Watts Water Technologies (WTS) Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Watts Water Technologies in the last year. There are currently 6 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" WTS shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in WTS, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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6 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Watts Water Technologies' shares. Their WTS share price forecasts range from $120.00 to $180.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $148.57 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.7%.
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Watts Water Technologies' stock was trading at $146.23 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, WTS shares have increased by 15.0% and is now trading at $168.20.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, August 2nd 2023.
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Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:WTS) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, May, 3rd. The technology company reported $1.92 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.63 by $0.29. The technology company earned $471.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $473.29 million. Watts Water Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.77% and a net margin of 13.16%. The business's revenue was up 1.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.63 earnings per share.

Watts Water Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, June 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.36 per share on Thursday, June 15th. This represents a $1.44 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.86%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 31st. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.30.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) stock in their portfolio include First Trust Water ETF (FIW), Global X Clean Water ETF (AQWA), iShares MSCI Water Management Multisector ETF (IWTR), Subversive Decarbonization ETF (DKRB), iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF (EFRA), Ecofin Global Water ESG Fund (EBLU), Invesco S&P Global Water Index ETF (CGW) and Horizon Kinetics Energy and Remediation ETF (NVIR).

Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) pays an annual dividend of $1.44 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.89%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 3 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 18.46%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WTS will have a dividend payout ratio of 19.59% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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48 employees have rated Watts Water Technologies Chief Executive Officer Robert J. Pagano, Jr. on Glassdoor.com. Robert J. Pagano, Jr. has an approval rating of 66% among the company's employees. 53.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Watts Water Technologies to a friend.

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Watts Water Technologies trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WTS."

Watts Water Technologies' stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (12.29%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (6.40%), Impax Asset Management Group plc (5.90%), State Street Corp (2.73%), Mirova US LLC (2.02%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.90%). Insiders that own company stock include Elie Melhem, Joseph T Noonan, Kenneth Robert Lepage, Kevin Hettrich, Munish Nanda, Robert J Pagano Jr, Shashank Patel and Timothy P Horne.
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Shares of WTS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of WTS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $168.20.

Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) has a market capitalization of $5.61 billion and generates $1.98 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $251.50 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.80 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,600 workers across the globe.

Watts Water Technologies' mailing address is 815 CHESTNUT ST, NORTH ANDOVER MA, 01845. The official website for the company is www.watts.com. The technology company can be reached via phone at (978) 688-1811, via email at investorrelations@wattswater.com, or via fax at 978-794-1848.