WAT Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own WAT shares is 1075, representing 95.98% of the company's common stock.

DEUTSCHE BANK AG\, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in WAT by -2.96% restricting it's holding to 193.27 thousand shares of worth nearly $66.53M. SCHAPER BENZ & WISE INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC/WI also lessened -1.11% of the WAT shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 108.24 thousand shares of worth $37.26M. CREDIT SUISSE AG/ also shunned WAT shares holding by -3.72% last quarter which brought its holding to 104.13 thousand shares worth $35.85M.

As per its latest 13F filing, UBS GROUP AG increased its stake in WAT by 702.13% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 104.04 thousand shares having worth more than $35.82M. VANGUARD GROUP INC also added 0.61% more shares of WAT to its portfolio, raising its holding to 6.88 million shares of worth $2.37B. CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC also increased its WAT shares holding by 3.4% which brought its holding to 369.4 thousand shares worth $127.16M.

The insider with the most stakes in WAT is CONARD EDWARD , director at the company. Additionally, WAT stock is highly held by director REED JOANN A and director SALICE THOMAS P among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.24% percent of Waters Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which WAT insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include KUEBLER CHRISTOPHER A, BADDOUR LINDA, and CONARD EDWARD.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Waters Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 0 Waters Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.24% of WAT stock.

WAT director, CONARD EDWARD holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. WAT shares owned by CONARD total nearly 74.22 thousand.

DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ is the largest institutional owner in WAT which holds 193.27 thousand shares worth $66.53M or 0.33% of the total WAT shares outstanding followed by SCHAPER BENZ & WISE INVESTMENT COUNSEL INC/WI with ownership of 108.24 thousand shares representing 0.18% of the WAT ownership. CREDIT SUISSE AG/ is the third largest stakeholder with 104.13 thousand shares or 0.18% of the ownership worth more than $35.85M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the WAT is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of WAT shares short is 1.60M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 59.38M shares of WAT are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, WAT has 59.27M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for WAT is 3.86.