NYSE:WTS - Watts Water Technologies Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Watts Water Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, July 29th. Investors of record on Friday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $0.23 per share on Friday, September 13th. This represents a $0.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.94%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 29th. View Watts Water Technologies' Dividend History.

Watts Water Technologies Inc (NYSE:WTS) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July, 31st. The technology company reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.10 by $0.01. The technology company had revenue of $416.80 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $416.26 million. Watts Water Technologies had a net margin of 8.08% and a return on equity of 14.76%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 2.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.05 earnings per share. View Watts Water Technologies' Earnings History.

Watts Water Technologies is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, November 1st 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Watts Water Technologies.

5 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Watts Water Technologies' stock. Their predictions range from $93.26 to $107.00. On average, they anticipate Watts Water Technologies' stock price to reach $100.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Watts Water Technologies.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Watts Water Technologies in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Watts Water Technologies.

News articles about WTS stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Watts Water Technologies earned a media sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the technology company a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Watts Water Technologies.

Watts Water Technologies saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 360,700 shares, a decline of 12.7% from the July 15th total of 413,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 138,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.6 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's stock are short sold. View Watts Water Technologies' Current Options Chain.

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Watts Water Technologies' stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (13.92%), BlackRock Inc. (13.92%), Vanguard Group Inc. (8.45%), Impax Asset Management Group plc (5.71%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (3.50%) and Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (3.24%). Company insiders that own Watts Water Technologies stock include Elie Melhem, Joseph T Noonan, Kenneth Robert Lepage, Munish Nanda, Robert J Pagano Jr, Timothy P Horne and Todd A Trapp. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Watts Water Technologies.

WTS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Impax Asset Management Group plc, Systematic Financial Management LP, Gabelli Funds LLC, Gamco Investors INC. ET AL, John G Ullman & Associates Inc., Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH, First Trust Advisors LP and Bank of America Corp DE. Company insiders that have sold Watts Water Technologies company stock in the last year include Elie Melhem, Joseph T Noonan, Kenneth Robert Lepage, Munish Nanda and Timothy P Horne. View Insider Buying and Selling for Watts Water Technologies.

WTS stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., BlackRock Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Morgan Stanley, Mirova, Victory Capital Management Inc., Northern Trust Corp and Man Group plc. View Insider Buying and Selling for Watts Water Technologies.

Shares of WTS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of WTS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $98.24.

Watts Water Technologies has a market capitalization of $3.33 billion and generates $1.56 billion in revenue each year. The technology company earns $128 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.74 on an earnings per share basis. Watts Water Technologies employs 4,800 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Watts Water Technologies.

The official website for Watts Water Technologies is http://www.watts.com/.

Watts Water Technologies' mailing address is 815 CHESTNUT ST, NORTH ANDOVER MA, 01845. The technology company can be reached via phone at 978-688-1811 or via email at [email protected]