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 twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 1 buy rating 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 12 month price targets for Watts Water Technologies' shares. Their WTS share price forecasts range from $120.00 to $192.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $141.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.8% from the stock's current price.
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Watts Water Technologies' stock was trading at $194.17 at the beginning of the year. Since then, WTS shares have decreased by 36.9% and is now trading at $122.48.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, November 2nd 2022.
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Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:WTS) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November, 3rd. The technology company reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.30 by $0.09. The technology company earned $455 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $433.53 million. Watts Water Technologies had a net margin of 10.98% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.95%. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $1.05 earnings per share.

Watts Water Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 1st. Investors of record on Thursday, September 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Thursday, September 15th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 31st.
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Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.96%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 2 consecutive year(s), indicating that it does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 19.26%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WTS will have a dividend payout ratio of 17.94% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Watts Water Technologies updated its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 10th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.88 billion-$1.94 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.88 billion.

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 number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (6.45%), State Street Corp (2.58%), Mirova US LLC (1.94%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (1.88%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (1.84%) and Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.69%). 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 $122.48.

Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) has a market capitalization of $4.10 billion and generates $1.81 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $165.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.23 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 4,597 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.