94.5%Added
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co121,095$42.3M0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Rhumbline Advisers125,159$43.7M0.04%−359−0.3%Reduced
Envestnet Asset Management Inc126,070$44.0M0.01%+5,980+5.0%Added
Squarepoint Ops LLC129,501$45.2M0.10%+97,843+309.1%Added
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.139,081$48.5M0.03%+4,941+3.7%Added
Nordea Investment Management AB151,868$53.3M0.05%−12,943−7.9%Reduced
C Partners Holding GmbH154,360$53.9M11.84%+126,541+454.9%Added
Goldman Sachs Group Inc162,915$56.9M0.01%−37,136−18.6%Reduced
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.172,090$60.1M0.31%−1,701−1.0%Reduced
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA178,962$62.5M0.06%+6,542+3.8%Added
Swiss National Bank180,100$62.9M0.04%+12,600+7.5%Added
Newport Trust Co182,289$63.6M0.15%−472−0.3%Reduced
Robeco Schweiz AG185,460$64.7M1.49%+42,937+30.1%Added
Natixis Advisors, L.P.202,192$70.6M0.11%+29,155+16.8%Added
Mackenzie Financial Corp206,670$72.1M0.09%+96,506+87.6%Added
AQR Capital Management LLC209,043$73.0M0.06%+107,916+106.7%Added
UBS Group AG210,976$73.6M0.02%+27,191+14.8%Added
JPMorgan Chase & Co215,349$75.2M0.01%−23,699−9.9%Reduced
Barclays PLC216,533$75.6M0.03%+82,976+62.1%Added
TD Asset Management Inc222,034$77.5M0.07%−9,309−4.0%Reduced
Nuveen, LLC237,621$82.9M0.02%−17,494−6.9%Reduced
American Century Companies Inc238,516$83.3M0.05%−96,759−28.9%Reduced
Fenimore Asset Management Inc243,780$85.1M1.70%+9,292+4.0%Added
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC249,188$87.0M1.66%−721−0.3%Reduced
Voya Investment Management LLC251,857$87.5M0.09%−33,011−11.6%Reduced
HSBC Holdings PLC262,687$91.8M0.06%+41,908+19.0%Added
Deutsche Bank AG267,419$93.3M0.03%+7,434+2.9%Added
Impax Asset Management Group plc274,368$95.8M0.55%−150,385−35.4%Reduced
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans277,051$96.7M0.21%−75,008−21.3%Reduced
Jupiter Asset Management Ltd287,316$100.3M0.84%+216,825+307.6%Added
Marshall Wace, LLP288,011$100.5M0.12%−62,248−17.8%Reduced
Royal Bank of Canada294,157$102.7M0.02%+68,946+30.6%Added
Boston Trust Walden Corp294,325$102.7M0.73%+6,525+2.3%Added
Madison Asset Management, LLC312,259$109.0M1.18%+2,940+1.0%Added
First Trust Advisors LP313,084$109.3M0.09%−22,018−6.6%Reduced
Amundi341,671$120.2M0.04%+57,081+20.1%Added
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership389,824$136.1M0.20%+213,930+121.6%Added
Legal & General Group Plc416,417$145.3M0.04%−24,518−5.6%Reduced
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc432,530$151.0M0.03%+20,198+4.9%Added
Wellington Management Group LLP458,848$160.2M0.03%−113,975−19.9%Reduced
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC469,329$163.8M1.14%−28,864−5.8%Reduced
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.476,561$166.3M0.84%−36,953−7.2%Reduced
Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.515,495$179.9M0.29%+72,174+16.3%Added
Bank of America Corp520,563$181.7M0.01%+45,334+9.5%Added
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP521,820$182.2M0.04%+37,301+7.7%Added
Findlay Park Partners LLP560,969$195.8M2.02%−20,200−3.5%Reduced
London Co of Virginia580,436$202.6M1.15%−16,912−2.8%Reduced
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc603,483$210.6M0.04%+72,786+13.7%Added
Guardcap Asset Management Ltd688,009$240.1M4.71%−11,216−1.6%Reduced
Northern Trust Corp713,811$249.1M0.03%−25,819−3.5%Reduced
Norges Bank763,190$266.4M0.03%−54,766−6.7%Reduced
Ako Capital LLP787,346$274.8M3.47%−99,869−11.3%Reduced
Principal Financial Group Inc822,838$287.2M0.15%+84,782+11.5%Added
Morgan Stanley836,404$291.9M0.02%+123,223+17.3%Added
Janus Henderson Group PLC906,481$316.4M0.16%+5,002+0.6%Added
Invesco Ltd.1,112,823$388.4M0.07%+695+0.1%Added
Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd.1,220,785$426.1M5.77%+4,951+0.4%Added
Geode Capital Management, LLC1,552,399$539.6M0.04%+42,202+2.8%Added
Bank of New York Mellon Corp1,761,252$614.7M0.12%−51,083−2.8%Reduced
Massachusetts Financial Services Co1,863,970$650.6M0.21%−202,512−9.8%Reduced
State Street Corp2,676,198$934.1M0.04%+37,763+1.4%Added
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith3,608,407$1.26B5.47%−4,790−0.1%Reduced
Alliancebernstein L.P.4,021,358$1.40B0.46%+950,687+31.0%Added
BlackRock, Inc.6,563,393$2.29B0.04%−377,258−5.4%Reduced
Vanguard Group Inc7,410,763$2.59B0.04%+138,511+1.9%Added
Generation Investment Management LLP0$00.00%−755,325−100.0%Sold out
Corebridge Financial, Inc.0$00.00%−14,419−100.0%Sold out
PGGM Investments0$00.00%−13,614−100.0%Sold out
Edgestream Partners, L.P.0$00.00%−10,258−100.0%Sold out
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC0$00.00%−7,820−100.0%Sold out
J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG0$00.00%−6,602−100.0%Sold out
Jacobs Levy Equity Management, Inc0$00.00%−3,376−100.0%Sold out
Gsa Capital Partners LLP0$00.00%−3,000−100.0%Sold out
XTX Topco Ltd0$00.00%−2,805−100.0%Sold out
Versor Investments LP0$00.00%−2,802−100.0%Sold out
Allstate Corp0$00.00%−2,439−100.0%Sold out
Nomura Holdings Inc0$00.00%−1,872−100.0%Sold out
Aveo Capital Partners, LLC0$00.00%−1,900−100.0%Sold out
Bridgefront Capital, LLC0$00.00%−1,579−100.0%Sold out
Quadrature Capital Ltd0$00.00%−1,577−100.0%Sold out
United Services Automobile Association0$00.00%−1,555−100.0%Sold out
Teza Capital Management LLC0$00.00%−1,243−100.0%Sold out
TownSquare Capital, LLC0$00.00%−1,210−100.0%Sold out
Procyon Private Wealth Partners, LLC0$00.00%−1,189−100.0%Sold out
ING Groep NV0$00.00%−1,182−100.0%Sold out
Aprio Wealth Management, LLC0$00.00%−1,131−100.0%Sold out
First Manhattan Co0$00.00%−975−100.0%Sold out
Avestar Capital, LLC0$00.00%−948−100.0%Sold out
Nebula Research & Development LLC0$00.00%−940−100.0%Sold out
Blueshift Asset Management, LLC0$00.00%−855−100.0%Sold out
Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd.0$00.00%−833−100.0%Sold out
Optas, LLC0$00.00%−826−100.0%Sold out
Quantitative Investment Management, LLC0$00.00%−769−100.0%Sold out
Holt Capital Advisors, L.L.C. dba Holt Capital Partners, L.P.0$00.00%−758−100.0%Sold out