Select Water Solutions (WTTR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Select Water Solutions, Inc. provides water management and chemical solutions to the North American oil and natural gas industry. Its services support drilling, completions, production and infrastructure operations, with an emphasis on sourcing, transferring, treating, recycling and disposing of water used in energy production.

The company’s offerings include water sourcing and transfer, water recycling and treatment, fluid management, pipeline and infrastructure services, and related logistics. Through its Chemical Technologies business, Select Water Solutions also supplies specialty chemicals and technical services designed to support well completions, production and other oilfield applications.

Formerly known as Select Energy Services, the company was founded in 2008 and changed its name to Select Water Solutions in 2023 to reflect its broader focus on water and chemical solutions. It serves customers across major U.S. oil and gas producing regions, including the Permian, Eagle Ford, Bakken, Haynesville and other active basins. John Schmitz serves as president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $19.86 to $20.47
• 50-Day Range: $17.85 to $22.20
• 52-Week Range: $9.28 to $22.55
• Volume: 2.24 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.83 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.77 billion
• P/E Ratio: 71.46
• Dividend Yield: 1.40%
• Price Target: $24.57
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Select Water Solutions Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Select Water Solutions scored higher than 86% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 48th out of 249 stocks in the energy sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Select Water Solutions has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.70, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Select Water Solutions has a consensus price target of $24.57, representing about 22.8% upside from its current price of $20.01.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Select Water Solutions has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 18.64%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Select Water Solutions are expected to grow by 18.64% in the coming year, from $0.59 to $0.70 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Select Water Solutions is 71.46, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.66.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Select Water Solutions is 71.46, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 20.07.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Select Water Solutions has a P/B Ratio of 2.61. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.80% of the float of Select Water Solutions has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Select Water Solutions has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.52.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Select Water Solutions has recently increased by 22.18%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Select Water Solutions pays a meaningful dividend of 1.40%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Select Water Solutions has only been increasing its dividend for 2 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Select Water Solutions is 100.00%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Select Water Solutions will have a dividend payout ratio of 40.00% next year. This indicates that Select Water Solutions will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.86

News Sentiment

Select Water Solutions has a news sentiment score of 0.86. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 10 news articles for Select Water Solutions this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 3 people have searched for WTTR on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -25% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Select Water Solutions to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.9 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Select Water Solutions insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

6.20% of the stock of Select Water Solutions is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

81.73% of the stock of Select Water Solutions is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 8/04/2026
• Record date for 8/19 Dividend: 8/07/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/19 Dividend: 8/07/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/19/2026
• Today: 10/05/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/03/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Energy Equipment & Services
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:WTTR
• Previous Symbol: NASDAQ:WTTR
• CIK: 1693256
• Web: www.selectwater.com
• Phone: (940) 668-1818
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 3,300
• Year Founded: 2008

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Select Water Solutions: $24.57
• High Price Target: $28.00
• Low Price Target: $21.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +22.8%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.70
• Research Coverage: 10 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $0.28
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 71.46
• Forward P/E Ratio: 33.92
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $21.22 million
• Net Margins: 2.24%
• Pretax Margin: 2.63%
• Return on Equity: 3.11%
• Return on Assets: 1.92%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.17
• Current Ratio: 1.58
• Quick Ratio: 1.40

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.41 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.97
• Cash Flow: $1.68 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.89
• Book Value: $7.66 per share
• Price / Book: 2.61

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 138,480,000
• Free Float: 129,895,000
• Market Cap: $2.77 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.01