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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Century Companies Inc | 169,474 | $63.6M | 0.03% | −65,897−28.0% | Reduced |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 170,887 | $64.1M | 0.05% | −307,384−64.3% | Reduced |
| LGT Group Foundation | 170,904 | $64.1M | 0.73% | +132,144+340.9% | Added |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 177,334 | $66.5M | 0.03% | +28,674+19.3% | Added |
| Newport Trust Co | 182,722 | $68.5M | 0.17% | −1,199−0.7% | Reduced |
| SEI Investments Co | 185,985 | $69.8M | 0.06% | −11,580−5.9% | Reduced |
| Norges Bank | 188,334 | $70.6M | 0.01% | +188,334 | New |
| Vanguard Asset Management, Ltd | 189,305 | $71.0M | 0.05% | +19,582+11.5% | Added |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co | 189,881 | $71.2M | 0.05% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 190,721 | $71.5M | 0.19% | +63,662+50.1% | Added |
| XN LP | 193,146 | $72.4M | 1.91% | +193,146 | New |
| Bristol John W & Co Inc | 197,905 | $74.2M | 1.10% | −1,627−0.8% | Reduced |
| LPL Financial LLC | 199,677 | $74.9M | 0.02% | −54,036−21.3% | Reduced |
| Ako Capital LLP | 203,356 | $76.3M | 1.78% | −613,573−75.1% | Reduced |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 209,540 | $78.6M | 0.06% | −315,706−60.1% | Reduced |
| Cooke & Bieler LP | 209,736 | $78.7M | 0.91% | −59,117−22.0% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC | 211,870 | $79.5M | 0.04% | −2,422−1.1% | Reduced |
| Citigroup Inc | 213,227 | $80.0M | 0.04% | +69,025+47.9% | Added |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 214,145 | $80.3M | 0.05% | −9,179−4.1% | Reduced |
| BNP Paribas Arbitrage, SA | 235,147 | $88.2M | 0.05% | +92,980+65.4% | Added |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 237,909 | $89.2M | 0.51% | +13,478+6.0% | Added |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Kokusai Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 239,613 | $89.9M | 0.05% | +14,967+6.7% | Added |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 267,531 | $100.3M | 0.02% | +38,674+16.9% | Added |
| First Pacific Advisors, LP | 268,164 | $100.6M | 1.24% | +692+0.3% | Added |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 272,470 | $102.2M | 0.06% | −30,642−10.1% | Reduced |
| Swiss National Bank | 277,334 | $104.0M | 0.05% | −11,280−3.9% | Reduced |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 279,856 | $105.0M | 1.25% | +7,207+2.6% | Added |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 287,436 | $107.8M | 0.09% | +20,900+7.8% | Added |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 290,936 | $108.9M | 0.04% | +54,144+22.9% | Added |
| Nuveen, LLC | 290,613 | $109.0M | 0.03% | +12,910+4.6% | Added |
| Natixis Advisors, L.P. | 332,814 | $124.8M | 0.14% | +75,434+29.3% | Added |
| London Co of Virginia | 340,771 | $127.8M | 0.73% | −14,539−4.1% | Reduced |
| Capital Research Global Investors | 358,198 | $134.3M | 0.02% | +358,198 | New |
| Liontrust Investment Partners LLP | 358,979 | $134.6M | 1.98% | +60,124+20.1% | Added |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 397,310 | $148.9M | 0.07% | −67,690−14.6% | Reduced |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 416,850 | $156.3M | 0.05% | −118,834−22.2% | Reduced |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 434,149 | $162.8M | 3.17% | +1,943+0.4% | Added |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc | 436,388 | $163.7M | 0.03% | −259,256−37.3% | Reduced |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | 444,225 | $166.6M | 0.25% | +89,850+25.4% | Added |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | 451,925 | $169.5M | 2.29% | −15,320−3.3% | Reduced |
| Amundi | 464,501 | $174.2M | 0.04% | +32,355+7.5% | Added |
| Colony Group, LLC | 485,602 | $182.1M | 0.19% | +10,740+2.3% | Added |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 503,214 | $188.7M | 0.03% | −25,694−4.9% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 551,398 | $206.8M | 0.05% | −4,750−0.9% | Reduced |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 560,753 | $210.3M | 0.34% | +26,177+4.9% | Added |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 581,332 | $218.0M | 0.18% | +354,446+156.2% | Added |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 584,254 | $219.1M | 0.02% | +21,194+3.8% | Added |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 638,786 | $239.4M | 0.16% | +255,838+66.8% | Added |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 653,967 | $244.7M | 0.21% | +167,388+34.4% | Added |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 690,148 | $258.8M | 0.05% | +5,335+0.8% | Added |
| UBS Group AG | 694,851 | $260.6M | 0.04% | +54,512+8.5% | Added |
