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$261.30 +8.81 (+3.49%)
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WTS vs. FELE, PEGA, WWD, DCI, DOV, GGG, ITT, ITW, PNR, and XYL

Should you be buying Watts Water Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Watts Water Technologies include Franklin Electric (FELE), Pegasystems (PEGA), Woodward (WWD), Donaldson (DCI), Dover (DOV), Graco (GGG), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Pentair (PNR), and Xylem (XYL).

Watts Water Technologies vs. Its Competitors

Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) and Franklin Electric (NASDAQ:FELE) are related mid-cap companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitability.

95.0% of Watts Water Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Watts Water Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Watts Water Technologies currently has a consensus target price of $234.20, suggesting a potential downside of 10.37%. Franklin Electric has a consensus target price of $107.00, suggesting a potential upside of 13.23%. Given Franklin Electric's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Franklin Electric is more favorable than Watts Water Technologies.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Watts Water Technologies
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
Franklin Electric
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Watts Water Technologies pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Watts Water Technologies pays out 23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Franklin Electric pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Watts Water Technologies has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Franklin Electric has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years. Franklin Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Watts Water Technologies has higher revenue and earnings than Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watts Water Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Watts Water Technologies$2.24B3.89$291.20M$8.7329.93
Franklin Electric$2.02B2.14$180.31M$3.8224.74

Watts Water Technologies has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Franklin Electric has a beta of 1.07, meaning that its stock price is 7% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Franklin Electric had 19 more articles in the media than Watts Water Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Franklin Electric and 3 mentions for Watts Water Technologies. Watts Water Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Franklin Electric's score of 0.58 indicating that Watts Water Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Watts Water Technologies
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Franklin Electric
2 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Watts Water Technologies has a net margin of 13.07% compared to Franklin Electric's net margin of 8.85%. Watts Water Technologies' return on equity of 17.59% beat Franklin Electric's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Watts Water Technologies13.07% 17.59% 12.34%
Franklin Electric 8.85%14.08%9.72%

Summary

Watts Water Technologies beats Franklin Electric on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WTS vs. The Competition

MetricWatts Water TechnologiesINSTRU IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.72B$2.98B$29.02B$20.78B
Dividend Yield0.82%1.00%3.03%3.60%
P/E Ratio29.9326.9334.3227.72
Price / Sales3.892.921,674.3067.40
Price / Cash23.9115.1538.7223.29
Price / Book5.103.487.734.52
Net Income$291.20M$91.11M$781.40M$993.24M
7 Day Performance3.95%-0.97%-2.32%-2.56%
1 Month Performance6.00%-0.83%2.90%2.01%
1 Year Performance25.96%8.36%24.50%8.22%

Watts Water Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WTS
Watts Water Technologies
3.7656 of 5 stars
$261.30
+3.5%
$234.20
-10.4%
+23.6%$8.72B$2.24B29.934,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.6352 of 5 stars
$90.32
-0.6%
$94.00
+4.1%
-8.3%$4.12B$2.02B23.646,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
PEGA
Pegasystems
4.2359 of 5 stars
$51.34
-1.7%
$54.82
+6.8%
+83.2%$8.79B$1.50B49.845,443Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
WWD
Woodward
4.4118 of 5 stars
$254.15
-1.7%
$232.25
-8.6%
+43.1%$15.34B$3.36B41.069,300Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
DCI
Donaldson
3.9824 of 5 stars
$70.06
-0.5%
$70.00
-0.1%
-3.4%$8.16B$3.59B23.5114,000News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
DOV
Dover
4.8106 of 5 stars
$186.99
-0.7%
$208.58
+11.5%
-1.3%$25.64B$7.73B11.2624,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GGG
Graco
4.5304 of 5 stars
$86.25
-0.6%
$93.00
+7.8%
+1.4%$14.42B$2.15B30.484,300Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
ITT
ITT
4.5751 of 5 stars
$156.80
-1.5%
$173.25
+10.5%
+14.4%$12.34B$3.63B24.9311,700News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.5385 of 5 stars
$254.59
-0.2%
$255.67
+0.4%
+4.5%$74.60B$15.90B22.3944,000Positive News
Earnings Report
PNR
Pentair
4.7182 of 5 stars
$105.01
-1.0%
$111.00
+5.7%
+16.5%$17.28B$4.08B27.139,750Analyst Downgrade
XYL
Xylem
4.4782 of 5 stars
$131.89
-0.6%
$149.29
+13.2%
-6.8%$32.10B$8.60B35.4523,000Positive News
Upcoming Earnings

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