Waters Ownership | Who Owns Waters?

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Waters Ownership Summary

Waters is owned by 87.60% institutional investors, 0.29% insiders, and 12.11% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 11.97% of WAT shares. Fundsmith Equity I Acc is the top mutual fund, with 5.66% of its assets in Waters shares.

WAT Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Waters	87.60%	0.29%	12.11%
Sector	Healthcare Stocks	57.39%	9.93%	32.68%
Industry	Diagnostics & Research Stocks	49.06%	8.59%	42.35%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	7.10M	11.97%	$2.63B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	6.48M	10.93%	$2.41B
Blackrock	5.65M	9.55%	$1.64B
Fundsmith llp	3.65M	6.17%	$1.06B
Wealthfront advisers	3.09M	5.21%	$247.83M
Alliancebernstein	2.65M	4.47%	$984.58M
State street	2.53M	4.27%	$733.58M
Massachusetts financial services co /ma/	1.94M	3.28%	$720.91M
Bank of new york mellon	1.88M	3.17%	$698.09M
Generation investment management llp	1.53M	2.58%	$567.64M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
C partners gmbh	77.04K	6.39%	$22.35M
Fundsmith investment services	1.22M	5.91%	$454.43B
Guardcap asset management	808.92K	4.85%	$300.09M
Fundsmith llp	3.65M	4.32%	$1.06B
Ako capital llp	815.38K	4.18%	$302.49M
Hutchinson capital management/ca	49.83K	3.49%	$18.48M
Schaper benz & wise investment counsel inc/wi	106.30K	3.17%	$39.44M
Tikehau investment management	7.08K	3.16%	$2.63M
Generation investment management llp	1.53M	2.96%	$567.64M
Sivik global healthcare	14.00K	2.74%	$5.19M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Wealthfront advisers	3.09M	0.75%	3.08M
Norges bank	766.66K	0.04%	766.66K
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	6.48M	0.05%	586.45K
Millennium management	304.40K	0.06%	300.38K
Madison investment advisors	282.08K	1.18%	282.08K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Van eck associates	33.62K	0.02%	-625.92K
Generation investment management llp	1.53M	2.96%	-275.76K
Champlain investment partners	478.32K	1.12%	-265.91K
Massachusetts financial services co /ma/	1.94M	0.23%	-195.63K
Qube research	-	-	-152.29K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	766.66K	0.04%	766.66K	$284.41M
Madison investment advisors	282.08K	1.18%	282.08K	$104.64M
Proficio capital partners	113.52K	0.01%	113.52K	$113.52K
Raymond james financial	108.91K	0.01%	108.91K	$40.40M
Hrt financial lp	83.76K	0.16%	83.76K	$31.07M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Harbor investment advisory	-1.00
Strengthening families & communities	-1.00
Sugar maple asset management	-1.00
Goalvest advisory	-2.00
Claris advisors, llc / mo /	-2.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2024	680	-3.27%	51,958,707	-6.72%	87	0.99%	350	11.11%	206	-13.45%
Sep 30, 2024	697	-0.29%	55,642,925	-2.29%	93	1.02%	313	-2.79%	234	5.41%
Jun 30, 2024	687	-1.86%	56,921,752	-1.25%	96	1.01%	319	21.29%	220	-19.71%
Mar 31, 2024	700	1.74%	57,643,550	-2.14%	97	0.98%	263	-11.74%	274	6.61%
Dec 31, 2023	688	3.77%	58,905,782	4.27%	99	1.09%	298	3.47%	257	13.22%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Fundsmith Equity I Acc	3.37M	5.66%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.88M	3.16%	5.35K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.88M	3.15%	1.36K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	1.65M	2.77%	4.11K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	1.28M	2.15%	-2.99K
AllianceBernstein US L/C Growth Eqty MF	840.36K	1.41%	43.44K
Fidelity 500 Index	743.65K	1.25%	3.31K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	743.45K	1.25%	78.92K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	739.07K	1.24%	-10.85K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	724.74K	1.22%	2.10K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
May 28, 2024	FEARON RICHARD H	-	Buy	$332.90K
May 15, 2024	KUEBLER CHRISTOPHER A	-	Sell	$1.45M
Mar 13, 2024	BADDOUR LINDA	-	Sell	$177.77K
Aug 04, 2023	KUEBLER CHRISTOPHER A	-	Sell	$1.17M
Feb 28, 2023	VERGNANO MARK P	-	Buy	$997.93K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q4	-	-
2024 Q3	-	-
2024 Q2	1	1

WAT Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Waters?

Waters shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 87.60%, followed by 0.29% insiders and 12.11% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Waters's industry, Diagnostics & Research Stocks, is 49.06%, which Waters exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Waters?

Waters’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (7.1M shares, 11.97%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (6.48M shares, 10.93%), and Blackrock (5.65M shares, 9.55%). Together, they hold 32.44% of Waters’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Waters?

Yes, BlackRock owns 9.55% of Waters, totaling 5.65M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.04% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 1.64B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 74.38K shares, a 1.33% change.

Who is Waters’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

C partners gmbh is Waters’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 6.39% of its assets in 77.04K Waters shares, valued at 22.35M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Waters shares?

Fundsmith Equity I Acc is the top mutual fund holder of Waters shares, with 5.66% of its total shares outstanding invested in 3.37M Waters shares.

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