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, Q2 2026
Institutional positions in Waters Corp as of Jun 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
- Institutional holders
- 1,185
- +23 vs. Q1 2026
- Shares held
- 97.9M
- +4.71M (+5.1%) vs. Q1 2026
- Total value
- $37.3B
- +$8.67B (+30.3%) vs. Q1 2026
- New holders
- 159
- 350 more added
- Sold out
- 136
- 484 more reduced
16 institutions that held it in Q1 2026 haven't filed for Q2 2026 yet. Not filing isn't selling, so they aren't counted as sold out or in the changes above.
Compare with Q1 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.
| 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, Q2 2026
Shares, value and share of portfolio for each institution holding Waters Corp; share changes are against Q1 2026.
| Institution | Shares | Value | % of portfolio | Change in shares | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd | 32,328 | $12.1M | 0.05% | +6,000+22.8% | Added |
| Harvey Investment Co LLC | 32,877 | $12.3M | 1.34% | −197−0.6% | Reduced |
| Tredje AP-fonden | 32,971 | $12.4M | 0.06% | +4,933+17.6% | Added |
| CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. | 33,802 | $12.7M | 0.02% | −7,506−18.2% | Reduced |
| Toronto Dominion Bank | 34,753 | $13.0M | 0.02% | +663+1.9% | Added |
| State of Tennessee, Treasury Department | 34,888 | $13.1M | 0.04% | −2,181−5.9% | Reduced |
| Nykredit A/S | 35,206 | $13.2M | 0.05% | +35,206 | New |
| Munich Reinsurance Co Stock Corp in Munich | 35,226 | $13.2M | 0.29% | −29,793−45.8% | Reduced |
| Stifel Financial Corp | 35,344 | $13.3M | 0.01% | −19,057−35.0% | Reduced |
| PBU - The Pension Fund of Early Childhood & Youth Educators | 35,492 | $13.3M | 0.30% | −21,158−37.3% | Reduced |
| C WorldWide Group Holding A/S | 36,321 | $13.6M | 0.33% | −121−0.3% | Reduced |
| Quilter Plc | 37,309 | $14.0M | 0.21% | +37+0.1% | Added |
| Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC | 37,621 | $14.1M | 0.04% | −358−0.9% | Reduced |
| Jensen Investment Management Inc | 38,566 | $14.5M | 0.35% | −200−0.5% | Reduced |
| Primecap Management Co | 38,647 | $14.5M | 0.01% | −200−0.5% | Reduced |
| Creative Planning | 38,901 | $14.6M | 0.01% | +13,696+54.3% | Added |
| Logan Capital Management Inc | 39,120 | $14.7M | 0.55% | +39,120 | New |
| Willis Investment Counsel | 39,360 | $14.8M | 0.70% | +5,980+17.9% | Added |
| Exchange Traded Concepts, LLC | 39,898 | $15.0M | 0.07% | +7,816+24.4% | Added |
| Integral Health Asset Management, LLC | 40,000 | $15.0M | 0.62% | +40,000 | New |
| KLP Kapitalforvaltning AS | 40,168 | $15.1M | 0.05% | −1,880−4.5% | Reduced |
| OrbiMed Advisors LLC | 40,300 | $15.1M | 0.29% | +40,300 | New |
| Victory Capital Management Inc | 40,582 | $15.2M | 0.01% | −8,587−17.5% | Reduced |
| Evelyn Partners Group Ltd | 40,668 | $15.3M | 0.29% | +40,668 | New |
| Fjarde Ap-Fonden /Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund | 41,120 | $15.4M | 0.07% | +6,240+17.9% | Added |
| AustralianSuper Pty Ltd | 41,141 | $15.4M | 0.07% | −69,447−62.8% | Reduced |
| Royal London Asset Management Ltd | 41,300 | $15.5M | 0.03% | +557+1.4% | Added |
| Treasurer of the State of North Carolina | 41,870 | $15.7M | 0.04% | −200−0.5% | Reduced |
| Danske Bank A/S | 42,179 | $15.8M | 0.03% | +430+1.0% | Added |
| Asset Management One Co.,Ltd. | 43,805 | $16.4M | 0.04% | +952+2.2% | Added |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 56,576 | $16.5M | 0.03% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 44,113 | $16.5M | 0.01% | +3,501+8.6% | Added |
| National Bank of Canada | 44,388 | $16.6M | 0.01% | +13,359+43.1% | Added |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 45,018 | $16.9M | 0.11% | −269,566−85.7% | Reduced |
| Prudential Financial Inc | 46,340 | $17.4M | 0.02% | −333−0.7% | Reduced |
| Hutchinson Capital Management | 46,381 | $17.4M | 2.98% | −593−1.3% | Reduced |
| Groupe la Francaise | 47,551 | $17.8M | 0.22% | +16,542+53.3% | Added |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, Inc. | 48,133 | $18.1M | 0.05% | −1,195−2.4% | Reduced |
| Korea Investment CORP | 49,296 | $18.5M | 0.04% | −2,375−4.6% | Reduced |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | 49,826 | $18.7M | 0.04% | −4,146−7.7% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd. | 50,404 | $18.9M | 0.05% | +1,259+2.6% | Added |
| Glenmede Trust Co NA | 51,447 | $19.3M | 0.09% | −1,211−2.3% | Reduced |
| AQR Capital Management LLC | 52,650 | $19.4M | 0.01% | +1,112+2.2% | Added |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA | 52,290 | $19.6M | 0.02% | −603−1.1% | Reduced |
| State of Wisconsin Investment Board | 52,397 | $19.7M | 0.04% | −380−0.7% | Reduced |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. | 52,523 | $19.7M | 0.02% | +11,167+27.0% | Added |
