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$238.71 +0.69 (+0.29%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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WTS vs. XYL, DOV, SNA, PNR, IEX, GGG, WWD, ITT, NDSN, and RBC

Should you be buying Watts Water Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Watts Water Technologies include Xylem (XYL), Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), IDEX (IEX), Graco (GGG), Woodward (WWD), ITT (ITT), Nordson (NDSN), and RBC Bearings (RBC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.

Watts Water Technologies vs.

Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) and Xylem (NYSE:XYL) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Watts Water Technologies$2.24B3.55$291.20M$8.7327.34
Xylem$8.60B3.54$890M$3.7233.65

Watts Water Technologies has a net margin of 12.93% compared to Xylem's net margin of 10.40%. Watts Water Technologies' return on equity of 18.08% beat Xylem's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Watts Water Technologies12.93% 18.08% 12.49%
Xylem 10.40%9.96%6.48%

Watts Water Technologies pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Watts Water Technologies pays out 23.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Xylem pays out 43.0% 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 Xylem has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Xylem received 235 more outperform votes than Watts Water Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.39% of users gave Xylem an outperform vote while only 56.18% of users gave Watts Water Technologies an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Watts Water TechnologiesOutperform Votes
300
56.18%
Underperform Votes
234
43.82%
XylemOutperform Votes
535
63.39%
Underperform Votes
309
36.61%

95.0% of Watts Water Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Xylem shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Watts Water Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Xylem shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Xylem had 7 more articles in the media than Watts Water Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Xylem and 22 mentions for Watts Water Technologies. Xylem's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Watts Water Technologies' score of 0.92 indicating that Xylem is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Watts Water Technologies
10 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Xylem
23 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Watts Water Technologies presently has a consensus target price of $222.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.00%. Xylem has a consensus target price of $146.88, suggesting a potential upside of 17.32%. Given Xylem's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Xylem 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
Xylem
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70

Watts Water Technologies has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xylem has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Xylem beats Watts Water Technologies on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WTS vs. The Competition

MetricWatts Water Technologiesfabricated metal products IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$7.95B$9.97B$25.06B$19.30B
Dividend Yield0.70%1.48%2.89%3.83%
P/E Ratio27.4714.0644.3834.53
Price / Sales3.551.712,068.5534.83
Price / Cash20.8230.6934.7817.51
Price / Book4.662.426.704.69
Net Income$291.20M$386.34M$739.31M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-2.31%-5.22%-0.97%-2.43%
1 Month Performance16.74%21.06%11.46%6.27%
1 Year Performance13.58%-14.78%52,711.79%5.78%

Watts Water Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WTS
Watts Water Technologies
4.0299 of 5 stars
$238.71
+0.3%
$222.00
-7.0%
+11.7%$7.95B$2.24B27.474,600
XYL
Xylem
4.4065 of 5 stars
$127.26
+3.6%
$146.88
+15.4%
-13.8%$30.97B$8.60B34.7717,800Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.6537 of 5 stars
$183.36
+4.1%
$206.33
+12.5%
-4.1%$25.14B$7.73B9.4325,000Trending News
SNA
Snap-on
3.5581 of 5 stars
$326.76
+3.5%
$350.83
+7.4%
+16.3%$17.09B$4.67B16.7612,900Trending News
Ex-Dividend
PNR
Pentair
4.602 of 5 stars
$98.13
+5.0%
$106.93
+9.0%
+16.1%$16.14B$4.08B26.2411,200Gap Up
IEX
IDEX
4.3956 of 5 stars
$191.32
+4.3%
$211.25
+10.4%
-16.9%$14.45B$3.28B28.778,870Trending News
GGG
Graco
3.8821 of 5 stars
$86.43
+3.8%
$93.00
+7.6%
+1.8%$14.45B$2.15B30.654,000
WWD
Woodward
3.7127 of 5 stars
$201.47
+2.5%
$195.00
-3.2%
+13.0%$11.96B$3.36B33.758,300Trending News
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
ITT
ITT
4.5502 of 5 stars
$149.56
+4.5%
$161.86
+8.2%
+7.1%$11.77B$3.63B23.7410,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NDSN
Nordson
4.4225 of 5 stars
$203.00
+5.4%
$250.20
+23.3%
-19.4%$11.55B$2.67B25.837,330News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
RBC
RBC Bearings
2.1063 of 5 stars
$364.74
+4.4%
$354.20
-2.9%
+22.2%$11.46B$1.61B50.103,550Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:WTS) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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