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 2025
Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Sep 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
- 755
- −3 vs. Q2 2025
- Shares held
- 57.3M
- −346.4K (−0.6%) vs. Q2 2025
- Total value
- $17.2B
- −$2.94B (−14.6%) vs. Q2 2025
- New holders
- 94
- 230 more added
- Sold out
- 97
- 304 more reduced
13 institutions that held it in Q2 2025 haven't filed for Q3 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q2 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.
| 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 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q2 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Group Inc | 7,656,891 | $2.30B | 0.03% | +246,128+3.3% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 6,066,237 | $1.82B | 0.03% | −497,156−7.6% | Reduced |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 3,955,498 | $1.19B | 5.99% | +347,091+9.6% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 2,689,693 | $806.4M | 0.25% | +825,723+44.3% | Added |
| State Street Corp | 2,679,523 | $803.3M | 0.03% | +3,325+0.1% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,084,443 | $624.9M | 0.20% | −1,936,915−48.2% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1,584,798 | $473.3M | 0.03% | +32,399+2.1% | Added |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 1,551,010 | $465.0M | 2.41% | +1,074,449+225.5% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,472,419 | $441.4M | 0.07% | +359,596+32.3% | Added |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 1,356,289 | $406.6M | 6.34% | +135,504+11.1% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 1,302,433 | $390.5M | 0.18% | +395,952+43.7% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 869,177 | $260.6M | 0.13% | +46,339+5.6% | Added |
| Ako Capital LLP | 806,948 | $241.9M | 3.44% | +19,602+2.5% | Added |
| Morgan Stanley | 737,252 | $221.0M | 0.01% | −99,152−11.9% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 709,546 | $212.7M | 0.03% | −4,265−0.6% | Reduced |
| Guardcap Asset Management Ltd | 625,544 | $187.5M | 4.35% | −62,465−9.1% | Reduced |
| Veritas Asset Management LLP | 584,770 | $175.3M | 1.87% | +584,770 | New |
| London Co of Virginia | 555,855 | $166.7M | 0.92% | −24,581−4.2% | Reduced |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | 551,069 | $165.2M | 1.74% | −9,900−1.8% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 543,149 | $162.8M | 0.01% | +22,586+4.3% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 537,582 | $161.1M | 0.03% | +15,762+3.0% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 499,100 | $149.6M | 0.09% | +236,413+90.0% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 498,343 | $149.4M | 0.03% | −105,140−17.4% | Reduced |
| Amundi | 417,739 | $136.9M | 0.04% | +76,068+22.3% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 454,285 | $136.2M | 0.02% | +21,755+5.0% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 438,706 | $131.5M | 0.03% | +22,289+5.4% | Added |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 395,026 | $118.4M | 2.15% | +145,838+58.5% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 375,512 | $112.6M | 0.08% | +62,428+19.9% | Added |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 374,890 | $112.4M | 0.85% | −94,439−20.1% | Reduced |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 363,532 | $109.0M | 0.02% | −95,316−20.8% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 361,878 | $108.5M | 0.04% | +94,459+35.3% | Added |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 354,899 | $106.4M | 0.15% | −34,925−9.0% | Reduced |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 347,801 | $104.3M | 2.34% | +162,341+87.5% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 340,972 | $102.2M | 0.02% | −1,420,280−80.6% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 332,447 | $99.7M | 0.01% | +117,098+54.4% | Added |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | 308,491 | $92.5M | 0.21% | +308,491 | New |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 307,693 | $92.2M | 1.02% | −4,566−1.5% | Reduced |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 291,849 | $87.5M | 0.07% | +290,706+25,433.6% | Added |
| Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC | 266,223 | $79.8M | 0.31% | +265,105+23,712.4% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 263,546 | $79.0M | 0.46% | −10,822−3.9% | Reduced |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 258,489 | $77.5M | 0.11% | +166,888+182.2% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 250,024 | $75.0M | 0.06% | +27,990+12.6% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 246,156 | $73.8M | 0.01% | −48,001−16.3% | Reduced |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 231,852 | $69.5M | 0.08% | +25,182+12.2% | Added |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 220,117 | $66.0M | 0.36% | +48,027+27.9% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 204,853 | $61.4M | 0.01% | −6,123−2.9% | Reduced |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 198,673 | $59.6M | 0.09% | −3,519−1.7% | Reduced |
