Waters Corporation

NYSE:WAT Stock Report

Market Cap: US$32.7b

Waters Ownership

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


Recent Insider Transactions

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 WAT?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies590.0000602%
State or Government53,4720.0545%
Individual Insiders70,1110.0715%
General Public38,659,45439.4%
Institutions59,293,49560.5%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been substantially diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 65.2%.


Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 40.48% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
7.62%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
7,469,936US$2.5b-2.44%0.03%
5.54%
BlackRock, Inc.
5,431,807US$1.8b-10.5%0.02%
3.63%
Fundsmith, LLP
3,557,978US$1.2b-10.1%5.37%
2.74%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
2,683,138US$894.4m0.13%0.03%
2.68%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
2,624,715US$874.9m-2.42%0.18%
2.11%
AllianceBernstein L.P.
2,066,898US$689.0m-0.84%0.19%
1.62%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
1,593,388US$531.1m0.54%0.03%
1.32%
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.
1,298,752US$432.9m-16.3%1.17%
1.32%
Janus Henderson Group plc
1,290,393US$430.1m-0.92%0.15%
1.27%
Veritas Asset Management LLP
1,241,206US$413.7m112%2.24%
1.17%
Fundsmith Investment Services Limited
1,146,209US$382.1m-15.5%7.0%
1.03%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
1,011,566US$337.2m-25.4%0.09%
0.89%
Principal Global Investors, LLC
872,563US$290.9m0.22%0.12%
0.87%
UBS Asset Management AG
850,022US$283.3m20.9%0.02%
0.82%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
805,635US$268.5m177%0.02%
0.77%
AKO Capital LLP
753,455US$251.1m-6.63%6.73%
0.71%
Norges Bank Investment Management
699,659US$233.2m-8.32%0.01%
0.7%
Northern Trust Global Investments
684,521US$228.2m-3.53%0.03%
0.59%
Marshall Wace LLP
581,063US$193.7m1,610%0.2%
0.55%
Millennium Management LLC
538,713US$179.6m1,460%0.11%
0.54%
GuardCap Asset Management Limited
530,654US$176.9m-15.2%4.58%
0.52%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
506,775US$168.9m-5.73%0.02%
0.51%
The London Company of Virginia, LLC
504,674US$168.2m-9.21%0.9%
0.51%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
499,017US$166.3m0%0.05%
0.47%
Findlay Park Partners LLP
458,469US$152.8m-16.8%1.89%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/02/23 20:42
End of Day Share Price 2026/02/20 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

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PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
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 37 analysts. 17 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