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Waters Ownership | Who Owns Waters?

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Waters Ownership Summary

Waters is owned by 95.23% institutional investors, 0.16% insiders, and 4.61% 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

TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockWaters95.23%0.16%4.61%
SectorHealthcare Stocks 479.67%11.03%-390.70%
IndustryDiagnostics & Research Stocks54.85%10.74%34.40%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Vanguard group7.10M11.97%$2.63B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de6.56M11.03%$2.29B
Blackrock5.65M9.55%$1.64B
Fundsmith llp3.61M6.06%$1.26B
Alliancebernstein2.65M4.47%$984.58M
State street2.53M4.27%$733.58M
Bank of new york mellon1.88M3.17%$698.09M
Massachusetts financial services co /ma/1.86M3.13%$650.60M
Geode capital management1.45M2.45%$537.05M
Fundsmith investment services1.22M2.05%$426.10M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
C partners gmbh154.36K11.84%$53.88M
Fundsmith investment services1.22M5.77%$426.10M
Fundsmith llp3.61M5.47%$1.26B
Guardcap asset management688.01K4.71%$240.14M
Ako capital llp787.35K3.47%$274.81M
Tikehau investment management6.34K3.45%$2.21M
Hutchinson capital management/ca48.50K3.09%$16.93M
Schaper benz & wise investment counsel inc/wi104.53K2.80%$36.49M
Sivik global healthcare14.00K2.74%$5.19M
Figure 8 investment strategies6.95K2.53%$2.58M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Norges bank766.66K0.04%766.66K
Millennium management304.40K0.06%300.38K
Madison investment advisors282.08K1.18%282.08K
Jupiter asset management287.32K0.84%216.82K
Artisan partners limited partnership389.82K0.20%213.93K

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Generation investment management llp---755.33K
Blackrock funding, inc. /de6.56M0.04%-377.26K
Champlain investment partners478.32K1.12%-265.91K
Massachusetts financial services co /ma/1.86M0.21%-202.51K
Impax asset management group274.37K0.55%-150.38K

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Norges bank766.66K0.04%766.66K$284.41M
Madison investment advisors282.08K1.18%282.08K$104.64M
Qube research91.60K0.03%91.60K$31.97M
Smith group asset management59.81K1.64%59.81K$22.19M
Glenmede investment management, lp49.12K0.09%49.12K$17.14M

Sold Out

HolderChange
American capital advisory-1.00
Concord wealth partners-1.00
Strengthening families & communities-1.00
Bok financial private wealth-1.00
Sittner & nelson-1.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
Mar 31, 2025748-1.71%56,603,834-0.81%951.03%351-9.77%26112.99%
Dec 31, 2024680-3.27%51,958,707-6.72%870.99%35011.11%206-13.45%
Sep 30, 2024697-0.29%55,642,925-2.29%931.02%313-2.79%2345.41%
Jun 30, 2024687-1.86%56,921,752-1.25%961.01%31921.29%220-19.71%
Mar 31, 20247001.74%57,643,550-2.14%970.98%263-11.74%2746.61%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

HolderShares% HoldingChange
Fundsmith Equity I Acc3.37M5.66%-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF1.88M3.15%1.36K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv1.87M3.15%-43.02K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust1.69M2.84%10.60K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor1.47M2.48%-215.93K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional1.33M2.23%14.31K
AllianceBernstein US L/C Growth Eqty MF1.28M2.15%102.94K
AB Large Cap Growth A870.85K1.46%68.27K
Fidelity 500 Index754.01K1.27%4.96K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor745.30K1.25%4.55K

Recent Insider Transactions

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

Insider Transactions Trends

DateBuySell
2025 Q2--
2025 Q1--
2024 Q4--
2024 Q3--
2024 Q211

WAT Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Waters?

Waters shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 95.23%, followed by 0.16% insiders and 4.61% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Waters's industry, Diagnostics & Research Stocks, is 54.85%, 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 (6.56M shares, 11.03%), and Blackrock (5.65M shares, 9.55%). Together, they hold 32.54% 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 11.84% of its assets in 154.36K Waters shares, valued at 53.88M$.

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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