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, Q4 2025
Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Dec 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
- 808
- +65 vs. Q3 2025
- Shares held
- 57.7M
- +502.3K (+0.9%) vs. Q3 2025
- Total value
- $21.9B
- +$4.76B (+27.8%) vs. Q3 2025
- New holders
- 131
- 245 more added
- Sold out
- 66
- 290 more reduced
12 institutions that held it in Q3 2025 haven't filed for Q4 2025 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q3 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, Q4 2025
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q3 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson Capital Management | 47,690 | $18.1M | 3.11% | −467−1.0% | Reduced |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 48,656 | $18.5M | 0.04% | −1,513−3.0% | Reduced |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 49,375 | $18.8M | 0.01% | +30,489+161.4% | Added |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 56,576 | $19.5M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Aviva PLC | 51,640 | $19.6M | 0.03% | +4,422+9.4% | Added |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 51,714 | $19.6M | 0.03% | −3,415−6.2% | Reduced |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 56,444 | $21.4M | 0.02% | −27,362−32.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 56,995 | $21.6M | 0.01% | +2,935+5.4% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 57,549 | $21.9M | 0.02% | +6,537+12.8% | Added |
| Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec | 58,154 | $22.1M | 0.04% | −19,088−24.7% | Reduced |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 59,956 | $22.8M | 0.30% | −20,763−25.7% | Reduced |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | 60,121 | $22.8M | 0.03% | +57,057+1,862.2% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 60,878 | $23.1M | 0.01% | −26,196−30.1% | Reduced |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 61,588 | $23.4M | 0.05% | +3,287+5.6% | Added |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | 62,956 | $23.9M | 0.04% | +37,079+143.3% | Added |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 67,057 | $25.5M | 0.05% | +18,736+38.8% | Added |
| HRT Financial LP | 68,444 | $26.0M | 0.08% | +68,444 | New |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC | 70,057 | $26.6M | 0.10% | −251−0.4% | Reduced |
| Smith Group Asset Management, LLC | 72,648 | $27.6M | 1.46% | +4,586+6.7% | Added |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 73,285 | $27.8M | 0.09% | +6,301+9.4% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 73,375 | $28.0M | 0.02% | +1,334+1.9% | Added |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 73,863 | $28.1M | 0.04% | −2,721−3.6% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 74,515 | $28.3M | 0.02% | −1,894−2.5% | Reduced |
| SEI Investments Co | 75,209 | $28.6M | 0.03% | +16,449+28.0% | Added |
| Danske Bank A/S | 76,639 | $29.1M | 0.07% | +55,152+256.7% | Added |
| Jain Global LLC | 80,712 | $30.7M | 0.30% | +17,431+27.5% | Added |
| Oversea-Chinese Banking CORP Ltd | 80,827 | $30.7M | 0.85% | −4,358−5.1% | Reduced |
| Woodline Partners LP | 81,413 | $30.9M | 0.12% | −34,052−29.5% | Reduced |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 85,798 | $32.6M | 0.06% | −156−0.2% | Reduced |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 85,465 | $32.7M | 0.05% | −10,632−11.1% | Reduced |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 90,233 | $34.3M | 0.01% | +53,151+143.3% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 91,666 | $34.8M | 0.03% | −4,485−4.7% | Reduced |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 91,740 | $34.8M | 0.06% | −16,342−15.1% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 97,293 | $37.0M | 0.01% | −8,628−8.1% | Reduced |
| BLI - Banque de Luxembourg Investments | 100,920 | $38.7M | 1.14% | −48,480−32.4% | Reduced |
| Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc | 104,050 | $39.5M | 2.86% | −1,620−1.5% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 104,315 | $39.6M | 0.01% | +22,313+27.2% | Added |
| Iron Triangle Partners LP | 105,167 | $39.9M | 4.57% | +105,167 | New |
| Citigroup Inc | 106,127 | $40.3M | 0.03% | +74,080+231.2% | Added |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 106,303 | $40.4M | 0.03% | −6,715−5.9% | Reduced |
| National Pension Service | 108,535 | $41.2M | 0.03% | +1,176+1.1% | Added |
