WatersWAT
13F holders, Q1 2026 (March 31)1,178holders +370
448new positions
80sold out
10famous investors
$306.72avg. 13F price*
At the end of Q1 2026, 1,178 institutions reported holding Waters Corp. (WAT) in their 13F filings, up 370 from Q4 2025. 448 opened new positions and 80 sold out. The largest holders were BlackRock, Inc. ($2.5B), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. ($2.1B) and Vanguard Capital Management LLC ($1.9B). 10 famous investors held it, including Terry Smith (7.5% of Fundsmith's portfolio), Andreas Halvorsen (1.0% of Viking Global Investors's portfolio) and David E. Shaw (0.3% of D. E. Shaw & Co.'s portfolio).
- Company
- Waters Corp.
- Sector
- Industrials
- CUSIP
- 941848103
- Latest filing quarter
- Q2 2026
History
Number of 13F holders
Total Exit/New Position Q4 2025 → Q1 2026
| Institutions | Total Value | |
|---|---|---|
| New Positions | 448 | $1.8B |
| Exits | 80 | $123.9M |
All 13F filers, Q4 2025 → Q1 2026: 36,298,934 shares bought and 2,938,314 shares sold, net +33,360,620 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.
Ownership 1,178 holders
| BlackRock, Inc. | 0.04% | Add +57.3% | 8,543,014 | $2.5B |
| Massachusetts Financial Services Co. | 0.69% | Add +76.4% | 4,630,118 | $2.1B |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 0.05% | — | 6,378,775 | $1.9B |
| Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 0.07% | — | 4,754,185 | $1.4B |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 0.96% | Add +3366.7% | 4,663,879 | $1.4B |
| State Street Corp. | 0.04% | Add +62.6% | 4,362,010 | $1.3B |
| Fundsmith | 7.46% | Reduce -9.7% | 3,212,075 | $956.6M |
| Alliancebernstein L.P. | 0.26% | Add +2.4% | 2,116,737 | $804.0M |
| Geode Capital Management, LLC | 0.05% | Add +66.1% | 2,646,458 | $785.1M |
| Invesco Ltd. | 0.06% | Add +85.8% | 2,168,285 | $645.7M |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.04% | Add +354.9% | 1,973,648 | $579.0M |
| Janus Henderson Group PLC | 0.23% | Add +27.0% | 1,638,772 | $488.0M |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 0.80% | New | 1,575,187 | $469.1M |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 2.71% | Add +8.1% | 1,403,627 | $418.0M |
| Viking Global Investors | 1.05% | New | 1,256,462 | $374.2M |
| Morgan Stanley | 0.02% | Add +69.9% | 1,221,914 | $363.9M |
| Veritas Asset Management LLP | 6.06% | Reduce -3.3% | 1,200,813 | $357.6M |
| T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. | 0.04% | Add +67.5% | 1,124,028 | $334.7M |
| Fundsmith Investment Services LTD. | 7.41% | Reduce -4.3% | 1,096,855 | $326.6M |
| Northern Trust Corp. | 0.04% | Add +52.3% | 1,042,394 | $310.4M |
| D. E. Shaw & Co. | 0.26% | Add +191.3% | 1,025,240 | $305.3M |
| Principal Financial Group Inc. | 0.16% | Add +17.0% | 1,019,289 | $303.6M |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | 0.66% | Add +122.8% | 917,066 | $273.1M |
| Bank of America Corp. | 0.02% | Add +44.2% | 843,636 | $251.2M |
| Ako Capital LLP | 4.76% | Add +8.4% | 816,929 | $243.3M |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 0.05% | Add +60.8% | 814,716 | $242.6M |
| Wellington Management Group LLP | 0.05% | Add +197.5% | 811,326 | $241.6M |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | 0.05% | Add +60.8% | 794,589 | $236.6M |
| Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. | 0.04% | Add +70.4% | 772,524 | $230.1M |
| Franklin Resources Inc. | 0.05% | Add +1065.5% | 709,538 | $211.3M |
| Ameriprise Financial Inc. | 0.05% | Add +670.9% | 695,644 | $207.2M |
| Legal & General Group Plc | 0.05% | Add +57.9% | 684,813 | $203.9M |
| UBS Group AG | 0.03% | Add +79.9% | 640,339 | $190.7M |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.02% | Add +20.3% | 563,060 | $167.7M |
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co. | 0.04% | — | 556,148 | $165.6M |
| Deutsche Bank AG | 0.05% | Add +87.7% | 535,684 | $159.5M |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 0.26% | Add +43.0% | 534,576 | $159.2M |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 0.03% | Add +63.6% | 528,908 | $157.5M |
| Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The | 0.14% | Add +615.8% | 525,246 | $156.4M |
| FMR LLC | 0.01% | Add +213.9% | 502,814 | $149.7M |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | 0.25% | Add +18305.7% | 488,854 | $146.6M |
| Voya Investment Management LLC | 0.17% | Add +38.7% | 486,579 | $144.5M |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | 0.12% | New | 478,271 | $142.4M |
