Waters Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?


Recent Insider Transactions

DB:WAZ Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
28 May 24Buy€306,068Richard FearonIndividual1,000€306.07
13 Mar 24Sell€162,428Linda BaddourIndividual500€324.86

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.


Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of WAZ?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Individual Insiders33,9050.0571%
State or Government47,2680.0796%
General Public1,064,8901.79%
Institutions58,230,11198.1%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.


Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 67.84% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
11.9%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
7,079,212€2.6b0.82%0.04%
10.6%
BlackRock, Inc.
6,290,534€2.3b6.67%0.04%
6.14%
Fundsmith, LLP
3,645,999€1.3b-0.23%4.59%
4.34%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
2,577,733€931.8m1.95%0.03%
4.11%
AllianceBernstein L.P.
2,441,638€882.6m3.64%0.27%
3.6%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
2,138,892€773.2m-11.5%0.17%
3.04%
Generation Investment Management LLP
1,805,875€652.8m-0.31%3.0%
2.39%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
1,416,683€512.1m1.19%0.04%
2.16%
Walter Scott & Partners Limited
1,283,562€464.0m-3.44%1.04%
2.07%
Fundsmith Investment Services Limited
1,228,367€444.0m0.06%5.61%
1.55%
GuardCap Asset Management Limited
917,528€331.7m-6.72%4.39%
1.49%
Janus Henderson Group plc
885,593€320.1m0.71%0.13%
1.33%
AKO Capital LLP
790,207€285.6m-10.1%4.57%
1.29%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
768,832€277.9m2.11%0.11%
1.25%
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC
744,229€269.0m-1.7%1.62%
1.23%
BNY Asset Management
729,133€263.6m-1.74%0.05%
1.14%
Norges Bank Investment Management
674,830€243.9m0%0.02%
1.11%
Van Eck Associates Corporation
659,539€238.4m1.02%0.27%
1.11%
Principal Global Investors, LLC
657,226€237.6m70.6%0.12%
1.09%
Impax Asset Management Group Plc
645,646€233.4m-5.78%0.69%
1.05%
Northern Trust Global Investments
625,037€225.9m-2.19%0.03%
1.05%
The London Company of Virginia, LLC
620,792€224.4m3.76%1.26%
0.98%
UBS Asset Management AG
584,238€211.2m1.59%0.02%
0.9%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
535,335€193.5m0.92%0.04%
0.9%
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.
531,632€192.2m-1.19%0.47%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/02 03:09
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/02 00:00
Earnings2024/09/28
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Waters Corporation is covered by 44 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Catherine Ramsey SchulteBaird
Charles ButlerBarclays
Luke SergottBarclays