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 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Watts Water Technologies' stock. Their WTS share price forecasts range from $120.00 to $150.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $135.80 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 17.0%.
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Watts Water Technologies' stock was trading at $146.23 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, WTS stock has increased by 11.8% and is now trading at $163.52.
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Watts Water Technologies saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 763,900 shares, an increase of 37.8% from the December 15th total of 554,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 116,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.5 days. Currently, 2.8% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 8th 2023.
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Watts Water Technologies will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 9th at 9:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:WTS) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, November, 3rd. The technology company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.30 by $0.09. The technology company earned $455 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $433.53 million. Watts Water Technologies had a net margin of 11.43% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 19.81%. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.05 earnings per share.

Watts Water Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.30 per share on Thursday, December 15th. This represents a $1.20 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 30th.
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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 0.75%. 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 18.15%. 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 issued an update on its FY 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, November, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $1.94 billion-$1.95 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $1.95 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vaughan Nelson Investment Management L.P. (0.86%), Boston Trust Walden Corp (0.70%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.29%), Ceredex Value Advisors LLC (0.27%), Natixis Advisors L.P. (0.21%) and Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC (0.20%). 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 $163.52.

Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) has a market capitalization of $5.44 billion and generates $1.81 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $165.70 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.61 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.