| Focus Partners Wealth | 0.16% | Add +74.7% | 474,862 | $141.4M |
| Findlay Park Partners LLP | 1.94% | Add +1.9% | 467,245 | $139.1M |
| HSBC Holdings PLC | 0.08% | Add +17.6% | 465,000 | $138.5M |
| Beck Mack & Oliver LLC | 2.65% | Add +10.6% | 432,206 | $128.7M |
| Amundi | 0.04% | Add +20.1% | 432,146 | $128.7M |
| Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 0.09% | Add +413.9% | 382,948 | $114.0M |
| London Co. of Virginia | 0.65% | Reduce -29.6% | 355,310 | $105.8M |
| Point72 Asset Management | 0.19% | Add +462.9% | 354,375 | $105.5M |
| Schroder Investment Management Group | 0.08% | Add +1174.5% | 316,203 | $94.2M |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | 0.65% | Add +35.5% | 314,584 | $93.7M |
| First Trust Advisors LP | 0.06% | Reduce -24.6% | 303,112 | $90.3M |
| Liontrust Investment Partners LLP | 1.52% | Add +5156.0% | 298,855 | $89.0M |
| Harris Associates (Oakmark Funds) | 0.11% | New | 288,712 | $86.0M |
| Swiss National Bank | 0.05% | Add +76.9% | 288,614 | $85.9M |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 1.06% | Reduce -10.5% | 279,840 | $83.3M |
| Nuveen, LLC | 0.02% | Add +40.3% | 277,703 | $82.7M |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC | 1.01% | Reduce -7.0% | 272,649 | $81.2M |
| Cooke & Bieler LP | 0.91% | New | 268,853 | $80.1M |
| First Pacific Advisors, LP | 1.14% | New | 267,472 | $79.7M |
| TD Asset Management Inc | 0.06% | Add +6.8% | 266,536 | $79.4M |
| Nordea Investment Management AB | 0.07% | Add +1869.2% | 266,828 | $78.9M |
| Natixis Advisors, LLC | 0.11% | Add +5.1% | 257,380 | $76.6M |
| LPL Financial LLC | 0.02% | Add +782.5% | 253,713 | $75.6M |
| American Century Companies Inc. | 0.04% | Add +1058.2% | 235,371 | $70.1M |
| Jones Financial Companies LLLP | 0.03% | Add +54460.4% | 236,792 | $68.5M |
| Royal Bank of Canada | 0.01% | Add +47.3% | 228,857 | $68.2M |
| Marshall Wace, LLP | 0.07% | Reduce -61.0% | 226,886 | $67.6M |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. | 0.04% | Add +78.9% | 224,646 | $66.9M |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | 0.40% | Add +0.9% | 224,431 | $66.8M |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. | 0.04% | Add +63.9% | 223,324 | $66.5M |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC | 0.03% | — | 214,292 | $63.8M |
| Citadel Advisors | 0.04% | Add +49.5% | 208,503 | $62.1M |
| Meridiem Capital Partners LP | 4.07% | New | 207,814 | $61.9M |
| Wells Fargo & Company | 0.01% | Add +98.8% | 207,364 | $61.8M |
| Bristol John W & Co. Inc. | 0.98% | New | 199,532 | $59.4M |
| Sei Investments Co. | 0.05% | Add +162.7% | 197,565 | $58.8M |
| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. | 0.04% | Add +56.8% | 189,881 | $56.5M |
| Millennium Management | 0.04% | Reduce -65.6% | 185,168 | $55.1M |
| Newport Trust Company, LLC | 0.13% | Add +4.8% | 183,921 | $54.8M |
| Barclays PLC | 0.02% | Add +64.6% | 180,779 | $53.8M |
| Rhumbline Advisers | 0.05% | Add +54.6% | 178,037 | $53.0M |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd | 0.04% | — | 169,723 | $50.5M |
| National Pension Service | 0.04% | Add +54.2% | 167,373 | $49.8M |
| California State Teachers Retirement System | 0.05% | Add +68.1% | 154,059 | $45.9M |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | 0.02% | Add +201.1% | 148,660 | $44.3M |
| Mackenzie Financial Corp. | 0.05% | Add +13.0% | 145,950 | $43.5M |
| Robeco Schweiz AG | 0.91% | Add +9.7% | 144,872 | $43.1M |
| Citigroup Inc. | 0.03% | Add +35.9% | 144,202 | $42.9M |
| BNP Paribas Financial Markets | 0.03% | Add +33.7% | 142,167 | $42.3M |
| California Public Employees Retirement System | 0.03% | Add +25.4% | 138,423 | $41.2M |
| BLI - Banque de Luxembourg Investments | 1.14% | No change | 100,920 | $38.1M |
| Fuller & Thaler Asset Management, Inc. | 0.13% | Add +73.4% | 127,059 | $37.8M |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH | 0.07% | Add +47.4% | 126,004 | $37.5M |
| Aberdeen Group plc | 0.06% | Add +70.0% | 125,534 | $37.4M |
| Envestnet Asset Management Inc. | 0.01% | Add +4.3% | 119,470 | $35.6M |
| Raymond James Financial Inc. | 0.01% | Add +18.5% | 115,325 | $34.3M |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC | 0.04% | Add +209.0% | 115,069 | $34.3M |
"% of holder's portfolio" is WAT's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of Waters Corp. the manager owns.