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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuance Investments, LLC | 146,886 | $44.0M | 4.48% | +125,854+598.4% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 155,661 | $46.4M | 0.05% | −96,196−38.2% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 154,972 | $46.5M | 0.01% | −82,649−34.8% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 162,389 | $48.7M | 0.02% | −54,144−25.0% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 171,600 | $51.4M | 0.03% | −8,500−4.7% | Reduced |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 181,262 | $54.3M | 0.03% | +181,262 | New |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 183,522 | $55.0M | 0.01% | +20,607+12.6% | Added |
| Newport Trust Co | 184,414 | $55.3M | 0.13% | +2,125+1.2% | Added |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 198,673 | $59.6M | 0.09% | −3,519−1.7% | Reduced |
| UBS Group AG | 204,853 | $61.4M | 0.01% | −6,123−2.9% | Reduced |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 220,117 | $66.0M | 0.36% | +48,027+27.9% | Added |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 231,852 | $69.5M | 0.08% | +25,182+12.2% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 246,156 | $73.8M | 0.01% | −48,001−16.3% | Reduced |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 250,024 | $75.0M | 0.06% | +27,990+12.6% | Added |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | 258,489 | $77.5M | 0.11% | +166,888+182.2% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 263,546 | $79.0M | 0.46% | −10,822−3.9% | Reduced |
| Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC | 266,223 | $79.8M | 0.31% | +265,105+23,712.4% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 291,849 | $87.5M | 0.07% | +290,706+25,433.6% | Added |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 307,693 | $92.2M | 1.02% | −4,566−1.5% | Reduced |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | 308,491 | $92.5M | 0.21% | +308,491 | New |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 332,447 | $99.7M | 0.01% | +117,098+54.4% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 340,972 | $102.2M | 0.02% | −1,420,280−80.6% | Reduced |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 347,801 | $104.3M | 2.34% | +162,341+87.5% | Added |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 354,899 | $106.4M | 0.15% | −34,925−9.0% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 361,878 | $108.5M | 0.04% | +94,459+35.3% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 363,532 | $109.0M | 0.02% | −95,316−20.8% | Reduced |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 374,890 | $112.4M | 0.85% | −94,439−20.1% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 375,512 | $112.6M | 0.08% | +62,428+19.9% | Added |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 395,026 | $118.4M | 2.15% | +145,838+58.5% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 438,706 | $131.5M | 0.03% | +22,289+5.4% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 454,285 | $136.2M | 0.02% | +21,755+5.0% | Added |
| Amundi | 417,739 | $136.9M | 0.04% | +76,068+22.3% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 498,343 | $149.4M | 0.03% | −105,140−17.4% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 499,100 | $149.6M | 0.09% | +236,413+90.0% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 537,582 | $161.1M | 0.03% | +15,762+3.0% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 543,149 | $162.8M | 0.01% | +22,586+4.3% | Added |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | 551,069 | $165.2M | 1.74% | −9,900−1.8% | Reduced |
| London Co of Virginia | 555,855 | $166.7M | 0.92% | −24,581−4.2% | Reduced |
| Veritas Asset Management LLP | 584,770 | $175.3M | 1.87% | +584,770 | New |
| Guardcap Asset Management Ltd | 625,544 | $187.5M | 4.35% | −62,465−9.1% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 709,546 | $212.7M | 0.03% | −4,265−0.6% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 737,252 | $221.0M | 0.01% | −99,152−11.9% | Reduced |
| Ako Capital LLP | 806,948 | $241.9M | 3.44% | +19,602+2.5% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 869,177 | $260.6M | 0.13% | +46,339+5.6% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 1,302,433 | $390.5M | 0.18% | +395,952+43.7% | Added |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 1,356,289 | $406.6M | 6.34% | +135,504+11.1% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,472,419 | $441.4M | 0.07% | +359,596+32.3% | Added |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 1,551,010 | $465.0M | 2.41% | +1,074,449+225.5% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 1,584,798 | $473.3M | 0.03% | +32,399+2.1% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,084,443 | $624.9M | 0.20% | −1,936,915−48.2% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 2,679,523 | $803.3M | 0.03% | +3,325+0.1% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 2,689,693 | $806.4M | 0.25% | +825,723+44.3% | Added |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 3,955,498 | $1.19B | 5.99% | +347,091+9.6% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 6,066,237 | $1.82B | 0.03% | −497,156−7.6% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Group Inc | 7,656,891 | $2.30B | 0.03% | +246,128+3.3% | Added |
| Jupiter Asset Management Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −287,316−100.0% | Sold out |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −243,780−100.0% | Sold out |
| Segall Bryant & Hamill, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −30,442−100.0% | Sold out |
| Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −29,465−100.0% | Sold out |
| Jefferies Financial Group Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −28,879−100.0% | Sold out |
| Sivik Global Healthcare LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −18,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| AXA S.A. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,776−100.0% | Sold out |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,267−100.0% | Sold out |
| Fieldview Capital Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,067−100.0% | Sold out |
| Integral Health Asset Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −15,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Bamco Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −14,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Employees Retirement System of Texas | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,750−100.0% | Sold out |
| PDT Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,535−100.0% | Sold out |
| Centiva Capital, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,165−100.0% | Sold out |
| Peak Financial Advisors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,079−100.0% | Sold out |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,770−100.0% | Sold out |
| Ieq Capital, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,369−100.0% | Sold out |
| Signal Advisors Wealth, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,128−100.0% | Sold out |
| Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,101−100.0% | Sold out |
| ISAM Funds (UK) Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,563−100.0% | Sold out |
| RFG - Bristol Wealth Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −3,061−100.0% | Sold out |
| Atom Investors LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,837−100.0% | Sold out |
| Susquehanna Fundamental Investments, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,300−100.0% | Sold out |
| Lecap Asset Management Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −2,177−100.0% | Sold out |
| V-Square Quantitative Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,752−100.0% | Sold out |
| Guardian Partners Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,710−100.0% | Sold out |
| Capstone Investment Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,698−100.0% | Sold out |
| Oak Ridge Investments LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,610−100.0% | Sold out |
| Banco Santander, S.A. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,590−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cinctive Capital Management LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,590−100.0% | Sold out |
| R Squared Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,497−100.0% | Sold out |
| Merit Financial Group, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,303−100.0% | Sold out |
| Mount Yale Investment Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,225−100.0% | Sold out |
| Compass Ion Advisors, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,219−100.0% | Sold out |
| Arjuna Capital | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,139−100.0% | Sold out |
| Coastline Trust Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −1,100−100.0% | Sold out |
| Buckingham Strategic Partners | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −998−100.0% | Sold out |
| 111 Capital | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −935−100.0% | Sold out |
| Pitcairn Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −920−100.0% | Sold out |
| Two Sigma Advisers, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −900−100.0% | Sold out |
| Allianz SE | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −795−100.0% | Sold out |
| Northstar Asset Management LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −754−100.0% | Sold out |
| FourThought Financial Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −743−100.0% | Sold out |
| MBB Public Markets I LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −733−100.0% | Sold out |
| Fox Run Management, L.L.C. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −729−100.0% | Sold out |