Waters Ownership

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


Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:WAT Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
13 Mar 24SellUS$177,770Linda BaddourIndividual500US$355.54

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: WAT insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.


Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of WAT?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies8,2220.0134%
State or Government52,9060.086%
Individual Insiders89,7570.146%
Institutions61,346,10699.8%

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


Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 72.22% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
11.5%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
6,837,662US$2.1b0.95%0.04%
9.5%
BlackRock, Inc.
5,635,293US$1.7b1.49%0.03%
8.32%
Fundsmith, LLP
4,935,371US$1.5b29.7%4.45%
5.15%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
3,054,938US$942.0m-9.38%0.21%
4.24%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
2,514,705US$775.4m-1.25%0.03%
4.15%
Walter Scott & Partners Limited
2,460,511US$758.7m-0.43%1.73%
3.42%
AllianceBernstein L.P.
2,028,650US$625.5m-1.96%0.21%
2.78%
Generation Investment Management LLP
1,646,986US$507.8m-1.28%2.12%
2.21%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
1,311,244US$404.3m2.72%0.04%
1.91%
Fundsmith Investment Services Limited
1,134,683US$349.9m2.49%4.77%
1.85%
GuardCap Asset Management Limited
1,099,047US$338.9m0%4.27%
1.66%
BNY Mellon Asset Management
984,168US$303.5m-4.65%0.06%
1.64%
Nordea Investment Management, AB
973,537US$300.2m130%0.22%
1.37%
Wellington Management Group LLP
812,124US$250.4m-22.8%0.04%
1.32%
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC
785,129US$242.1m-2.3%1.44%
1.3%
AKO Capital LLP
771,922US$238.0m63.6%3.53%
1.26%
Impax Asset Management Group Plc
744,663US$229.6m-3.98%0.59%
1.23%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
729,957US$225.1m-5.28%0.11%
1.2%
Janus Henderson Group plc
709,074US$218.6m0.74%0.1%
1.14%
Northern Trust Global Investments
674,825US$208.1m-5.44%0.03%
1.06%
Norges Bank Investment Management
626,571US$193.2m-0.62%0.02%
1.03%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
613,361US$189.1m6.41%0.04%
1.01%
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.
600,436US$185.1m-0.7%0.41%
0.99%
The London Company of Virginia, LLC
586,665US$180.9m1.35%1.0%
0.95%
Van Eck Associates Corporation
562,993US$173.6m2.22%0.23%
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