| UBS Asset Management Americas Inc | 774,955 | $290.6M | 0.05% | −19,634−2.5% | Reduced |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 774,836 | $293.0M | 0.45% | +285,982+58.5% | Added |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 801,084 | $300.4M | 0.05% | −13,632−1.7% | Reduced |
| Franklin Resources Inc | 809,339 | $303.5M | 0.07% | +99,801+14.1% | Added |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 816,512 | $306.2M | 0.04% | +43,988+5.7% | Added |
| Fundsmith Investment Services Ltd. | 837,764 | $314.2M | 6.95% | −259,091−23.6% | Reduced |
| Bank of America Corp | 839,592 | $314.9M | 0.02% | −4,044−0.5% | Reduced |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | 847,774 | $317.9M | 0.73% | −69,292−7.6% | Reduced |
| Veritas Asset Management LLP | 851,624 | $319.4M | 5.75% | −349,189−29.1% | Reduced |
| Millennium Management LLC | 894,660 | $335.5M | 0.23% | +709,492+383.2% | Added |
| FMR LLC | 924,742 | $346.8M | 0.02% | +421,928+83.9% | Added |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 948,639 | $355.8M | 0.22% | −76,601−7.5% | Reduced |
| Northern Trust Corp | 1,032,726 | $387.3M | 0.05% | −9,668−0.9% | Reduced |
| Morgan Stanley | 1,097,302 | $411.5M | 0.02% | −124,612−10.2% | Reduced |
| Principal Financial Group Inc | 1,114,092 | $417.8M | 0.21% | +94,803+9.3% | Added |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 1,216,947 | $456.4M | 3.10% | −186,680−13.3% | Reduced |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 1,264,226 | $474.1M | 0.34% | +948,023+299.8% | Added |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 1,335,108 | $500.7M | 0.82% | −240,079−15.2% | Reduced |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 1,373,150 | $515.0M | 0.09% | +561,824+69.2% | Added |
| Viking Global Investors LPSuperinvestorViking Global Investors | 1,662,140 | $623.4M | 1.78% | +405,678+32.3% | Added |
| Jupiter Topco LLC | 1,663,601 | $623.9M | 0.25% | +1,663,601 | New |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co | 2,158,391 | $796.2M | 0.05% | +184,743+9.4% | Added |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 2,694,590 | $802.4M | 0.29% | +577,853+27.3% | Added |
| Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 2,177,958 | $816.8M | 0.08% | +1,053,930+93.8% | Added |
| Fundsmith LLPSuperinvestorFundsmith | 2,273,632 | $852.7M | 6.25% | −938,443−29.2% | Reduced |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2,636,146 | $984.8M | 0.05% | −10,312−0.4% | Reduced |
| Invesco Ltd. | 3,494,267 | $1.31B | 0.10% | +1,325,982+61.2% | Added |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 3,817,779 | $1.43B | 0.94% | −846,100−18.1% | Reduced |
| State Street Corp | 4,382,008 | $1.64B | 0.05% | +19,998+0.5% | Added |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 4,740,524 | $1.78B | 0.08% | −13,661−0.3% | Reduced |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 6,415,552 | $2.41B | 0.05% | +36,777+0.6% | Added |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co | 4,625,035 | $2.53B | 0.81% | −5,083−0.1% | Reduced |
| BlackRock, Inc. | 8,484,939 | $3.18B | 0.05% | −58,075−0.7% | Reduced |
| Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC | 10 | – | – | +10 | New |
| Vestal Point Capital, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −100,000−100.0% | Sold out |
| Brandes Investment Partners, LP | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −69,454−100.0% | Sold out |
| Caisse de Depot Et Placement du Quebec | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −57,648−100.0% | Sold out |
| Freemont Management S.A. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −37,700−100.0% | Sold out |
| M&G Plc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −37,326−100.0% | Sold out |
| Auto-Owners Insurance Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −28,387−100.0% | Sold out |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt Sys | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −22,846−100.0% | Sold out |
| Motley Fool Wealth Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −17,577−100.0% | Sold out |
| Cortland Associates Inc | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −17,023−100.0% | Sold out |
| ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −16,768−100.0% | Sold out |
| Capital Investment Counsel, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −14,199−100.0% | Sold out |
| Elo Mutual Pension Insurance Co | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −13,629−100.0% | Sold out |
| Coleford Investment Management Ltd. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −11,668−100.0% | Sold out |
| Quantitative Investment Management, LLC | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,375−100.0% | Sold out |
| Olstein Capital Management, L.P. | 0 | $0 | 0.00% | −10,000−100.0% | Sold out |