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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartford Investment Management Co | 5,406 | $2.03M | 0.06% | −217−3.9% | Reduced |
| Abn Amro Investment Solutions | 5,406 | $2.03M | 0.02% | +1,406+35.2% | Added |
| Pensionmark Financial Group, LLC | 6,801 | $2.03M | 0.03% | −167−2.4% | Reduced |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans | 5,490 | $2.06M | 0.00% | +1,289+30.7% | Added |
| Nomura Holdings Inc | 5,590 | $2.10M | 0.01% | +5,590 | New |
| Main Management ETF Advisors, LLC | 5,656 | $2.12M | 0.06% | +140+2.5% | Added |
| Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp | 5,688 | $2.13M | 0.02% | +70+1.2% | Added |
| Foyston, Gordon, & Payne Inc | 5,738 | $2.15M | 0.46% | +117+2.1% | Added |
| Norinchukin Bank, The | 5,824 | $2.18M | 0.02% | +147+2.6% | Added |
| Ostrum Asset Management | 5,939 | $2.23M | 0.11% | +1,654+38.6% | Added |
| Brinker Capital Investments, LLC | 5,968 | $2.24M | 0.02% | −396−6.2% | Reduced |
| United Capital Financial Advisers, LLC | 5,993 | $2.25M | 0.01% | +217+3.8% | Added |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | 6,004 | $2.25M | 0.01% | −1,954−24.6% | Reduced |
| CIBC World Markets Inc. | 6,085 | $2.28M | 0.00% | +2,574+73.3% | Added |
| XTX Topco Ltd | 6,133 | $2.30M | 0.03% | +3,175+107.3% | Added |
| Kentucky Retirement Systems | 6,204 | $2.33M | 0.06% | −824−11.7% | Reduced |
| Trust Co of Vermont | 6,224 | $2.33M | 0.09% | +6,224 | New |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | 6,232 | $2.34M | 0.00% | −1,480−19.2% | Reduced |
| Nichols & Pratt Advisers LLP | 6,265 | $2.35M | 0.14% | +11+0.2% | Added |
| WSFS Capital Management, LLC | 6,268 | $2.35M | 0.10% | +354+6.0% | Added |
| South Dakota Investment Council | 6,334 | $2.38M | 0.04% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Lafayette Investments, Inc. | 6,359 | $2.38M | 0.44% | −62−1.0% | Reduced |
| Mariner, LLC | 6,400 | $2.40M | 0.00% | −1,484−18.8% | Reduced |
| NS Partners Ltd | 6,511 | $2.44M | 0.10% | −1,347−17.1% | Reduced |
| Parsons Capital Management Inc | 6,711 | $2.52M | 0.11% | +829+14.1% | Added |
| Welch & Forbes LLC | 6,809 | $2.55M | 0.03% | −792−10.4% | Reduced |
| Guggenheim Capital LLC | 6,822 | $2.56M | 0.02% | −61−0.9% | Reduced |
| Woodline Partners LP | 6,844 | $2.57M | 0.01% | −101,066−93.7% | Reduced |
| Saudi Central Bank | 6,884 | $2.58M | 0.03% | +3,254+89.6% | Added |
| Bessemer Group Inc | 6,918 | $2.60M | 0.00% | +916+15.3% | Added |
| US Bancorp | 6,938 | $2.60M | 0.00% | −9−0.1% | Reduced |
| Bahl & Gaynor Inc | 6,967 | $2.61M | 0.01% | −691−9.0% | Reduced |
| Spears Abacus Advisors LLC | 7,063 | $2.65M | 0.05% | −175−2.4% | Reduced |
| Hunter Perkins Capital Management, LLC | 7,277 | $2.73M | 0.61% | −30−0.4% | Reduced |
| Brown Advisory Inc | 7,307 | $2.74M | 0.00% | −96−1.3% | Reduced |
| Carderock Capital Management Inc | 7,417 | $2.78M | 0.61% | +7,417 | New |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | 7,431 | $2.79M | 0.01% | +1,280+20.8% | Added |
| Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd | 7,475 | $2.80M | 0.06% | −97−1.3% | Reduced |
| Argyle Capital Management Inc. | 7,595 | $2.85M | 0.82% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Mizuho Securities USA LLC | 7,687 | $2.88M | 0.05% | +1,758+29.7% | Added |
| Mirae Asset Global ETFs Holdings Ltd. | 7,696 | $2.89M | 0.00% | +154+2.0% | Added |
| Hardman Johnston Global Advisors LLC | 7,702 | $2.89M | 0.10% | +476+6.6% | Added |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec | 7,750 | $2.91M | 0.01% | +2,414+45.2% | Added |
| Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky | 7,819 | $2.93M | 0.02% | −900−10.3% | Reduced |
| Gabelli Funds LLC | 7,877 | $2.95M | 0.02% | −337−4.1% | Reduced |
| Kinneret Advisory, LLC | 7,885 | $2.96M | 0.24% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Pacific Capital Partners Ltd | 7,896 | $2.96M | 2.56% | +1,755+28.6% | Added |
| Figure 8 Investment Strategies LLC | 7,906 | $2.97M | 2.51% | −19−0.2% | Reduced |
| Calamos Advisors LLC | 7,914 | $2.97M | 0.01% | −147−1.8% | Reduced |
| O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC | 7,930 | $2.97M | 0.01% | −3,809−32.4% | Reduced |
