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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Investors Inc | 26,163 | $7.79M | 1.55% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. | 25,670 | $7.68M | 0.02% | +15,929+163.5% | Added |
| Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. | 25,766 | $7.67M | 0.04% | +19,232+294.3% | Added |
| Creative Planning | 25,205 | $7.51M | 0.01% | +14,046+125.9% | Added |
| Cacti Asset Management LLC | 24,857 | $7.40M | 0.46% | +24,357+4,871.4% | Added |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | 24,543 | $7.31M | 0.02% | +10,175+70.8% | Added |
| Evelyn Partners Asset Management Ltd | 24,518 | $7.30M | 1.80% | +347+1.4% | Added |
| MetLife Investment Management | 24,324 | $7.24M | 0.04% | +8,550+54.2% | Added |
| KBC Group NV | 23,570 | $7.02M | 0.02% | +6,793+40.5% | Added |
| Storebrand Asset Management AS | 23,339 | $6.95M | 0.02% | +17,055+271.4% | Added |
| La Banque Postale Asset Management SA | 23,238 | $6.92M | 0.09% | +20,354+705.8% | Added |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt Sys | 22,846 | $6.80M | 0.03% | +8,998+65.0% | Added |
| Van Eck Associates Corp | 22,834 | $6.80M | 0.01% | +9,074+65.9% | Added |
| USS Investment Management Ltd | 22,657 | $6.75M | 0.03% | +2,420+12.0% | Added |
| FIL Ltd | 21,965 | $6.54M | 0.01% | +19,315+728.9% | Added |
| Baldwin Brothers Inc | 21,630 | $6.44M | 0.47% | −1,167−5.1% | Reduced |
| Fifth Third Bancorp | 21,383 | $6.37M | 0.01% | +19,227+891.8% | Added |
| Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel Ltd. | 21,335 | $6.35M | 0.53% | +21,335 | New |
| GHP Investment Advisors, Inc. | 21,014 | $6.26M | 0.26% | −516−2.4% | Reduced |
| Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund | 20,893 | $6.22M | 0.01% | +13,540+184.1% | Added |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama | 20,827 | $6.20M | 0.02% | +8,162+64.4% | Added |
| Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP | 20,845 | $6.20M | 0.60% | +20,845 | New |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | 20,729 | $6.17M | 0.02% | +9,507+84.7% | Added |
| DnB Asset Management AS | 20,561 | $6.12M | 0.02% | +8,309+67.8% | Added |
| Morningstar Investment Management LLC | 20,445 | $6.09M | 0.38% | +7,538+58.4% | Added |
| Xponance, Inc. | 20,267 | $6.04M | 0.04% | +8,191+67.8% | Added |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 20,055 | $5.97M | 0.17% | +3,076+18.1% | Added |
| Wesleyan Assurance Society | 19,807 | $5.90M | 0.35% | +8,807+80.1% | Added |
| Susquehanna International Group, LLP | 19,691 | $5.86M | 0.01% | −1,404−6.7% | Reduced |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 19,552 | $5.82M | 0.01% | +14,632+297.4% | Added |
| Nwi Management LP | 19,489 | $5.80M | 0.36% | +19,489 | New |
| Toroso Investments, LLC | 19,406 | $5.76M | 0.02% | +12,935+199.9% | Added |
| Sequoia Financial Advisors, LLC | 19,215 | $5.72M | 0.03% | +765+4.1% | Added |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | 19,028 | $5.67M | 0.05% | +17,221+953.0% | Added |
| IFM Investors Pty Ltd | 18,883 | $5.62M | 0.05% | +7,581+67.1% | Added |
| SEB Asset Management AB | 18,861 | $5.62M | 0.02% | +18,861 | New |
| Amalgamated Bank | 18,821 | $5.61M | 0.04% | +6,639+54.5% | Added |
| D.A. Davidson & Co. | 17,953 | $5.35M | 0.03% | +14,709+453.4% | Added |
| Motley Fool Wealth Management, LLC | 17,577 | $5.23M | 0.59% | −6,631−27.4% | Reduced |
| Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC | 17,199 | $5.12M | 0.01% | +8,443+96.4% | Added |
| Cortland Associates Inc | 17,023 | $5.07M | 0.73% | +17,023 | New |
| Headinvest, LLC | 16,970 | $5.05M | 1.04% | −374−2.2% | Reduced |
| ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. | 16,768 | $4.99M | 0.06% | +4,674+38.6% | Added |
| Evelyn Partners Investment Management Services Ltd | 16,715 | $4.98M | 0.59% | −441−2.6% | Reduced |
| Natixis | 16,488 | $4.91M | 0.02% | +1,487+9.9% | Added |
| Deroy & Devereaux Private Investment Counsel Inc | 16,312 | $4.86M | 0.23% | +2,960+22.2% | Added |
| Hikari Tsushin, Inc. | 16,246 | $4.84M | 0.33% | −4,310−21.0% | Reduced |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. | 16,196 | $4.82M | 0.07% | +4,897+43.3% | Added |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 16,002 | $4.77M | 0.27% | +11,629+265.9% | Added |
