Compare Stocks: ITW, VIS, and WTS

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Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$276.86 +0.7%	$272.36	$238.82 ▼ $303.15	$78.31B	0.96	1.36 million shs	1.02 million shs
VIS Vanguard Industrials ETF	$321.89 +0.9%	$331.59	$282.03 ▼ $362.21	$8.06B	1.04	109,602 shs	114,225 shs
WTS Watts Water Technologies	$363.30 +1.5%	$360.59	$260.00 ▼ $394.54	$11.95B	1.15	220,183 shs	190,269 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ITW Illinois Tool Works	+0.66%	+2.92%	+3.38%	+0.10%	+7.66%
VIS Vanguard Industrials ETF	+0.88%	+0.77%	-1.60%	-7.97%	+7.57%
WTS Watts Water Technologies	+1.29%	+3.40%	+3.42%	+5.95%	+28.95%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$276.86 +0.7%	$272.36	$238.82 ▼ $303.15	$78.31B	0.96	1.36 million shs	1.02 million shs
VIS Vanguard Industrials ETF	$321.89 +0.9%	$331.59	$282.03 ▼ $362.21	$8.06B	1.04	109,602 shs	114,225 shs
WTS Watts Water Technologies	$363.30 +1.5%	$360.59	$260.00 ▼ $394.54	$11.95B	1.15	220,183 shs	190,269 shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ITW Illinois Tool Works	+0.66%	+2.92%	+3.38%	+0.10%	+7.66%
VIS Vanguard Industrials ETF	+0.88%	+0.77%	-1.60%	-7.97%	+7.57%
WTS Watts Water Technologies	+1.29%	+3.40%	+3.42%	+5.95%	+28.95%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ITW Illinois Tool Works	1.69	Reduce	$273.42	-1.25% Downside
VIS Vanguard Industrials ETF	2.68	Moderate Buy	$321.89	N/A
WTS Watts Water Technologies	2.55	Moderate Buy	$371.90	2.37% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ITW, VIS, and WTS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
10/19/2026	WTS Watts Water Technologies	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target		$445.00
10/14/2026	WTS Watts Water Technologies	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Reiterated Rating	Sector Perform	$417.00
10/13/2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
10/9/2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Set Price Target		$277.00
10/9/2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Neutral	$350.00 ➝ $270.00
10/8/2026	WTS Watts Water Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (A-) ➝ Buy (A)
10/5/2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Hold	$308.00 ➝ $297.00
9/30/2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Lower Price Target	Hold	$287.00 ➝ $281.00
9/28/2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
9/14/2026	WTS Watts Water Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (B+) ➝ Buy (A-)
9/1/2026	WTS Watts Water Technologies	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access to unlock brokerage rankings	Upgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B+)

(Data available from 10/22/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$16.04B	4.91	$12.02 per share	23.03	$11.12 per share	24.90
VIS Vanguard Industrials ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WTS Watts Water Technologies	$2.44B	4.97	$12.58 per share	28.89	$60.82 per share	5.97

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$3.07B	$11.03	24.93	22.38	2.97	19.39%	101.72%	19.64%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
VIS Vanguard Industrials ETF	N/A	N/A	23.72	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
WTS Watts Water Technologies	$340.80M	$11.45	30.30	26.04	3.48	14.34%	19.16%	13.78%	11/4/2026 (Estimated)

Latest ITW, VIS, and WTS Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
11/4/2026	Q3 2026	WTS Watts Water Technologies	$3.14	N/A	N/A	N/A	$692.57 million	N/A
10/27/2026	Q3 2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	$2.97	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.26 billion	N/A
8/5/2026	Q2 2026	WTS Watts Water Technologies	$3.34	$3.66	+$0.32	$3.53	$725.99 million	$763.20 million
7/28/2026	Q2 2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	$2.80	$2.84	+$0.04	$2.84	$4.19 billion	$4.30 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ITW Illinois Tool Works	$6.88	2.48%	+7.07%	62.38%	55 Years
VIS Vanguard Industrials ETF	$3.06	0.95%	N/A	N/A	N/A
WTS Watts Water Technologies	$2.52	0.70%	+16.68%	22.01%	13 Years

Latest ITW, VIS, and WTS Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
8/7/2026	ITW Illinois Tool Works	quarterly	$1.72	2.67%	9/30/2026	9/30/2026	10/9/2026
8/3/2026	WTS Watts Water Technologies	quarterly	$0.63	0.71%	9/1/2026	9/1/2026	9/15/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ITW Illinois Tool Works	2.26	1.11	0.81
VIS Vanguard Industrials ETF	N/A	N/A	N/A
WTS Watts Water Technologies	0.05	2.66	1.60

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ITW Illinois Tool Works	79.77%
VIS Vanguard Industrials ETF	N/A
WTS Watts Water Technologies	95.02%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ITW Illinois Tool Works	0.83%
VIS Vanguard Industrials ETF	N/A
WTS Watts Water Technologies	1.00%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ITW Illinois Tool Works	43,000	284.80 million	282.44 million	Optionable
VIS Vanguard Industrials ETF	N/A	25.04 million	N/A	Not Optionable
WTS Watts Water Technologies	5,700	33.38 million	33.05 million	Optionable

ITW, VIS, and WTS Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. $WTS Stock: Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Boosts Position

October 21 at 3:04 AM | marketbeat.com

Illinois Tool Works Faces Headwinds—2 Alternatives Stand Out (WTS)

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October 19 at 12:15 PM | marketbeat.com

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. $WTS Position Cut by Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC

October 18, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) Stock Rating Lowered by Wall Street Zen

October 17, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Watts Named to Newsweek America’s Greenest Companies 2027 List

October 16, 2026 | phcppros.comP

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. $WTS Shares Newly Acquired by First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.