| Mercer Global Advisors Inc | 8,018 | $3.01M | 0.00% | +286+3.7% | Added |
| Mountain Pacific Investment Advisers Inc | 8,136 | $3.05M | 0.48% | −131−1.6% | Reduced |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH | 8,268 | $3.07M | 0.02% | −3,078−27.1% | Reduced |
| Wiley Bros.-Aintree Capital, LLC | 8,275 | $3.10M | 0.01% | +1,473+21.7% | Added |
| Yousif Capital Management, LLC | 8,596 | $3.22M | 0.04% | −750−8.0% | Reduced |
| Robinson Value Management, Ltd. | 8,643 | $3.24M | 1.74% | +8,643 | New |
| Linscomb & Williams, Inc. | 8,821 | $3.31M | 0.14% | +25+0.3% | Added |
| Glenview Trust Co | 8,921 | $3.35M | 0.05% | −1,170−11.6% | Reduced |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC | 9,018 | $3.38M | 0.11% | +9,018 | New |
| Pinnacle Associates Ltd | 9,187 | $3.45M | 0.04% | −1,319−12.6% | Reduced |
| Macquarie Group Ltd | 9,223 | $3.46M | 0.01% | +1,582+20.7% | Added |
| Becker Capital Management Inc | 9,258 | $3.47M | 0.09% | −57−0.6% | Reduced |
| Pathstone Holdings, LLC | 9,262 | $3.48M | 0.01% | +74+0.8% | Added |
| Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado | 9,342 | $3.50M | 0.01% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| HM Payson & Co | 9,392 | $3.52M | 0.05% | −705−7.0% | Reduced |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC | 9,486 | $3.56M | 0.19% | −6,516−40.7% | Reduced |
| Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. | 9,487 | $3.56M | 0.05% | −6,709−41.4% | Reduced |
| Oddo BHF Asset Management SAS | 9,562 | $3.59M | 0.17% | +1,369+16.7% | Added |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue | 9,621 | $3.61M | 0.04% | −51−0.5% | Reduced |
| Leavell Investment Management, Inc. | 9,786 | $3.67M | 0.13% | −218−2.2% | Reduced |
| Blair William & Co | 9,795 | $3.67M | 0.01% | −409−4.0% | Reduced |
| Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company, LLC | 9,893 | $3.71M | 0.04% | +164+1.7% | Added |
| Bank of Nova Scotia | 9,923 | $3.72M | 0.01% | −3,735−27.3% | Reduced |
| Bryn Mawr Trust Co | 9,956 | $3.73M | 0.08% | −251−2.5% | Reduced |
| Easterly Investment Partners LLC | 10,000 | $3.75M | 0.19% | +10,000 | New |
| Mutual of America Capital Management LLC | 10,101 | $3.79M | 0.04% | −312−3.0% | Reduced |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC | 10,108 | $3.79M | 0.00% | −3,248−24.3% | Reduced |
| M&T Bank Corp | 10,179 | $3.82M | 0.01% | −101−1.0% | Reduced |
| First Manhattan Co | 10,232 | $3.84M | 0.01% | −241−2.3% | Reduced |
| Allstate Corp | 10,331 | $3.87M | 0.04% | −2,459−19.2% | Reduced |
| Guardcap Asset Management Ltd | 10,225 | $3.93M | 0.28% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Ethic Inc. | 10,608 | $3.98M | 0.05% | +2,112+24.9% | Added |
| Savant Capital, LLC | 10,991 | $3.99M | 0.01% | +2,425+28.3% | Added |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | 10,720 | $4.02M | 0.00% | −2,454−18.6% | Reduced |
| Nuance Investments, LLC | 10,762 | $4.04M | 0.69% | −29,738−73.4% | Reduced |
| Rafferty Asset Management, LLC | 10,809 | $4.05M | 0.01% | +3,232+42.7% | Added |
| Fideuram Asset Management (Ireland) dac | 11,359 | $4.08M | 0.08% | +11,359 | New |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC | 10,897 | $4.09M | 0.14% | −9,158−45.7% | Reduced |
| OP Asset Management Ltd | 10,961 | $4.11M | 0.04% | +908+9.0% | Added |
| UniSuper Management Pty Ltd | 11,097 | $4.16M | 0.02% | +788+7.6% | Added |
| Truist Financial Corp | 11,210 | $4.20M | 0.01% | +340+3.1% | Added |
| PensionDanmark Pensionsforsikringsaktieselskab | 11,235 | $4.21M | 0.03% | −473−4.0% | Reduced |
| S&CO Inc | 11,417 | $4.28M | 0.25% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. | 11,593 | $4.35M | 0.20% | +10,717+1,223.4% | Added |
| Wealthfront Advisers LLC | 11,659 | $4.37M | 0.01% | +4,066+53.5% | Added |
| Apollon Wealth Management, LLC | 11,672 | $4.38M | 0.05% | +7,607+187.1% | Added |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH | 11,711 | $4.39M | 0.00% | −7,841−40.1% | Reduced |
| Sivik Global Healthcare LLC | 15,000 | $4.47M | 3.39% | 00.0% | Unchanged |
| Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund | 12,073 | $4.53M | 0.05% | +807+7.2% | Added |
| Jones Kertz & Associates, Inc. | 12,173 | $4.57M | 2.10% | −590−4.6% | Reduced |