Watts Water Technologies - WTS Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Watts Water Technologies in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research 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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5 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Watts Water Technologies' stock. Their WTS share price forecasts range from $120.00 to $147.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $129.25 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 16.1%.
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Watts Water Technologies' stock was trading at $194.17 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, WTS shares have decreased by 20.7% and is now trading at $154.01.
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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) released its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 3rd. The technology company reported $1.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.30 by $0.09. The technology company had revenue of $455 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $433.53 million. Watts Water Technologies had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 18.95% and a net margin of 10.98%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.05 earnings per share.

Watts Water Technologies declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 1st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 1st will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Thursday, September 15th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.78%. The ex-dividend date 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 0.80%. 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 18.07% 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, August, 10th. The company provided earnings per share 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 shareholders include Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (6.45%), Mirova US LLC (1.94%), Gamco Investors INC. ET AL (1.88%), Victory Capital Management Inc. (1.69%), Northern Trust Corp (1.18%) and Natixis Investment Managers International (1.16%). 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 $154.01.

Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) has a market capitalization of $5.15 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 was founded in 1874.

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.