During Q3 2018 the big money sentiment decreased to 0.74. That’s change of 0.13, from 2018Q2’s 0.87. 29 investors sold all, 198 reduced holdings as WAT ratio worsened. 108 increased stakes while 60 funds took stakes. Funds hold 67.26 million shares thus 4.26% less from 2018Q2’s 70.25 million shares. State Of Wisconsin Board reported 0.04% of its capital in Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT). Etrade Capital Mgmt Ltd Liability owns 3,156 shs for 0.02% of their capital. Cibc reported 0% stake. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Co reported 1,157 shs. Two Sigma Secs Limited Liability Company holds 0% of its capital in Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) for 2,318 shs. Massmutual Trust Fsb Adv reported 0% stake. Trexquant Invest Ltd Partnership stated it has 0.02% of its capital in Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT). Johnson Financial Inc invested 0% in Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT). Ajo Limited Partnership holds 7,557 shs. Baldwin Brothers Inc Ma has 0.08% invested in Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT). Cibc Ww Markets Corp reported 21,310 shs or 0.04% of all its holdings. Hl Finance Lc invested in 39,894 shs. Royal London Asset Mngmt Ltd owns 31,162 shs. Mawer Invest Management has invested 0.75% in Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT). Ledyard National Bank & Trust holds 1,660 shs.

WAT had 13 insider sales and 0 insider purchases since August 27, 2018. This’s net activity of $25.49 million. $672,000 worth of Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) was sold by SALICE THOMAS P on Wednesday, October 31. Another trade for 2,942 shs valued at $673,571 was made by Kelly Terrence P on Monday, January 28. The insider King Ian sold $5.25M. Another trade for 20,000 shs valued at $4.60 million was sold by Harrington Michael C. $1.60M worth of stock was sold by KUEBLER CHRISTOPHER A on Friday, November 16. On Wednesday, January 2 Shares for $133,564 were sold by REED JOANN A.

Based on the latest 2018Q3 regulatory filing with the SEC, Veritas Asset Management Llp reduced its holdings in Waters Corp (WAT) by 2.87%. The company’s stock declined 1.74% with the market as Veritas Asset Management Llp sold 48,681 shares. The laboratory analytical instruments company at the end of 2018Q3 was priced at $320.96 million. It’s down from 1.70M at the end of the previous reported quarter. Now it had 1.65M shares held by the institutional investor . $17.34 billion is Waters Corp’s MC. The stock decreased 0.45% or $1.04 during the last trading session, hitting $228.96.Currently Waters Corporation is downtrending after 3.53% change in last February 8, 2018. WAT has also 149,253 shares volume. WAT underperformed the S&P 500 by 3.53%.

A portfolio of $11.88B is managed by Veritas Asset Management Llp. As it’s announced in SEC form the stake in Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) is increased by 242,300 shares to 2.56M shares. They are valued at $421.71 million in 2018Q3. For a total of 11.93 million shares it increased its holding in Dentsply Sirona Inc by 1.84M shares in the quarter, and has risen its stake in Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA).

For more Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) news posted briefly go to: Seekingalpha.com, Businesswire.com, Seekingalpha.com, Businesswire.com or Seekingalpha.com. The titles are as follows: “Waters Corporation (WAT) CEO Christopher O’Connell on Q2 2018 Results – Earnings Call Transcript – Seeking Alpha” posted on July 24, 2018, “Waters and Malvern Panalytical Collaborate to Improve Polymer Characterization – Business Wire” on January 16, 2018, “Waters Corp.: Buy Now – Seeking Alpha” with a publish date: August 10, 2018, “Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) Reports Third Quarter 2018 Financial Results – Business Wire” and the last “Waters Corp.: Secular Tailwinds Will Lift The Share Price – Seeking Alpha” with publication date: March 17, 2017.

Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) Ratings Coverage

In total 9 analysts cover Waters (NYSE:WAT). “Buy” rating has 0, “Sell” are 2, while 7 are “Hold”. (NYSE:WAT) has 0 bullish analysts. 10 are the (NYSE:WAT)’s ratings reports on Feb 8, 2019 according to StockzIntelligence Inc. On Wednesday, October 10 the stock of Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) earned “Equal-Weight” rating by Morgan Stanley. On Thursday, January 3 the rating was upgraded by Bank of America to “Neutral”. In Wednesday, October 24 report UBS maintained the stock with “Neutral” rating. The stock rating was downgraded by Leerink Swann to “Market Perform” on Monday, October 8. On Wednesday, December 12 JP Morgan downgraded Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) to “Underweight” rating. On Friday, November 30 Goldman Sachs downgraded Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) to “Sell” rating. On Wednesday, October 24 the stock of Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) earned “Equal-Weight” rating by Barclays Capital. On Thursday, January 24 Robert W. Baird downgraded Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) rating. Robert W. Baird has “Neutral” rating and $211 target. In Wednesday, October 24 report JP Morgan maintained it with “Neutral” rating and $185 target.