Watts Water Technologies is a specialty industrial machinery business based in the US. Watts Water Technologies shares (WTS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Watts Water Technologies employs 5,100 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $2.2 billion.
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| Latest market close | $202.00 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | $166.89 - $218.65 |
| 50-day moving average | $194.90 |
| 200-day moving average | $196.62 |
| Wall St. target price | $205.50 |
| PE ratio | 24.3925 |
| Dividend yield | $1.44 (0.88%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $8.05 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $202 from 2024-07-25
| 1 week (2024-07-19) | 2.87% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-06-27) | 9.87% |
| 3 months (2024-04-26) | 0.25% |
| 6 months (2024-01-26) | 1.51% |
| 1 year (2023-07-27) | 9.57% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2022-07-27) | 50.92% |
| 3 years (2021-07-27) | 38.50% |
| 5 years (2019-07-26) | 120.20% |
Valuing Watts Water Technologies stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Watts Water Technologies's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Watts Water Technologies's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 24x. In other words, Watts Water Technologies shares trade at around 24x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Watts Water Technologies's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.9414. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Watts Water Technologies's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Watts Water Technologies's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $416.5 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Watts Water Technologies's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $2.2 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 17.15% |
| Gross profit TTM | $874.3 million |
| Return on assets TTM | 10.7% |
| Return on equity TTM | 18.64% |
| Profit margin | 12.53% |
| Book value | $46.49 |
| Market Capitalization | $6.6 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Dividend payout ratio: 17.4% of net profits
Recently Watts Water Technologies has paid out, on average, around 17.4% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0.88% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Watts Water Technologies shareholders could enjoy a 0.88% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Watts Water Technologies's case, that would currently equate to about $1.44 per share.
While Watts Water Technologies's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Watts Water Technologies is investing more in its future growth.
Watts Water Technologies's most recent dividend payout was on 13 June 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 30 May 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Watts Water Technologies's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 15 March 1994. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Watts Water Technologies shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Watts Water Technologies shares which in turn could have impacted Watts Water Technologies's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Watts Water Technologies's shares have ranged in value from as little as $166.8902 up to $218.6493. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Watts Water Technologies's is 0.894. This would suggest that Watts Water Technologies's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. , together with its subsidiaries, supplies products and solutions that manage and conserve the flow of fluids and energy into, through, and out of buildings in the commercial, industrial, and residential markets in the Americas, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers residential and commercial flow control and protection products, including backflow preventers, water pressure regulators, temperature and pressure relief valves, thermostatic mixing valves, leak detection and protection products, commercial washroom solutions, and emergency safety products and equipment for plumbing and hot water applications. It also provides heating, ventilation, and air conditioning and gas products comprising commercial boilers; water heaters and heating solutions; hydronic and electric heating systems for under-floor radiant applications; custom heat and hot water solutions; hydronic pump groups for boiler manufacturers and alternative energy control packages; and flexible stainless-steel connectors for natural and liquid propane gas in commercial food service and residential applications. In addition, the company offers drainage and water re-use products, such as drainage products, engineered rainwater harvesting solutions for commercial, industrial, marine, and residential applications; connected roof drain systems; and water quality products that include point-of-use and point-of-entry water filtration, conditioning, and scale prevention systems for commercial, marine, and residential applications. The company sells its products to plumbing, heating, and mechanical wholesale distributors and dealers; original equipment manufacturers; specialty product distributors; and do-it-yourself and retail chains, as well as wholesalers and private label accounts. Watts Water Technologies, Inc.
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