| Barclays PLC | 109,811 | $41.7M | 0.02% | −52,578−32.4% | Reduced |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 110,349 | $41.9M | 0.02% | −611−0.6% | Reduced |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 112,407 | $42.7M | 0.32% | −9,977−8.2% | Reduced |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 114,591 | $43.5M | 0.01% | +3,177+2.9% | Added |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 115,185 | $43.8M | 0.04% | −17,610−13.3% | Reduced |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 121,095 | $46.0M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 125,584 | $48.0M | 0.03% | +6,715+5.6% | Added |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp | 129,108 | $49.5M | 0.06% | −102,744−44.3% | Reduced |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 132,093 | $50.2M | 1.12% | −215,708−62.0% | Reduced |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 134,532 | $51.1M | 0.03% | −46,730−25.8% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 136,267 | $51.8M | 0.03% | −3,489−2.5% | Reduced |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 139,485 | $53.0M | 0.04% | +89,864+181.1% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 155,324 | $59.0M | 0.01% | −90,832−36.9% | Reduced |
| FMR LLC | 160,156 | $60.8M | 0.00% | +86,169+116.5% | Added |
| Swiss National Bank | 163,120 | $62.0M | 0.04% | −8,480−4.9% | Reduced |
| Newport Trust Co | 175,530 | $66.7M | 0.16% | −8,884−4.8% | Reduced |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 185,126 | $70.3M | 0.13% | +185,126 | New |
| Nuveen, LLC | 197,909 | $75.2M | 0.02% | +42,937+27.7% | Added |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 222,473 | $84.5M | 0.48% | +2,356+1.1% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 232,249 | $88.2M | 0.55% | −31,297−11.9% | Reduced |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 244,898 | $93.0M | 0.13% | +46,225+23.3% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 249,598 | $94.8M | 0.08% | −426−0.2% | Reduced |
| Colony Group, LLC | 271,761 | $103.2M | 0.12% | +263,421+3,158.5% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 272,722 | $103.6M | 0.02% | −90,810−25.0% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 285,474 | $108.4M | 0.04% | −76,404−21.1% | Reduced |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 293,164 | $111.4M | 1.28% | −14,529−4.7% | Reduced |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 312,768 | $118.8M | 1.20% | −62,122−16.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 323,230 | $122.8M | 0.02% | −17,742−5.2% | Reduced |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 350,927 | $133.0M | 0.13% | +195,266+125.4% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 352,010 | $133.7M | 0.10% | +60,161+20.6% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 355,955 | $135.2M | 0.03% | +151,102+73.8% | Added |
| Amundi | 359,846 | $136.7M | 0.04% | −57,893−13.9% | Reduced |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 373,708 | $141.9M | 0.22% | +18,809+5.3% | Added |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 390,655 | $148.4M | 2.69% | −4,371−1.1% | Reduced |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 395,352 | $150.1M | 0.09% | −103,748−20.8% | Reduced |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 401,804 | $152.6M | 0.11% | +26,292+7.0% | Added |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | 411,710 | $156.4M | 0.33% | +103,219+33.5% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 433,682 | $164.7M | 0.04% | −5,024−1.1% | Reduced |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 433,906 | $164.8M | 0.01% | +101,459+30.5% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 453,267 | $172.2M | 0.03% | −1,018−0.2% | Reduced |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | 458,469 | $174.1M | 2.22% | −92,600−16.8% | Reduced |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 468,221 | $177.8M | 0.03% | +284,699+155.1% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 494,067 | $187.7M | 0.04% | −4,276−0.9% | Reduced |
| London Co of Virginia | 504,674 | $191.7M | 1.11% | −51,181−9.2% | Reduced |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 506,775 | $192.5M | 0.04% | −30,807−5.7% | Reduced |
| Guardcap Asset Management Ltd | 530,654 | $201.8M | 5.39% | −94,890−15.2% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 538,713 | $204.6M | 0.15% | +516,094+2,281.7% | Added |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 581,063 | $220.7M | 0.21% | +547,109+1,611.3% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 585,020 | $222.2M | 0.02% | +41,871+7.7% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 671,103 | $254.9M | 0.03% | +561,047+509.8% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 684,521 | $260.0M | 0.03% | −25,025−3.5% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 699,659 | $265.8M | 0.03% | +699,659 | New |
| Morgan Stanley | 719,171 | $273.2M | 0.02% | −18,081−2.5% | Reduced |
| Ako Capital LLP | 753,455 | $286.2M | 4.36% | −53,493−6.6% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 870,969 | $330.8M | 0.17% | +1,792+0.2% | Added |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 1,146,209 | $435.4M | 7.96% | −210,080−15.5% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 1,167,216 | $443.3M | 0.04% | −305,203−20.7% | Reduced |
| Veritas Asset Management LLP | 1,241,206 | $471.4M | 4.82% | +656,436+112.3% | Added |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 1,290,393 | $490.1M | 0.22% | −12,040−0.9% | Reduced |