§ LIFE SCIENCES TOOLS & SERVICES
USD · Life Sciences Tools & Services

WAT

WATERS CORP
· USDSector · Life Sciences Tools & ServicesMarket cap · $29846.52TBeta · 1.21
LAST · MARKET CLOSE
404.69
−11.15 ▼ 2.68%PREV CLOSE · $415.84
§ 01 · PRICE
Price action
1D5D1M6MYTD1YMAX
OPEN 410.00HIGH 421.74LOW 403.43VOL 0AVG VOL 52W 275.05 — 414.15
EVENTSMAR 18 · JW BUY
§ 02 · AC TAKE
Where we stand
HOLDAWAITING UPDATE

WAT reference view — institutional positioning, fundamentals and flow.

AC intelligence is being prepared for this ticker. Review the signal stack, ownership mix and insider tape below for the data behind our read.

CONVICTION
50/100
TIME HORIZON
6M
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§ 03 · SIGNAL STACK · WHAT THE INPUTS SAY

13F FLOW
1027 increased/new, 115 decreased/exited (13F)
AC 13F Analysis
INSIDER
No recent filings
SHORT INT
FINRA · bi-monthly
OPTIONS SKEW
CBOE · 30d
ANALYST
Street consensus
CROWDING
Ownership percentile

§ 04 · FUNDAMENTALS · THE BOOKS

P/E46.4P/S
EV/EBITDAP/B8.83
Revenue (TTM)Rev YoY
Gross marginOp margin
Net incomeFCF
CashDebt
DividendBuybacks 1Y
AC INTELLIGENCE

Fundamentals snapshot for WAT. Valuation multiples, margins, and balance-sheet position across two key/value columns. AC commentary expands as the narrative for this ticker is published.

§ 05 · WHO OWNS IT
Top institutional holders
All holders →
FundShares% portΔ Q/Q
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC6.4M0.0%
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC6.4M0.0%
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC4.8M0.1%
State Street4.4M0.0%+63%
BlackRock, Inc.3.4M0.0%+57%
Fundsmith LLP3.2M7.5%−10%
AC INTELLIGENCE

Top institutional owners for WAT as of the most recent 13F window (Mar 2026). Δ Q/Q reflects share-count change vs. the prior filing — positive green means adding, negative red means trimming. Cross-reference with the ownership-mix bars below to see which strategy cohort is driving the flow.

§ 06 · WHO OWNS IT · BY STRATEGY

OTHER48.3% · 949 holders
QUALITY / COMPOUNDER18.7% · 41 holders
PASSIVE / INDEX15.6% · 15 holders
DEALER / BANK14.2% · 93 holders
DEEP VALUE3.6% · 4 holders
INCOME / DEFENSIVE3.5% · 49 holders
TACTICAL / MACRO1.8% · 5 holders
ACTIVIST1.0% · 1 holder
SYSTEMATIC / QUANT0.6% · 10 holders
GROWTH / MOMENTUM0.0% · 1 holder
AC INTELLIGENCE

Ownership mix by behavioral cohort. Top bars indicate which style of capital dominates the float — passive indexing, quality compounders, dealer/bank, systematic quant, etc. Big quality-compounder share means concentrated active conviction; heavy passive share means flows are dictated by index rebalances, not fundamentals.

§ 07 · INSIDER ACTIVITY · LAST 180 DAYS

DateInsiderRoleActionShares$ value
MAR 18Jiang WeiBUY500+$145K
MAR 10FEARON RICHARD HBUY1K+$306K
AC INTELLIGENCE

2 insider buys, 0 sells in the last 180 days. Scheduled 10b5-1 sales are pre-programmed and neutral; discretionary clusters are the tape worth reading. Cross-reference with the signal stack above for context.

§ 08 · COVERAGE · OUR RECENT NOTES