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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 2026

Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Sep 30, 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

Q3 2026 data is still coming in (13F filing deadline: Nov 16, 2026), so these numbers are incomplete.

Institutional holders
7
0 vs. Q2 2026
Shares held
20.7K
−6.54K (−24.0%) vs. Q2 2026
Total value
$9.16M
−$1.05M (−10.3%) vs. Q2 2026
New holders
0
2 more added
Sold out
0
3 more reduced

1,178 institutions that held it in Q2 2026 haven't filed for Q3 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.

Compare with Q2 2026: 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.

Institutional holders
Q1 2021: 600 institutionsQ2 2021: 634 institutionsQ3 2021: 658 institutionsQ4 2021: 667 institutionsQ1 2022: 661 institutionsQ2 2022: 654 institutionsQ3 2022: 644 institutionsQ4 2022: 654 institutionsQ1 2023: 678 institutionsQ2 2023: 647 institutionsQ3 2023: 651 institutionsQ4 2023: 674 institutionsQ1 2024: 689 institutionsQ2 2024: 695 institutionsQ3 2024: 697 institutionsQ4 2024: 761 institutionsQ1 2025: 765 institutionsQ2 2025: 771 institutionsQ3 2025: 755 institutionsQ4 2025: 808 institutionsQ1 2026: 1,178 institutionsQ2 2026: 1,185 institutions
Value held
Q1 2021: $15.5BQ2 2021: $18.9BQ3 2021: $19.5BQ4 2021: $20.4BQ1 2022: $16.9BQ2 2022: $17.7BQ3 2022: $14.5BQ4 2022: $18.2BQ1 2023: $16.8BQ2 2023: $15.0BQ3 2023: $15.7BQ4 2023: $19.4BQ1 2024: $20.1BQ2 2024: $16.5BQ3 2024: $20.3BQ4 2024: $21.2BQ1 2025: $21.2BQ2 2025: $20.4BQ3 2025: $17.2BQ4 2025: $21.9BQ1 2026: $29.1BQ2 2026: $37.3B
Institutions holding WAT and their total value by quarter
QuarterHoldersValue
Q2 20261,185$37.3B
Q1 20261,178$29.1B
Q4 2025808$21.9B
Q3 2025755$17.2B
Q2 2025771$20.4B
Q1 2025765$21.2B
Q4 2024761$21.2B
Q3 2024697$20.3B
Q2 2024695$16.5B
Q1 2024689$20.1B
Q4 2023674$19.4B
Q3 2023651$15.7B
Q2 2023647$15.0B
Q1 2023678$16.8B
Q4 2022654$18.2B
Q3 2022644$14.5B
Q2 2022654$17.7B
Q1 2022661$16.9B
Q4 2021667$20.4B
Q3 2021658$19.5B
Q2 2021634$18.9B
Q1 2021600$15.5B

Institutions, Q3 2026

Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q2 2026.

Institutions holding WAT in Q3 2026
InstitutionSharesValue% of portfolioChange in sharesAction
Planning Strategies Inc.13$5.71K0.00%00.0%Unchanged
Coastline Trust Co76$33.4K0.00%−1−1.3%Reduced
Versant Capital Management, Inc91$40.0K0.00%+6+7.1%Added
Hickory Point Bank & Trust180$79.1K0.05%−19−9.5%Reduced
CX Institutional661$290.0K0.01%+3+0.5%Added
First Financial Bank - Trust Division1,330$584.4K0.04%00.0%Unchanged
Cacti Asset Management LLC18,331$8.13M0.43%−6,526−26.3%Reduced
BlackRock, Inc.––––Not filed
Massachusetts Financial Services Co––––Not filed
Vanguard Capital Management LLC––––Not filed
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC––––Not filed
State Street Corp––––Not filed
T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.––––Not filed
Invesco Ltd.––––Not filed
Geode Capital Management, LLC––––Not filed
Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith––––Not filed
Price T Rowe Associates Inc––––Not filed
Alliancebernstein L.P.––––Not filed
JPMorgan Chase & Co––––Not filed
Jupiter Topco LLC––––Not filed
Viking Global Investors LPSuperinvestorViking Global Investors––––Not filed
Wellington Management Group LLP––––Not filed
First Eagle Investment Management, LLC––––Not filed
Schroder Investment Management Group––––Not filed
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.––––Not filed
Principal Financial Group Inc––––Not filed
Morgan Stanley––––Not filed
Northern Trust Corp––––Not filed
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.––––Not filed
FMR LLC––––Not filed
Millennium Management LLC––––Not filed
Veritas Asset Management LLP––––Not filed
Holocene Advisors, LP––––Not filed
Bank of America Corp––––Not filed
Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd.––––Not filed
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc––––Not filed
Franklin Resources Inc––––Not filed
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP––––Not filed
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC––––Not filed
UBS Asset Management Americas Inc––––Not filed
UBS Group AG––––Not filed
Legal & General Group Plc––––Not filed
Voya Investment Management LLC––––Not filed
Neuberger Berman Group LLC––––Not filed
Goldman Sachs Group Inc––––Not filed
Marshall Wace, LLP––––Not filed
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership––––Not filed
Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co––––Not filed
Bank of New York Mellon Corp––––Not filed
Colony Group, LLC––––Not filed
Amundi––––Not filed
Findlay Park Partners LLP––––Not filed
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.––––Not filed
Ameriprise Financial Inc––––Not filed
Beck Mack & Oliver LLC––––Not filed
Deutsche Bank AG––––Not filed
HSBC Holdings PLC––––Not filed
Liontrust Investment Partners LLP––––Not filed
Capital Research Global Investors––––Not filed
London Co of Virginia––––Not filed
Natixis Advisors, L.P.––––Not filed
Nuveen, LLC––––Not filed
Jones Financial Companies LLLP––––Not filed
TD Asset Management Inc––––Not filed
Madison Asset Management, LLC––––Not filed
Swiss National Bank––––Not filed
First Trust Advisors LP––––Not filed
First Pacific Advisors, LP––––Not filed
Royal Bank of Canada––––Not filed
Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd.––––Not filed
Epoch Investment Partners, Inc.––––Not filed
BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA––––Not filed
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.––––Not filed
Citigroup Inc––––Not filed
Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC––––Not filed
Cooke & Bieler LP––––Not filed
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The––––Not filed
Ako Capital LLP––––Not filed
LPL Financial LLC––––Not filed
Bristol John W & Co Inc––––Not filed
XN LP––––Not filed
Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc.––––Not filed
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co––––Not filed
Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd––––Not filed
Norges Bank––––Not filed
SEI Investments Co––––Not filed
Newport Trust Co––––Not filed
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership––––Not filed
LGT Group Foundation––––Not filed
Clearbridge Investments, LLC––––Not filed
American Century Companies Inc––––Not filed
National Pension Service––––Not filed
Rhumbline Advisers––––Not filed
Wells Fargo & Company––––Not filed
Nordea Investment Management AB––––Not filed
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board––––Not filed
Robeco Schweiz AG––––Not filed
LMR Partners LLP––––Not filed
Barclays PLC––––Not filed
California State Teachers Retirement System––––Not filed