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
28 May 24BuyUS$332,900Richard FearonIndividual1,000US$332.90
13 Mar 24SellUS$177,770Linda BaddourIndividual500US$355.54

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
State or Government47,2680.0796%
Individual Insiders110,4420.186%
General Public686,8851.16%
Institutions58,531,57998.6%

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.
7,079,212US$2.4b0.82%0.04%
10.6%
BlackRock, Inc.
6,290,534US$2.2b11.3%0.04%
6.14%
Fundsmith, LLP
3,645,999US$1.3b-0.23%4.11%
4.34%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
2,577,733US$888.6m1.95%0.03%
4.11%
AllianceBernstein L.P.
2,441,638US$841.7m3.64%0.26%
3.6%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
2,138,892US$737.3m-11.5%0.16%
3.04%
Generation Investment Management LLP
1,805,875US$622.5m-0.31%2.86%
2.39%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
1,416,683US$488.3m1.19%0.04%
2.16%
Walter Scott & Partners Limited
1,283,562US$442.5m-3.44%0.98%
2.07%
Fundsmith Investment Services Limited
1,228,367US$423.4m0.06%5.42%
1.55%
GuardCap Asset Management Limited
917,528US$316.3m-6.72%4.21%
1.49%
Janus Henderson Group plc
885,593US$305.3m0.71%0.13%
1.33%
AKO Capital LLP
790,207US$272.4m-10.1%4.29%
1.29%
Invesco Capital Management LLC
768,832US$265.0m2.11%0.11%
1.25%
Champlain Investment Partners, LLC
744,229US$256.5m-1.7%1.56%
1.23%
BNY Asset Management
729,133US$251.3m-1.74%0.05%
1.14%
Norges Bank Investment Management
674,830US$232.6m0%0.02%
1.11%
Van Eck Associates Corporation
659,539US$227.3m1.02%0.26%
1.11%
Principal Global Investors, LLC
657,226US$226.6m70.6%0.11%
1.09%
Impax Asset Management Group Plc
645,646US$222.6m-5.78%0.61%
1.05%
Northern Trust Global Investments
625,037US$215.5m-2.19%0.03%
1.05%
The London Company of Virginia, LLC
620,792US$214.0m3.76%1.17%
0.98%
UBS Asset Management AG
584,238US$201.4m1.59%0.02%
0.9%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
535,335US$184.5m0.92%0.03%
0.9%
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.
531,632US$183.3m-1.19%0.43%