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 2026
Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Mar 31, 2026. 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
- 1,178
- +384 vs. Q4 2025
- Shares held
- 94.9M
- +45.5M (+92.2%) vs. Q4 2025
- Total value
- $29.1B
- +$10.4B (+55.2%) vs. Q4 2025
- New holders
- 466
- 576 more added
- Sold out
- 82
- 108 more reduced
14 institutions that held it in Q4 2025 haven't filed for Q1 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q4 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, Q1 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q4 2025.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol John W & Co Inc | 199,532 | $59.4M | 0.98% | +199,532 | New |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 207,364 | $61.8M | 0.01% | +103,049+98.8% | Added |
| Meridiem Capital Partners LP | 207,814 | $61.9M | 4.07% | +207,814 | New |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 208,503 | $62.1M | 0.04% | +69,018+49.5% | Added |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC | 214,292 | $63.8M | 0.03% | +214,292 | New |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 223,324 | $66.5M | 0.04% | +87,057+63.9% | Added |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 224,431 | $66.8M | 0.40% | +1,958+0.9% | Added |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 224,646 | $66.9M | 0.04% | +99,062+78.9% | Added |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 226,886 | $67.6M | 0.07% | −354,177−61.0% | Reduced |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 228,857 | $68.2M | 0.01% | +73,533+47.3% | Added |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 236,792 | $68.5M | 0.03% | +236,358+54,460.4% | Added |
| American Century Companies Inc | 235,371 | $70.1M | 0.04% | +215,048+1,058.2% | Added |
| LPL Financial LLC | 253,713 | $75.6M | 0.02% | +224,964+782.5% | Added |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 257,380 | $76.6M | 0.11% | +12,482+5.1% | Added |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 266,828 | $78.9M | 0.07% | +253,278+1,869.2% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 266,536 | $79.4M | 0.06% | +16,938+6.8% | Added |
| First Pacific Advisors, LP | 267,472 | $79.7M | 1.12% | +267,472 | New |
| Cooke & Bieler LP | 268,853 | $80.1M | 0.91% | +268,853 | New |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 272,649 | $81.2M | 1.01% | −20,515−7.0% | Reduced |
| Nuveen, LLC | 277,703 | $82.7M | 0.02% | +79,794+40.3% | Added |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 279,840 | $83.3M | 1.06% | −32,928−10.5% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 288,614 | $85.9M | 0.05% | +125,494+76.9% | Added |
| Harris Associates L PSuperinvestorHarris Associates (Oakmark) | 288,712 | $86.0M | 0.11% | +288,712 | New |
| Liontrust Investment Partners LLP | 298,855 | $89.0M | 1.52% | +293,169+5,156.0% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 303,112 | $90.3M | 0.06% | −98,692−24.6% | Reduced |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 314,584 | $93.7M | 0.65% | +82,335+35.5% | Added |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 316,203 | $94.2M | 0.08% | +291,392+1,174.4% | Added |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | 354,375 | $105.5M | 0.18% | +291,419+462.9% | Added |
| London Co of Virginia | 355,310 | $105.8M | 0.65% | −149,364−29.6% | Reduced |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 382,948 | $114.0M | 0.09% | +308,433+413.9% | Added |
| Amundi | 432,146 | $128.7M | 0.04% | +72,300+20.1% | Added |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 432,206 | $128.7M | 2.65% | +41,551+10.6% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 465,000 | $138.5M | 0.08% | +69,648+17.6% | Added |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | 467,245 | $139.1M | 1.94% | +8,776+1.9% | Added |
| Colony Group, LLC | 474,862 | $141.4M | 0.16% | +203,101+74.7% | Added |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 478,271 | $142.4M | 0.12% | +478,271 | New |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 486,579 | $144.5M | 0.15% | +135,652+38.7% | Added |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 488,854 | $146.6M | 0.25% | +486,198+18,305.6% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 502,814 | $149.7M | 0.01% | +342,658+214.0% | Added |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 525,246 | $156.4M | 0.13% | +451,871+615.8% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 528,908 | $157.5M | 0.03% | +205,678+63.6% | Added |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 534,576 | $159.2M | 0.26% | +160,868+43.0% | Added |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 535,684 | $159.5M | 0.05% | +250,210+87.6% | Added |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 556,148 | $165.6M | 0.04% | +556,148 | New |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 563,060 | $167.7M | 0.02% | +94,839+20.3% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 640,339 | $190.7M | 0.03% | +284,384+79.9% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 684,813 | $203.9M | 0.05% | +251,131+57.9% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 695,644 | $207.2M | 0.05% | +605,411+670.9% | Added |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 709,538 | $211.3M | 0.05% | +648,660+1,065.5% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 772,524 | $230.1M | 0.04% | +319,257+70.4% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 794,589 | $236.6M | 0.05% | +300,522+60.8% | Added |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 811,326 | $241.6M | 0.05% | +538,604+197.5% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 814,716 | $242.6M | 0.05% | +307,941+60.8% | Added |