| Newport Trust Co | 184,414 | $55.3M | 0.13% | +2,125+1.2% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 183,522 | $55.0M | 0.01% | +20,607+12.6% | Added |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 181,262 | $54.3M | 0.03% | +181,262 | New |
| Swiss National Bank | 171,600 | $51.4M | 0.03% | −8,500−4.7% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 162,389 | $48.7M | 0.02% | −54,144−25.0% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 154,972 | $46.5M | 0.01% | −82,649−34.8% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 155,661 | $46.4M | 0.05% | −96,196−38.2% | Reduced |
| Nuance Investments, LLC | 146,886 | $44.0M | 4.48% | +125,854+598.4% | Added |
| BLI - Banque de Luxembourg Investments | 149,400 | $43.3M | 1.26% | +46,900+45.8% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 139,756 | $41.9M | 0.02% | +675+0.5% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 132,795 | $39.8M | 0.03% | +7,636+6.1% | Added |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 122,384 | $36.7M | 0.27% | −171,941−58.4% | Reduced |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 121,095 | $36.3M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 118,869 | $35.6M | 0.03% | +7,297+6.5% | Added |
| Andra AP-fonden | 116,140 | $34.8M | 0.44% | +105,995+1,044.8% | Added |
| Woodline Partners LP | 115,465 | $34.6M | 0.16% | +54,054+88.0% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 113,018 | $33.9M | 0.03% | +6,869+6.5% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 111,414 | $33.4M | 0.01% | −14,656−11.6% | Reduced |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 110,960 | $33.3M | 0.02% | +5,092+4.8% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 110,056 | $33.0M | 0.00% | +24,044+28.0% | Added |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 109,770 | $32.9M | 0.03% | −69,192−38.7% | Reduced |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 108,082 | $32.4M | 0.05% | +50,240+86.9% | Added |
| National Pension Service | 107,359 | $32.2M | 0.02% | +1,857+1.8% | Added |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 105,921 | $31.8M | 0.01% | −5,377−4.8% | Reduced |
| Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc | 105,670 | $31.7M | 2.36% | +1,137+1.1% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 96,151 | $28.8M | 0.03% | +3,417+3.7% | Added |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 96,097 | $28.8M | 0.05% | +16,951+21.4% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 87,074 | $26.1M | 0.01% | −23,275−21.1% | Reduced |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 85,954 | $25.8M | 0.05% | −337−0.4% | Reduced |
| Oversea-Chinese Banking CORP Ltd | 85,185 | $25.5M | 0.66% | −888−1.0% | Reduced |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 83,806 | $25.0M | 0.06% | +25,253+43.1% | Added |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 82,002 | $24.6M | 0.01% | +3,912+5.0% | Added |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 80,719 | $24.2M | 0.37% | +61,304+315.8% | Added |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | 79,631 | $23.9M | 0.05% | −49,870−38.5% | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 81,362 | $23.7M | 0.02% | −127,681−61.1% | Reduced |
| Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec | 77,242 | $23.2M | 0.04% | +20,440+36.0% | Added |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 76,409 | $22.9M | 0.02% | +26,491+53.1% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 73,987 | $22.2M | 0.00% | −31,333−29.8% | Reduced |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 76,584 | $22.2M | 0.04% | −235−0.3% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 72,041 | $21.6M | 0.02% | −10,238−12.4% | Reduced |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC | 70,308 | $21.1M | 0.09% | +30,941+78.6% | Added |
| Meridiem Capital Partners LP | 68,788 | $20.6M | 1.42% | +68,788 | New |
| Smith Group Asset Management, LLC | 68,062 | $20.4M | 1.17% | +3,514+5.4% | Added |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 66,984 | $20.1M | 0.07% | −2,822−4.0% | Reduced |
| Man Group plc | 66,667 | $20.0M | 0.04% | −47,095−41.4% | Reduced |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP | 65,004 | $19.5M | 0.12% | +65,004 | New |
| Jain Global LLC | 63,281 | $19.0M | 0.25% | −22,417−26.2% | Reduced |
| SEI Investments Co | 58,760 | $17.6M | 0.02% | −13,596−18.8% | Reduced |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 58,301 | $17.5M | 0.04% | +7,893+15.7% | Added |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 55,129 | $16.5M | 0.03% | −1,303−2.3% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 54,060 | $16.2M | 0.01% | −22,015−28.9% | Reduced |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 56,576 | $16.2M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 51,012 | $15.3M | 0.02% | +3,945+8.4% | Added |