Waters Ownership | Who Owns Waters?


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Waters Ownership Summary


Waters is owned by 93.81% institutional investors, 0.05% insiders, and 6.14% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 11.85% of WAT shares. Fundsmith Equity I Acc is the top mutual fund, with 5.67% of its assets in Waters shares.

WAT Ownership Benchmark


TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockWaters93.81%0.05%6.14%
SectorHealthcare Stocks 49.73%8.84%41.43%
IndustryDiagnostics & Research Stocks52.07%8.42%39.50%

Institutional Shareholders


Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Vanguard group7.02M11.85%$2.04B
Blackrock5.65M9.55%$1.64B
Fundsmith llp3.65M6.17%$1.06B
State street2.53M4.27%$733.58M
Massachusetts financial services co /ma/2.42M4.08%$701.47M
Alliancebernstein2.36M3.98%$683.47M
Bank of new york mellon2.08M3.51%$602.37M
Generation investment management llp1.81M3.06%$525.55M
Geode capital management1.40M2.36%$405.07M
Fundsmith investment services1.23M2.07%$356.16M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
C partners gmbh77.04K6.39%$22.35M
Signal advisors wealth8.06K5.11%$2.34M
Tikehau investment management19.00K4.88%$5.51M
Fundsmith investment services1.23M4.60%$356.16M
Fundsmith llp3.65M4.32%$1.06B
Guardcap asset management983.58K4.08%$285.36M
Ako capital llp878.65K3.50%$254.91M
Hutchinson capital management/ca50.16K2.98%$14.55M
Schaper benz & wise investment counsel inc/wi105.19K2.64%$30.52M
Generation investment management llp1.81M2.53%$525.55M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Norges bank674.83K0.03%674.83K
Generation investment management llp1.81M2.53%283.89K
Janus henderson group879.34K0.14%173.48K
Vanguard group7.02M0.04%142.30K
Two sigma investments, lp132.28K0.09%120.31K

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Bank of new york mellon2.08M0.11%-1.32M
Wellington management group llp293.16K0.02%-719.69K
Massachusetts financial services co /ma/2.42M0.22%-469.93K
Td asset management247.34K0.07%-196.15K
Qube research---152.29K

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Norges bank674.83K0.03%674.83K$195.78M
Northwest & ethical investments99.63K0.83%99.63K$28.90M
Marshall wace, llp32.04K0.01%32.04K$9.30M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)17.51K0.06%17.51K$5.08M
Corebridge financial15.78K0.03%15.78K$4.58M

Sold Out

HolderChange
Harbor investment advisory-1.00
Goalvest advisory-2.00
First pacific financial-3.00
Financial synergies wealth advisors-5.00
Twin tree management, lp-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends


DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
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%
Dec 31, 20236883.77%58,905,7824.27%991.09%2983.47%25713.22%
Sep 30, 20236631.07%56,495,8590.67%951.05%288-4.95%2276.57%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders


HolderShares% HoldingChange
Fundsmith Equity I Acc3.37M5.67%-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv1.87M3.15%-6.81K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust1.57M2.65%18.06K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional1.26M2.12%2.26K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust729.83K1.23%-4.06K
Fidelity 500 Index729.74K1.23%-1.07K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor725.20K1.22%4.52K
Champlain Mid Cap Fund, LLC700.67K1.18%-29.11K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF669.89K1.13%2.06K
Janus Inst Mid Cap Growth CF666.46K1.12%-

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
2024 Q3--
2024 Q211
2024 Q1-1
2023 Q4--
2023 Q3-1

WAT Ownership FAQ


Who Owns Waters?

Waters shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 93.81%, followed by 0.05% insiders and 6.14% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Waters's industry, Diagnostics & Research Stocks, is 52.07%, which Waters exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Waters?

Waters’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (7.02M shares, 11.85%), Blackrock (5.65M shares, 9.55%), and Fundsmith llp (3.65M shares, 6.17%). Together, they hold 27.57% 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 5.67% of its total shares outstanding invested in 3.37M Waters shares.

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