| Ako Capital LLP | 816,929 | $243.3M | 4.76% | +63,474+8.4% | Added |
| Bank of America Corp | 843,636 | $251.2M | 0.02% | +258,616+44.2% | Added |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | 917,066 | $273.1M | 0.66% | +505,356+122.7% | Added |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,019,289 | $303.6M | 0.16% | +148,320+17.0% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 1,025,240 | $305.3M | 0.24% | +673,230+191.3% | Added |
| Northern Trust Corp | 1,042,394 | $310.4M | 0.04% | +357,873+52.3% | Added |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 1,096,855 | $326.6M | 7.41% | −49,354−4.3% | Reduced |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 1,124,028 | $334.7M | 0.04% | +452,925+67.5% | Added |
| Veritas Asset Management LLP | 1,200,813 | $357.6M | 6.06% | −40,393−3.3% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 1,221,914 | $363.9M | 0.02% | +502,743+69.9% | Added |
| Viking Global Investors LPSuperinvestorViking Global Investors | 1,256,462 | $374.2M | 1.05% | +1,256,462 | New |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 1,403,627 | $418.0M | 2.71% | +104,875+8.1% | Added |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 1,575,187 | $469.1M | 0.80% | +1,575,187 | New |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 1,638,772 | $488.0M | 0.23% | +348,379+27.0% | Added |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 1,973,648 | $579.0M | 0.04% | +1,539,742+354.9% | Added |
| Invesco Ltd. | 2,168,285 | $645.7M | 0.06% | +1,001,069+85.8% | Added |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2,646,458 | $785.1M | 0.05% | +1,053,070+66.1% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,116,737 | $804.0M | 0.26% | +49,839+2.4% | Added |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 3,212,075 | $956.6M | 7.46% | −345,903−9.7% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 4,362,010 | $1.30B | 0.04% | +1,678,872+62.6% | Added |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 4,663,879 | $1.39B | 0.96% | +4,529,347+3,366.7% | Added |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 4,754,185 | $1.42B | 0.07% | +4,754,185 | New |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 6,378,775 | $1.90B | 0.05% | +6,378,775 | New |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 4,630,118 | $2.06B | 0.69% | +2,005,403+76.4% | Added |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 8,543,014 | $2.54B | 0.04% | +3,110,859+57.3% | Added |
| HRT Financial LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −68,444−100.0% | Sold out |
| Logan Capital Management Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −37,790−100.0% | Sold out |
| Tudor Investment Corp Et Al | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −25,068−100.0% | Sold out |
| Portolan Capital Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −22,379−100.0% | Sold out |
| Twinbeech Capital LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −20,800−100.0% | Sold out |
| Trexquant Investment LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −13,780−100.0% | Sold out |
| Winton Group Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −12,605−100.0% | Sold out |
| Perbak Capital Partners LLP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,754−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cambiar Investors LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,951−100.0% | Sold out |
| Guardian Capital LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,900−100.0% | Sold out |
| BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,716−100.0% | Sold out |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,665−100.0% | Sold out |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,102−100.0% | Sold out |
| Avidity Partners Management LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −8,100−100.0% | Sold out |
| SummitTX Capital, L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,888−100.0% | Sold out |
| Aster Capital Management (DIFC) Ltd | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,634−100.0% | Sold out |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −7,300−100.0% | Sold out |
| Financiere des Professionnels - Fonds d,investissement inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,635−100.0% | Sold out |
| Virtus Investment Advisers, Inc. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,513−100.0% | Sold out |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −5,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,800−100.0% | Sold out |
| Oak Thistle LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −4,295−100.0% | Sold out |