Waters WAT Institutional Ownership

NYSE WAT

$457.91 +0.44 (+0.10%)

As of: Oct 22, 2026 · 11:01 AM EDT

Institutions by Trading Activity

1,183 Institutions

Increased 517 43.7%

Unchanged 194 16.4%

Reduced 472 39.9%

Ownership Statistics

13F · as of 30 Jun, 2026

Institutional Ownership

99.69%

Shares Held by Institutions

97.86Mn

of 98.17Mn outstanding

▲+3.48% QoQ

Shares Outstanding

98.17Mn

302.09K held outside 13F filers

Institutional Investors

1,183

filed 13F for Jun 2026

▲+13 vs prior quarter

Net Shares Added (QoQ)

+3.29Mn

accumulated since last quarter

Value of Holdings

$43.33Bn

reported market value

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Ownership Summary

Updated Oct 11, 2026

Waters Corp (NYSE:WAT) had 1,182 institutional holders reporting a position on Form 13F for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

In Q2 2026, these holders reported 99.69% of Waters' outstanding shares.
Total shares held in Waters rose 3.48% from Q1 2026, while the number of holders rose 53.71% from Q2 2025.
Of the 1,182 holders, 516 added to their positions, 472 reduced their stakes and 194 left their positions unchanged in Q2 2026.
Institutional investors held 97.86Mn shares of Waters in total at the end of Q2 2026, up 3.29Mn from the prior quarter and up 40.29Mn from a year earlier.
As of June 30, 2026, BlackRock, Inc. held the largest stake in Waters with 8.48Mn shares, or 8.64% of shares outstanding.
Among existing holders, the largest additions to Waters in Q2 2026 came from Invesco Ltd. (+1.33Mn shares), T. Rowe Price Associates Inc (+1.05Mn shares), Schroder Investment Management Group (+948.02K shares), Millennium Management LLC (+709.49K shares) and AllianceBernstein L.P. (+577.85K shares).
Among holders that kept a stake in Waters, the biggest sellers in Q2 2026 were Fundsmith LLP (-938.44K shares), T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. (-846.1K shares), Ako Capital LLP (-613.57K shares), Veritas Asset Management LLP (-349.19K shares) and Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The (-315.71K shares).
Per Business Quant, the top 10 investors in WAT for the quarter ended June 30, 2026 were BlackRock, Inc. (8.48Mn shares), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (6.42Mn shares), Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC (4.74Mn shares), Massachusetts Financial Services Co (4.63Mn shares), State Street Corp (4.38Mn shares), T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. (3.82Mn shares), Invesco Ltd. (3.49Mn shares), AllianceBernstein L.P. (2.69Mn shares), Geode Capital Management, LLC (2.64Mn shares) and Fundsmith LLP (2.27Mn shares).

Form 13F Holdings

1,183 Institutional Holders

Report period 30 Jun, 2026

Total shares held 97.86Mn

Of outstanding 99.69%

#	Institution	CIK	Shares Held	% of Outstanding	Change (QoQ)	Change (%)	Value (USD)
1	BlackRock, Inc.	0002012383	8,484,939	8.64%	▼58,075	-0.68%	$3.18Bn
2	VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	0002100119	6,415,552	6.54%	▲36,777	+0.58%	$2.41Bn
3	VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC	0002100121	4,740,524	4.83%	▼13,661	-0.29%	$1.78Bn
4	MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/	0000912938	4,625,035	4.71%	▼5,083	-0.11%	$2.53Bn
5	State Street Corp	0000093751	4,382,008	4.46%	▲19,998	+0.46%	$1.64Bn
6	T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc.	0001897612	3,817,779	3.89%	▼846,100	-18.14%	$1.43Mn
7	Invesco Ltd.	0000914208	3,494,267	3.56%	▲1,325,982	+61.15%	$1.31Bn
8	ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.	0001109448	2,694,590	2.74%	▲577,853	+27.30%	$802.45Mn
9	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	0001214717	2,636,146	2.69%	▼10,312	-0.39%	$984.75Mn
10	Fundsmith LLP	0001569205	2,273,632	2.32%	▼938,443	-29.22%	$852.70Mn
11	PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/	0000080255	2,177,958	2.22%	▲1,053,930	+93.76%	$816.82K
12	Jpmorgan Chase & Co	0000019617	2,158,391	2.20%	▲184,743	+9.36%	$796.17Mn
13	Jupiter Topco LLC	0002146052	1,663,601	1.69%	▲1,663,601	0.00%	$623.92Mn
14	VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP	0001103804	1,662,140	1.69%	▲405,678	+32.29%	$623.37Mn
15	WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP	0000902219	1,373,150	1.40%	▲561,824	+69.25%	$514.99Mn
16	First Eagle Investment Management, LLC	0001325447	1,335,108	1.36%	▼240,079	-15.24%	$500.72Mn
17	SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP	0001086619	1,264,226	1.29%	▲948,023	+299.81%	$474.14Mn
18	Mawer Investment Management Ltd.	0001538449	1,216,947	1.24%	▼186,680	-13.30%	$456.40Mn
19	Principal Financial Group Inc	0001126328	1,114,092	1.13%	▲94,803	+9.30%	$417.84Mn
20	Morgan Stanley	0000895421	1,097,302	1.12%	▼124,612	-10.20%	$411.53Mn

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