| Utah Retirement Systems | 15,974 | $4.76M | 0.05% | +6,186+63.2% | Added |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | 15,843 | $4.72M | 0.01% | +8,066+103.7% | Added |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | 15,609 | $4.65M | 0.01% | +6,489+71.2% | Added |
| Delta Asset Management LLC | 15,309 | $4.56M | 0.42% | +15,309 | New |
| CI Private Wealth, LLC | 15,443 | $4.54M | 0.01% | +9,820+174.6% | Added |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey | 15,079 | $4.49M | 0.04% | +5,943+65.1% | Added |
| ProShare Advisors LLC | 15,005 | $4.47M | 0.01% | +3,039+25.4% | Added |
| Sivik Global Healthcare LLC | 15,000 | $4.47M | 3.39% | +15,000 | New |
| Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC | 15,833 | $4.41M | 0.01% | +2,466+18.4% | Added |
| New York Life Investment Management LLC | 14,591 | $4.35M | 0.04% | +5,945+68.8% | Added |
| Commerce Bank | 14,456 | $4.30M | 0.02% | +5,422+60.0% | Added |
| Aviso Financial Inc. | 14,412 | $4.29M | 0.15% | +2,308+19.1% | Added |
| Rakuten Investment Management, Inc. | 14,569 | $4.27M | 0.01% | +6,738+86.0% | Added |
| Capital Investment Counsel, LLC | 14,199 | $4.23M | 0.58% | +48+0.3% | Added |
| Investment House LLC | 14,013 | $4.17M | 0.22% | −70−0.5% | Reduced |
| Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company, Ltd | 13,732 | $4.09M | 0.03% | +5,449+65.8% | Added |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 13,658 | $4.07M | 0.01% | +3,809+38.7% | Added |
| Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 13,629 | $4.06M | 0.07% | +13,629 | New |
| NEOS Investment Management LLC | 13,562 | $4.04M | 0.02% | +7,987+143.3% | Added |
| British Columbia Investment Management Corp | 13,552 | $4.04M | 0.02% | +3,005+28.5% | Added |
| Guardcap Asset Management Ltd | 10,225 | $4.02M | 0.23% | −520,429−98.1% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 13,356 | $3.98M | 0.00% | +2,778+26.3% | Added |
| Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 13,346 | $3.97M | 0.03% | +5,346+66.8% | Added |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | 13,293 | $3.96M | 0.18% | +13,293 | New |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 13,174 | $3.92M | 0.00% | +4,947+60.1% | Added |
| Cetera Investment Advisers | 13,097 | $3.90M | 0.00% | +7,172+121.0% | Added |
| Washington Trust Advisors, Inc. | 13,031 | $3.88M | 0.31% | +13,031 | New |
| Nissay Asset Management Corp | 12,977 | $3.86M | 0.02% | +5,216+67.2% | Added |
| Allstate Corp | 12,790 | $3.81M | 0.04% | +8,446+194.4% | Added |
| Jones Kertz & Associates, Inc. | 12,763 | $3.80M | 2.02% | −45−0.4% | Reduced |
| Jacobs & Co | 12,654 | $3.77M | 0.37% | +12,654 | New |
| Graybill Bartz & Assoc Ltd | 12,462 | $3.71M | 1.13% | +3,792+43.7% | Added |
| Heartland Advisors Inc | 12,461 | $3.71M | 0.19% | +12,461 | New |
| Jain Global LLC | 12,409 | $3.70M | 0.05% | −68,303−84.6% | Reduced |
| McRae Capital Management Inc | 12,218 | $3.64M | 0.75% | +12,218 | New |
| Trillium Asset Management, LLC | 11,492 | $3.60M | 0.12% | −160−1.4% | Reduced |
| Eurizon Capital SGR S.p.A. | 12,098 | $3.60M | 0.01% | +12,098 | New |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 11,739 | $3.50M | 0.02% | −5,947−33.6% | Reduced |
| Dudley & Shanley, Inc. | 11,720 | $3.49M | 0.57% | +11,720 | New |
| PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab | 11,708 | $3.49M | 0.03% | +9,988+580.7% | Added |
| Coleford Investment Management Ltd. | 11,668 | $3.47M | 0.85% | +11,668 | New |
| Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc | 11,441 | $3.41M | 0.25% | +11,441 | New |
| S&CO Inc | 11,417 | $3.40M | 0.21% | +463+4.2% | Added |
| JustInvest LLC | 11,268 | $3.36M | 0.03% | +2,976+35.9% | Added |
| Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund | 11,266 | $3.36M | 0.04% | +4,446+65.2% | Added |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH | 11,346 | $3.35M | 0.03% | −12,196−51.8% | Reduced |
| Truist Financial Corp | 10,870 | $3.24M | 0.00% | +3,470+46.9% | Added |
| Canada Post Corp Registered Pension Plan | 10,798 | $3.22M | 0.13% | +9,714+896.1% | Added |
| Omers Administration Corp | 10,652 | $3.17M | 0.02% | +3,239+43.7% | Added |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 10,506 | $3.13M | 0.04% | +2,898+38.1% | Added |
| First Manhattan Co | 10,473 | $3.12M | 0.01% | +2,744+35.5% | Added |