Waters Corporation
Hedge Funds Holdings

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Waters Corporation‘s stocks are currently a part of 627 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 86.42% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 52.67M shares of Waters Corporation. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -1.58% or -844.75K shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 30.78% (193) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 41.47% (260) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 8.61% (54) closed the holdings completely. 50 hedge funds are new holders of Waters Corporation stock in Q2 2022, it is 7.97% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding Waters (Q3 2017 – Q2 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q3 2017 522
Q4 2017 564
Q1 2018 565
Q2 2018 545
Q3 2018 556
Q4 2018 541
Q1 2019 594
Q2 2019 567
Q3 2019 561
Q4 2019 574
Q1 2020 520
Q2 2020 528
Q3 2020 531
Q4 2020 566
Q1 2021 582
Q2 2021 615
Q3 2021 637
Q4 2021 648
Q1 2022 636
Q2 2022 627

Hedge funds changes in Waters positions (Q3 2017 – Q2 2022)

Changes in positions
Q3 2017 401752004859
Q4 2017 821891983857
Q1 2018 531702344365
Q2 2018 371752205459
Q3 2018 551422413979
Q4 2018 551642076748
Q1 2019 931552383672
Q2 2019 471792416535
Q3 2019 411612374577
Q4 2019 651642303976
Q1 2020 41156229931
Q2 2020 611652044850
Q3 2020 491622124365
Q4 2020 821731964570
Q1 2021 691912054770
Q2 2021 7320020134107
Q3 2021 752401974382
Q4 2021 901932307461
Q1 2022 672072296865
Q2 2022 501932605470

Hedge funds changes in Waters stock options (Q3 2017 – Q2 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q3 2017 6,805,000 29,432,000
Q4 2017 12,546,000 23,626,000
Q1 2018 7,550,000 15,060,000
Q2 2018 21,843,000 35,630,000
Q3 2018 17,209,000 22,039,000
Q4 2018 7,784,000 9,000,123,861,000
Q1 2019 40,072,000 46,668,000
Q2 2019 68,684,000 16,164,000
Q3 2019 43,856,000 31,556,000
Q4 2019 23,594,000 19,834,000
Q1 2020 24,842,000 21,864,000
Q2 2020 30,073,000 20,348,000
Q3 2020 27,347,000 31,284,000
Q4 2020 10,738,000 10,812,000
Q1 2021 14,690,000 20,400,000
Q2 2021 34,353,000 21,393,000
Q3 2021 85,501,000 89,502,000
Q4 2021 49,233,000 58,721,000
Q1 2022 35,337,000 51,769,000
Q2 2022 25,617,000 23,500,000

Top 50 hedge fund holders of Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
VANGUARD GROUP INC 1.82B 6.76M 0.054%
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 1.75B 6.49M 0.060%
FUNDSMITH LLP 995.42M 3.69M 4.725%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 951.84M 3.53M 0.231%
STATE STREET CORP 717.04M 2.66M 0.045%
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 707.17M 2.62M 0.264%
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP Jean Hynes 356.94M 1.32M 0.076%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 316.36M 1.17M 0.048%
INVESCO LTD. 248.14M 920.64K 0.080%
FUNDSMITH INVESTMENT SERVICES LTD. 221.77M 822.81K 3.836%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 206.74M 767.06K 0.047%
CHAMPLAIN INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC 204.23M 757.74K 1.394%
IMPAX ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP PLC 193.84M 719.18K 0.996%
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 182.30M 676.17K 0.030%
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 172.63M 640.48K 0.067%
MAWER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD. 160.84M 596.75K 0.975%
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 143.88M 533.84K 0.127%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 137.68M 510.83K 0.031%
FMR LLC 114.23M 423.82K 0.012%
JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 113.21M 420.05K 0.085%
BOSTON TRUST WALDEN CORP 105.65M 391.99K 1.047%
MORGAN STANLEY 104.64M 388.25K 0.014%
AMUNDI 103.00M 354.18K 0.061%
EATON VANCE MANAGEMENT 101.75M 377.53K 0.151%
UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC 100.55M 373.09K 0.056%
MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC Israel Englander 100.51M 372.92K 0.059%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 100.00M 371.03K 0.012%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 96.79M 359.13K 0.035%
NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 92.75M 335.87K 0.150%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 91.01M 337.69K 0.029%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 84.99M 315.32K 0.034%
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 83.96M 311.50K 0.124%
SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. 80.98M 300.45K 0.067%
INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 79.81M 296.12K 0.597%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 79.77M 295.92K 0.031%
SWISS NATIONAL BANK 70.35M 261.01K 0.050%
NEWPORT TRUST CO 65.17M 241.81K 0.220%
SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 63.05M 233.92K 0.104%
BECK MACK & OLIVER LLC 62.32M 231.23K 2.012%
DEKABANK DEUTSCHE GIROZENTRALE 57.80M 213.38K 0.171%
ROBECO INSTITUTIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT B.V. 57.59M 213.67K 0.184%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 56.32M 208.97K 0.013%
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 54.29M 201.42K 0.033%
LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 53.64M 199.03K 0.278%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 44.87M 165.37K 0.073%
BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. Dmitry Balyasny 44.48M 165.06K 0.137%
ABRDN PLC 43.77M 162.42K 0.130%
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 43.72M 162.23K 0.065%
KBC GROUP NV 42.13M 156.33K 0.220%
MITSUBISHI UFJ TRUST & BANKING CORP 41.93M 155.57K 0.117%