WATERS CORP /DE/ - Common Stock (WAT)

Historical Holders from Q1 2014 to Q4 2025

Type / Class: Equity / Common Stock
Symbol: WAT on NYSE
Shares outstanding: 59,555,514
Price per share: $379.83
All holders as of 30 Sep 2025: Q3 2025
Total 13F shares as of 30 Sep 2025: 57,241,004
Total reported value: $17,165,718,799
% of total 13F portfolios: 0.01%
Share change: -1,193,225
Value change: -$431,076,715
Avg buy value change: +0%
Avg sell value change: -0%
Number of holders: 740
Price from insider filings: $371.97

Reported Shares, Excluding Options vs Price

Reported Value, Excluding Options

Total Investors

Significant Owners of WATERS CORP /DE/ - Common Stock (WAT) based on Schedule 13D/G filings

Filer	Ownership	Change %	Holdings Value	Net Change	Nb Shares	Change %	Reporting Name	Report Period
VANGUARD GROUP INC	13%		$2,295,612,491		7,656,891		The Vanguard Group	30 Sep 2025
BlackRock, Inc.	9%		$1,800,457,044		5,350,223		BlackRock, Inc.	31 Mar 2025
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.	3.5%	-47%	$624,936,856	-$581,942,903	2,084,443	-48%	AllianceBernstein L.P.	30 Sep 2025

As of 30 Sep 2025, WATERS CORP /DE/ - Common Stock (WAT) has 740 institutional shareholders filing 13F forms. They hold 57,241,004 shares of 59,555,514 outstanding shares (96%) .

Top 25 institutional shareholders own 69% of the company.

Filer	Ownership	Nb Shares	Share Change %	Portfolio %	Holdings Value
VANGUARD GROUP INC	13%	7,656,891	+3.3%	0.03%	$2,295,612,491
BlackRock, Inc.	10%	6,066,237	-7.6%	0.03%	$1,818,718,470
Fundsmith LLP	6.6%	3,955,498	+9.6%	6%	$1,185,897,855
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/	4.5%	2,689,693	+44%	0.25%	$806,396,857
STATE STREET CORP	4.5%	2,679,523	+0.12%	0.03%	$803,347,791
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P.	3.5%	2,084,443	-48%	0.2%	$624,936,856
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	2.7%	1,584,798	+2.1%	0.03%	$473,260,814
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.	2.6%	1,551,010	+225%	2.4%	$465,008,308
Invesco Ltd.	2.5%	1,472,419	+32%	0.07%	$441,445,941
FUNDSMITH INVESTMENT SERVICES LTD.	2.3%	1,356,289	+11%	6.3%	$406,629,005
JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC	2.2%	1,302,433	+44%	0.18%	$390,483,073
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC	1.5%	869,177	+5.6%	0.13%	$260,600,433
AKO CAPITAL LLP	1.4%	806,948	+2.5%	3.4%	$241,931,000
MORGAN STANLEY	1.2%	737,252	-12%	0.01%	$221,036,301
NORTHERN TRUST CORP	1.2%	709,546	-0.6%	0.03%	$212,728,987
GUARDCAP ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd	1.1%	625,544	-9.1%	4.3%	$187,544,347
Veritas Asset Management LLP	0.98%	584,770		1.9%	$175,319,894
LONDON CO OF VIRGINIA	0.93%	555,855	-4.2%	0.92%	$166,654,338
Findlay Park Partners LLP	0.93%	551,069	-1.8%	1.7%	$165,215,997
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/	0.91%	543,149	+4.3%	0.01%	$162,841,502
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP	0.9%	537,582	+3%	0.03%	$161,107,561
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC	0.84%	499,100	+90%	0.09%	$149,560,629
UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC	0.84%	498,343	-17%	0.03%	$149,408,215
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC	0.76%	454,285	+5%	0.02%	$136,199,186
Legal & General Group Plc	0.74%	438,706	+5.4%	0.03%	$131,528,443

Institutional Holders of WATERS CORP /DE/ - Common Stock (WAT) across Reporting Periods

