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Watts Water Technologies Inc (WTS) stock

WTSNYSEMiscellaneous Fabricated Metal ProductsFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 27, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Nov 5, 2026Score 19/3034% above fair value
$360.39+3.16 (+0.88%)

Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $12.03BP/E 27.0Yield 0.55%

Watts Water Technologies statistics

112 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.

Important dates

Next earnings
Feb 10, 2027 (estimated, after the close)
Last ex-dividend date
Sep 1, 2026
Fundamentals through
Sep 27, 2026
Share price as of
Nov 13, 2026

Valuation ratiosIndustry

Market Cap
$12.03B
$806.10M
Enterprise Value
$11.68B
$704.71M
PE Ratio
27.02
21.87
PS Ratio
4.31
1.52
PB Ratio
5.19
2.30
P/TBV Ratio
10.18
3.51
P/FCF Ratio
32.48
19.99
P/OCF Ratio
27.75
14.02

Enterprise valuationIndustry

EV / Sales
4.18
1.65
EV / EBITDA
17.87
12.16
EV / EBIT
19.75
15.88
EV / FCF
31.55
20.92

Share statisticsIndustry

Shares Outstanding
33M
38M
Shares Change (YoY)
0.00%
-0.03%
Float
27M
29M
Shares Held by Insiders
18.7%
11.1%
Shares Held by Institutions
81.2%
80.6%

Short sellingIndustry

Short Interest
774,672
–
Short Interest Change
2.22%
1.01%
Short % of Float
2.86%
3.35%
Short % of Shares Outstanding
2.32%
2.90%
Days to Cover
2.61
3.41

Stock price statisticsIndustry

52-Week High
$394.54
–
52-Week Low
$262.96
–
20-Day Moving Average
$356.21
–
50-Day Moving Average
$355.40
–
200-Day Moving Average
$333.97
–
Average True Range (14)
$11.56
–
Price Change (1 Week)
4.12%
0.48%
Price Change (1 Month)
1.50%
-1.38%
Price Change (3 Months)
-6.44%
-10.8%
Price Change (6 Months)
21.4%
2.49%
Price Change (YTD)
30.6%
5.98%
Price Change (1 Year)
30.4%
9.82%
Price Change (3 Years)
83.1%
28.5%
Price Change (5 Years)
76.7%
-3.49%
Price Change (10 Years)
430.4%
75.2%
Average Volume (10 Days)
317,235
–
Average Volume (20 Days)
296,711
–
Average Volume (90 Days)
222,876
–
Relative Volume
1.57
0.69
Relative Strength Index (14)
53.6
48.4
Volatility (1 Year)
27.2%
41.3%
Beta (5 Years)
0.96
0.97

MarginsIndustry

Gross Margin
50.5%
28.7%
Operating Margin
21.2%
6.91%
Pretax Margin
21.1%
7.19%
Profit Margin
16.0%
4.44%
EBITDA Margin
23.4%
12.2%
FCF Margin
13.3%
5.16%

Returns on capitalIndustry

Return on Equity (ROE)
20.9%
8.74%
Return on Assets (ROA)
15.4%
4.50%
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
24.4%
7.64%
Return on Capital Employed (ROCE)
23.2%
6.65%

Financial positionIndustry

Current Ratio
2.80
2.59
Quick Ratio
1.60
1.05
Debt / Equity
0.04
0.40
Debt / EBITDA
0.15
2.13
Debt / FCF
0.27
3.73
Net Debt / EBITDA
-0.53
1.73
Interest Coverage
62.26
3.40

GrowthIndustry

Revenue Growth (YoY)
18.7%
9.61%
Net Income Growth (YoY)
37.7%
24.4%
EPS Growth (YoY)
37.7%
22.0%
FCF Growth (YoY)
7.83%
-1.14%
Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
7.20%
0.40%
Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
10.1%
6.17%
EPS Growth (3Y CAGR)
10.8%
-2.22%
EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
24.8%
9.56%

EfficiencyIndustry

Asset Turnover
0.96
0.87
Inventory Turnover
2.67
3.69
Revenue Per Employee
$490.11K
$424.36K
Profits Per Employee
$78.42K
$30.44K
Employee Count
5,700
2,200
WACC
9.89%
9.52%

Income statement (TTM)Industry

Revenue
$2.79B
$898.20M
Gross Profit
$1.41B
$268.80M
Operating Income
$591.50M
$49.18M
Pretax Income
$590.20M
$56.62M
Net Income
$447.00M
$34.96M
EBITDA
$653.80M
$72.78M
EPS (Diluted)
$13.34
$1.89

Balance sheetIndustry

Cash & Short-Term Investments
$444.80M
$72.60M
Total Debt
$98.20M
$491.34M
Net Cash (Debt)
$346.60M
$1.57M
Net Cash Per Share
$10.38
$0.07
Equity (Book Value)
$2.32B
$324.12M
Book Value Per Share
$69.48
$10.46
Tangible Book Value
$1.18B
$83.75M
Working Capital
$953.50M
$220.05M

Cash flow (TTM)Industry

Operating Cash Flow
$433.60M
$65.60M
Capital Expenditures
-$63.20M
-$23.33M
Free Cash Flow
$370.40M
$47.63M
FCF Per Share
$11.10
$1.39

Dividends and yieldsIndustry

Earnings Yield
3.72%
3.76%
FCF Yield
3.08%
3.80%
Dividend Yield
0.55%
1.15%
Buyback Yield
0.13%
0.93%
Shareholder Yield
0.69%
2.19%
Dividend Per Share
$1.99
$0.77
Dividend Growth (YoY)
20.6%
3.67%
Years of Dividend Growth
13
1

Taxes and interestIndustry

Interest Expense
$9.50M
$18.10M
Income Tax
$143.20M
$9.90M
Effective Tax Rate
24.3%
23.7%

Scores and fair valueIndustry

Graham Number
$144.41
$39.16
Graham Upside
-59.9%
-41.9%
Altman Z-Score
12.22
4.02
Piotroski F-Score
8
6
Beneish M-Score
-2.44
-2.60
Lynch Fair Value
$330.76
–
Lynch Upside
-8.22%
-8.22%

Total return vs. the S&P 500

Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 13, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.

PeriodWTSS&P 500DifferenceWTS per yearS&P 500 per year
1 month+2.6%-3.0%+5.7 pts
3 months-5.8%-2.8%−3.0 pts
Year to date+31.3%+11.5%+19.8 pts
1 year+33.5%+13.5%+20.0 pts
3 years+95.4%+77.7%+17.7 pts+25.0%+21.1%
5 years+83.6%+72.6%+11.0 pts+12.9%+11.5%
10 years+476.0%+308.2%+167.9 pts+19.1%+15.1%

Short interest

Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.

1M WTS shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, up 2.2% from the previous report, or 2.86% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 2.6 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 49.0% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.

Settlement dateShares shortChangeAvg. daily volumeDays to cover
Oct 30, 2026774,672+2.2%296,3742.6
Oct 15, 2026757,865+1.1%226,6733.3
Sep 30, 2026749,652+0.6%204,6803.7
Sep 15, 2026745,214-5.8%184,9144.0
Aug 31, 2026791,438-2.0%173,4744.6
Aug 14, 2026807,593+9.0%210,5983.8
Jul 31, 2026740,879-11.6%188,1753.9
Jul 15, 2026838,518+1.6%274,0793.1
Jun 30, 2026824,963-45.1%789,9261.0
Jun 15, 20261,502,348+12.2%359,6484.2
May 29, 20261,338,517+24.5%327,6984.1
May 15, 20261,075,512+30.8%339,4843.2

Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.

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