October 16, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Royal Bank Of Canada Reaffirms Sector Perform Rating for Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS)

October 16, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Watts Water Technologies' (WTS) Sector Perform Rating Reiterated at Royal Bank Of Canada

October 14, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Watts Water Named to Newsweek’s “America’s Greenest Companies 2027” List

October 13, 2026 | financialpost.comF

3,699 Watts Water Technologies, Inc. $WTS Shares Sold by Perpetual Ltd

October 13, 2026 | marketbeat.com

3 big reasons to love Watts Water Technologies (WTS)

October 9, 2026 | msn.com

Watts Water Technologies (WTS): A Hidden Data Center Stock in Billionaire Mario Gabelli’s Portfolio

October 8, 2026 | insidermonkey.com

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2026 Earnings Release and Conference Call

October 7, 2026 | financialpost.comF

Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) Stock Price Breaks Above Two Hundred Day Moving Average - Time to Sell?

October 7, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. Announces Retirement of Kenneth R. Lepage as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer, Effective March 31, 2027

October 1, 2026 | marketscreener.comM

Watts Water Technologies Announces Retirement of Kenneth R. Lepage and Succession Process

October 1, 2026 | financialpost.comF

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:WTS) Stock Now Rated "Moderate Buy" by Wall Street Brokerages

September 29, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Analyzing Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) and UFP Industries (NASDAQ:UFPI)

September 24, 2026 | defenseworld.netD

Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) Shares Pass Above 200-Day Moving Average - Here's What Happened

September 22, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Watts Water (WTS) Stock May Trade Near Fair Value Despite Record Sales

September 15, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

5 Stocks to Buy as U.S. Manufacturing Stays on Growth Track

September 9, 2026 | zacks.com

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ITW, VIS, and WTS Company Descriptions

Illinois Tool Works NYSE:ITW

$276.86 +1.89 (+0.69%)

Closing price 10/21/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$277.02 +0.15 (+0.05%)

As of 10/21/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Illinois Tool Works Inc. manufactures and sells industrial products and equipment in the United States and internationally. It operates through seven segments: Automotive OEM; Food Equipment; Test & Measurement and Electronics; Welding; Polymers & Fluids; Construction Products; and Specialty Products. The Automotive OEM segment offers plastic and metal components, fasteners, and assemblies for automobiles, light trucks, and other industrial uses. The Food Equipment segment provides warewashing, refrigeration, cooking, and food processing equipment; kitchen exhaust, ventilation, and pollution control systems; and food equipment maintenance and repair services. The Test & Measurement and Electronics segment produces and sells equipment, consumables, and related software for testing and measuring of materials and structures, as well as equipment and consumables used in the production of electronic subassemblies and microelectronics. The Welding segment produces arc welding equipment; and metal arc welding consumables and related accessories. The Polymers & Fluids segment produces adhesives, sealants, lubrication and cutting fluids, and fluids and polymers for auto aftermarket maintenance and appearance. The Construction Products segment offers engineered fastening systems and solutions for the residential construction, renovation/remodel, and commercial construction markets. The Specialty Products segment provides beverage packaging equipment and consumables, product coding and marking equipment and consumables, and appliance components and fasteners. It serves the automotive OEM and tiers, MRO, commercial food equipment, construction, general industrial, industrial capital goods, consumer durables, automotive aftermarket end, and other markets. The company distributes its products directly to industrial manufacturers, as well as through independent distributors. Illinois Tool Works Inc. was founded in 1912 and is based in Glenview, Illinois.

Vanguard Industrials ETF NYSEARCA:VIS

$321.89 +2.80 (+0.88%)

Closing price 10/21/2026 04:10 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$321.98 +0.10 (+0.03%)

As of 10/21/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

Vanguard Industrials ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the investment performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Industrials 25/50 Index, a benchmark of large-, mid-, and small-cap United States stocks in the industrials sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). This GICS sector is made up of companies whose businesses are dominated by one of the following activities, the manufacture and distribution of capital goods (including aerospace and defense, construction, engineering and building products, electrical equipment, and industrial machinery); the provision of commercial services and supplies (including printing, employment, environmental, and office services); or the provision of transportation services (including airlines, couriers, marine, road and rail, and transportation infrastructure). The Vanguard Group, Inc. serves as advisor to the Fund through its Quantitative Equity Group.

Watts Water Technologies NYSE:WTS

$363.30 +5.20 (+1.45%)

Closing price 10/21/2026 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$363.25 -0.05 (-0.01%)

As of 10/21/2026 07:30 PM Eastern

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. was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in North Andover, Massachusetts.

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