| Credit Agricole S A | 54,876 | $20.6M | 0.05% | +28,307+106.5% | Added |
| Arvin Capital Management LP | 55,975 | $21.0M | 3.93% | +45,801+450.2% | Added |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC | 57,923 | $21.7M | 0.04% | +7,194+14.2% | Added |
| BLI - Banque de Luxembourg Investments | 60,468 | $22.4M | 0.79% | −40,452−40.1% | Reduced |
| PFM Health Sciences, LP | 59,825 | $22.4M | 1.95% | +20,062+50.5% | Added |
| APG Asset Management N.V. | 68,432 | $22.4M | 0.06% | +19,410+39.6% | Added |
| New York State Common Retirement Fund | 60,468 | $22.7M | 0.03% | −1,100−1.8% | Reduced |
| Sone Capital Management, LLC | 60,706 | $22.8M | 1.73% | +60,706 | New |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc | 64,865 | $24.3M | 0.04% | +4,915+8.2% | Added |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC | 65,443 | $24.5M | 0.06% | −6,072−8.5% | Reduced |
| Rivermont Capital Management LP | 65,467 | $24.6M | 3.48% | +65,467 | New |
| Investment Management Corp of Ontario | 68,257 | $25.6M | 0.32% | −760−1.1% | Reduced |
| Swedbank AB | 70,706 | $26.5M | 0.02% | +3,907+5.8% | Added |
| New York State Teachers Retirement System | 72,909 | $27.3M | 0.05% | −3,562−4.7% | Reduced |
| Great West Life Assurance Co | 73,729 | $27.6M | 0.04% | −611−0.8% | Reduced |
| Armistice Capital, LLC | 75,004 | $28.1M | 0.78% | +75,004 | New |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 77,446 | $29.0M | 0.02% | −37,623−32.7% | Reduced |
| Nomura Asset Management Co Ltd | 78,101 | $29.3M | 0.06% | −20,176−20.5% | Reduced |
| STRS Ohio | 80,790 | $30.3M | 0.11% | +52,440+185.0% | Added |
| Smith Group Asset Management, LLC | 83,123 | $31.2M | 1.27% | +5,511+7.1% | Added |
| State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System | 83,132 | $31.2M | 0.05% | +184+0.2% | Added |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) | 83,368 | $31.3M | 0.06% | +16,842+25.3% | Added |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | 84,073 | $31.5M | 0.04% | +11,364+15.6% | Added |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 84,440 | $31.7M | 0.81% | −195,400−69.8% | Reduced |
| Aviva PLC | 85,320 | $32.0M | 0.05% | +895+1.1% | Added |
| Captrust Financial Advisors | 87,450 | $32.8M | 0.05% | −3,319−3.7% | Reduced |
| Raymond James Financial Inc | 89,584 | $33.6M | 0.01% | −25,741−22.3% | Reduced |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. | 90,753 | $34.0M | 0.03% | −11,836−11.5% | Reduced |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB | 93,653 | $35.1M | 0.10% | +45,145+93.1% | Added |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. | 94,658 | $35.4M | 0.03% | +13,507+16.6% | Added |
| Oversea-Chinese Banking CORP Ltd | 95,028 | $35.6M | 0.85% | +14,754+18.4% | Added |
| Boston Trust Walden Corp | 98,204 | $36.8M | 0.28% | −7,337−7.0% | Reduced |
| Meridiem Capital Partners LP | 99,260 | $37.2M | 1.71% | −108,554−52.2% | Reduced |
| Bank of Montreal | 99,522 | $37.3M | 0.01% | +6,333+6.8% | Added |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 101,873 | $38.2M | 0.06% | −24,131−19.2% | Reduced |
| Schaper Benz & Wise Investment Counsel Inc | 104,525 | $39.2M | 2.62% | −150−0.1% | Reduced |
| Empyrean Capital Partners, LP | 105,500 | $39.6M | 1.39% | +13,500+14.7% | Added |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 112,356 | $42.1M | 0.01% | −7,114−6.0% | Reduced |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | 130,109 | $48.8M | 0.06% | +20,891+19.1% | Added |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 132,969 | $49.9M | 0.03% | −5,454−3.9% | Reduced |
| Milford Funds Ltd | 135,437 | $50.8M | 0.83% | +68,768+103.1% | Added |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | 135,686 | $50.9M | 0.03% | −72,817−34.9% | Reduced |
| Standard Life Aberdeen plc | 138,104 | $51.8M | 0.07% | +12,570+10.0% | Added |
| Balyasny Asset Management LLC | 138,443 | $51.9M | 0.09% | +136,787+8,260.1% | Added |
| Adage Capital Partners GP, L.L.C. | 144,556 | $54.2M | 0.08% | +56,700+64.5% | Added |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 144,662 | $54.3M | 0.05% | −9,397−6.1% | Reduced |
| Barclays PLC | 146,573 | $55.0M | 0.02% | −34,206−18.9% | Reduced |
| LMR Partners LLP | 147,305 | $55.2M | 0.41% | +147,305 | New |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 152,195 | $57.1M | 0.92% | +7,323+5.1% | Added |
| Canada Pension Plan Investment Board | 162,120 | $60.8M | 0.03% | +156,353+2,711.2% | Added |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 171,186 | $62.6M | 0.05% | −95,642−35.8% | Reduced |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 168,498 | $63.2M | 0.01% | −38,866−18.7% | Reduced |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 168,771 | $63.3M | 0.05% | −9,266−5.2% | Reduced |
| National Pension Service | 168,799 | $63.3M | 0.04% | +1,426+0.9% | Added |