Who owns WATERS CORP /DE/?
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Institutional ownership of WAT from SEC Form 13F filings across 1,177 reporting managers. All positions are from one synchronized reporting period — 2026-06-30 books, filed up to 45 days after quarter end — so every row is comparable.
As of the 2026-06-30 reporting period, 1,177 institutions disclosed 97.8M shares of WATERS CORP /DE/ worth $37.25B — about 0.1% of shares outstanding; the largest disclosed holder is BlackRock, Inc.. Source: SEC Form 13F filings, parsed by EvidInvest.
1,177
13F holders
$37.25B
value, 2026 filers
0.1%
of shares outstanding (97.8M sh)
169
new positions (2026 filers)
Top institutional holders
ordered by shares owned · positions as of 2026-06-30 · % of fund = share of the manager's own book · % of co. = share of WAT's shares outstanding
| # | Manager | Shares | Value | % of fund | % of co. | Δ shares QoQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 8.5M | $3.18B | 0.0% | 0% | -0.7% |
| 2 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 6.4M | $2.41B | 0.1% | 0% | +0.6% |
| 3 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 4.7M | $1.78B | 0.1% | 0% | -0.3% |
| 4 | MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | 4.6M | $2.53B | 0.8% | 0% | -0.1% |
| 5 | STATE STREET CORP | 4.4M | $1.64B | 0.0% | 0% | +0.5% |
| 6 | T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | 3.8M | $1.43B | 0.9% | 0% | -18.1% |
| 7 | Invesco Ltd. | 3.5M | $1.31B | 0.1% | 0% | +61.2% |
| 8 | ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | 2.7M | $802.4M | 0.3% | 0% | +27.3% |
| 9 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 2.6M | $984.8M | 0.1% | 0% | -0.4% |
| 10 | Fundsmith LLP | 2.3M | $852.7M | 6.2% | 0% | -29.2% |
| 11 | PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | 2.2M | $816.8M | 0.1% | 0% | +93.8% |
| 12 | JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | 2.2M | $796.2M | 0.0% | 0% | +9.4% |
| 13 | Jupiter Topco LLCNEW | 1.7M | $623.9M | 0.3% | 0% | new |
| 14 | VIKING GLOBAL INVESTORS LP | 1.7M | $623.4M | 1.8% | 0% | +32.3% |
| 15 | WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | 1.4M | $515.0M | 0.1% | 0% | +69.2% |
| 16 | First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | 1.3M | $500.7M | 0.8% | 0% | -15.2% |
| 17 | SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | 1.3M | $474.1M | 0.3% | 0% | +299.8% |
| 18 | Mawer Investment Management Ltd. | 1.2M | $456.4M | 3.1% | 0% | -13.3% |
| 19 | PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | 1.1M | $417.8M | 0.2% | 0% | +9.3% |
| 20 | MORGAN STANLEY | 1.1M | $411.5M | 0.0% | 0% | -10.2% |
| 21 | NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 1.0M | $387.3M | 0.0% | 0% | -0.9% |
| 22 | D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 948,639 | $355.8M | 0.2% | 0% | -7.5% |
| 23 | FMR LLC | 924,742 | $346.8M | 0.0% | 0% | +83.9% |
| 24 | MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | 894,660 | $335.5M | 0.1% | 0% | +383.2% |
| 25 | Veritas Asset Management LLP | 851,624 | $319.4M | 5.7% | 0% | -29.1% |
Source: SEC Form 13F-HR filings (institutional managers over $100M in US-listed positions). 13Fs disclose long positions only, up to 45 days after quarter end; each manager's latest filed quarter is shown per row and dollar values are the manager's filed marks. Aggregates labeled "2026 filers" count only managers whose latest book is a 2026 quarter. Related: valuation · options positioning · supply chain. Research, not investment advice.