Period	Reported Shares, Excl. Options	Value, Excl. Options	Value Change	Puts Notional Value	Calls Notional Value	Price (% of par)	Investors
2025 Q4	165,313	$62,941,027	+$6,490,600			37,983.02%	32
2025 Q3	57,241,004	$17,165,718,799	-$431,076,715	$84,188,603	$53,147,888	29,981%	740
2025 Q2	58,417,059	$20,386,515,047	+$536,054,119	$5,689,352	$18,568,928	34,904%	764
2025 Q1	56,869,786	$20,933,072,748	+$60,589,373	$11,536,979	$30,732,969	36,857%	751
2024 Q4	56,938,379	$21,122,691,764	+$271,040,323	$13,614,894	$30,234,870	37,098%	743
2024 Q3	55,624,824	$19,994,878,045	-$472,873,532	$26,052,708	$50,268,697	35,989%	686
2024 Q2	56,946,162	$16,519,312,267	-$207,595,863	$22,542,324	$27,329,304	29,012%	682
2024 Q1	57,633,919	$19,819,089,646	-$453,227,575	$43,510,672	$33,562,425	34,423%	678
2023 Q4	274,498	$90,125,500	+$59,725,331			32,922.99%	8
2023 Q3	55,798,599	$15,289,807,635	+$242,497,390	$67,483,081	$49,878,799	27,421%	632
2023 Q2	52,000,460	$13,878,972,360	+$318,169,430	$43,447,461	$21,236,353	26,654%	626
2023 Q1	53,899,310	$16,683,553,053	+$353,675,460	$36,333,930	$25,723,771	30,963%	657
2022 Q4	52,793,713	$18,085,342,790	-$58,954,983	$28,537,144	$27,509,274	34,258%	634
2022 Q3	52,939,617	$14,281,932,190	+$19,826,200	$21,402,000	$17,957,000	26,953.03%	600
2022 Q2	53,175,728	$17,564,516,242	-$247,925,285	$17,377,000	$20,620,000	33,098.03%	626
2022 Q1	52,710,406	$16,382,338,298	-$191,699,014	$30,358,301	$33,195,900	31,039%	635
2021 Q4	54,199,997	$20,176,431,121	+$93,382,117	$24,703,000	$47,072,000	37,259.93%	646
2021 Q3	53,719,286	$19,207,378,560	-$122,816,608	$85,691,000	$84,483,000	35,729.99%	638
2021 Q2	54,102,664	$18,697,009,596	+$85,246,076	$19,528,000	$33,351,000	34,560.89%	617
2021 Q1	54,019,715	$15,346,674,622	-$210,300,411	$19,321,000	$14,179,000	28,416.97%	585
2020 Q4	54,163,925	$13,396,832,901	-$80,655,215	$10,441,000	$10,689,000	24,741.85%	562
2020 Q3	55,762,388	$10,912,412,611	-$454,176,527	$28,466,000	$26,428,000	19,567.97%	530
2020 Q2	56,193,341	$10,131,022,600	-$228,535,423	$17,462,000	$29,713,000	18,039.9%	524
2020 Q1	58,496,433	$10,660,251,332	-$476,880,094	$19,953,000	$23,732,000	18,205%	514
2019 Q4	61,709,644	$14,413,977,819	-$317,224,232	$19,507,000	$21,749,000	23,364.77%	571
2019 Q3	63,068,749	$14,076,458,964	-$132,863,329	$30,775,000	$40,910,000	22,322.88%	561
2019 Q2	63,652,597	$13,698,071,082	+$31,598,369	$15,519,000	$66,659,000	21,523.95%	563
2019 Q1	64,224,588	$16,160,447,429	-$671,109,185	$44,705,000	$37,933,000	25,171.01%	588
2018 Q4	67,631,709	$12,782,681,691	-$580,204,022	$123,711,009	$7,520,000	18,864.99%	537
2018 Q3	70,692,349	$13,760,798,445	-$382,485,478	$21,533,000	$16,762,000	19,468%	555
2018 Q2	77,360,964	$14,975,434,605	+$71,447,986	$35,379,000	$21,689,000	19,359%	542
2018 Q1	72,353,981	$14,367,522,897	-$262,574,590	$15,059,000	$7,549,000	19,864.99%	557
2017 Q4	73,707,722	$14,239,152,451	+$110,772,598	$23,624,000	$12,538,000	19,319%	561
2017 Q3	73,388,179	$13,171,818,851	+$128,259,486	$29,423,000	$6,804,000	17,952%	518
2017 Q2	73,285,906	$13,455,128,290	+$338,617,267	$10,900,000	$8,712,000	18,383.93%	532
2017 Q1	73,792,029	$11,534,446,699	+$679,298,866	$10,160,000	$67,446,000	15,630.98%	482
2016 Q4	74,102,360	$9,960,591,152	-$39,992,931	$12,541,000	$8,427,000	13,438.94%	514
2016 Q3	74,175,443	$11,748,688,990	-$142,692,494	$14,938,000	$5,137,000	15,848.89%	509
2016 Q2	75,218,489	$10,575,941,516	-$76,288,242	$36,520,000	$21,139,000	14,064.98%	480
2016 Q1	75,747,674	$9,984,098,572	-$216,319,919	$8,424,000	$5,595,000	13,191.96%	463
2015 Q4	77,655,204	$10,451,702,661	+$120,245,291	$9,981,000	$7,268,000	13,458%	474
2015 Q3	75,688,150	$8,943,651,281	+$160,635,383	$14,681,000	$33,381,000	11,820.97%	466
2015 Q2	72,989,551	$9,371,487,309	-$66,764,339	$34,392,000	$37,931,000	12,837.99%	467
2015 Q1	75,401,407	$9,369,447,025	+$46,444,488	$20,236,000	$19,017,000	12,431.98%	442
2014 Q4	75,197,529	$8,479,576,942	+$22,470,262	$13,401,000	$24,434,000	11,272.01%	429
2014 Q3	75,201,724	$7,455,024,643	-$183,580,931	$11,314,000	$57,428,000	9,911.99%	415
2014 Q2	76,615,866	$8,001,717,146	-$142,918,599	$66,516,000	$63,488,000	10,443.98%	405
2014 Q1	78,090,950	$8,465,953,035	+$46,278,186	$15,595,000	$42,244,000	10,840.94%	429