Watts Water Technologies (WTS) Competitors $210.50 +2.75 (+1.32%) Closing price 05/1/2025 03:59 PM EasternExtended Trading$210.31 -0.19 (-0.09%) As of 06:22 AM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock WTS vs. DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, ITT, NDSN, RBC, WWD, and LECOShould you be buying Watts Water Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Watts Water Technologies include Dover (DOV), Snap-on (SNA), Pentair (PNR), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), ITT (ITT), Nordson (NDSN), RBC Bearings (RBC), Woodward (WWD), and Lincoln Electric (LECO). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry. Watts Water Technologies vs. Dover Snap-on Pentair Graco IDEX ITT Nordson RBC Bearings Woodward Lincoln Electric Dover (NYSE:DOV) and Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) are both industrials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DOV or WTS? Dover received 452 more outperform votes than Watts Water Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.09% of users gave Dover an outperform vote while only 56.29% of users gave Watts Water Technologies an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformDoverOutperform Votes75261.09% Underperform Votes47938.91% Watts Water TechnologiesOutperform Votes30056.29% Underperform Votes23343.71% Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of DOV or WTS? 84.5% of Dover shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Watts Water Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Dover shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Watts Water Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the media refer more to DOV or WTS? In the previous week, Dover had 35 more articles in the media than Watts Water Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Dover and 12 mentions for Watts Water Technologies. Watts Water Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Dover's score of 0.42 indicating that Watts Water Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Dover 20 Very Positive mention(s) 5 Positive mention(s) 10 Neutral mention(s) 7 Negative mention(s) 1 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Watts Water Technologies 10 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has preferable earnings & valuation, DOV or WTS? Dover has higher revenue and earnings than Watts Water Technologies. Dover 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 RatioDover$7.73B3.01$2.70B$16.6010.23Watts Water Technologies$2.25B3.11$291.20M$8.6924.22 Is DOV or WTS a better dividend stock? Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Watts Water Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Dover pays out 12.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watts Water Technologies pays out 19.8% 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. Dover has raised its dividend for 70 consecutive years and Watts Water Technologies has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Dover is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth. Do analysts prefer DOV or WTS? Dover presently has a consensus target price of $206.33, indicating a potential upside of 21.46%. Watts Water Technologies has a consensus target price of $222.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.46%. Given Dover's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Dover is more favorable than Watts Water Technologies.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Dover 0 Sell rating(s) 5 Hold rating(s) 7 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.58Watts Water Technologies 0 Sell rating(s) 3 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.40 Is DOV or WTS more profitable? Dover has a net margin of 32.95% compared to Watts Water Technologies' net margin of 12.93%. Dover's return on equity of 21.03% beat Watts Water Technologies' return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Dover32.95% 21.03% 10.22% Watts Water Technologies 12.93%18.08%12.49% Which has more risk & volatility, DOV or WTS? Dover has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watts Water Technologies has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. SummaryDover beats Watts Water Technologies on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Watts Water Technologies News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WTS and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart WTS vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricWatts Water Technologiesfabricated metal products IndustryComputer SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$7.01B$8.72B$23.43B$18.96BDividend Yield0.83%2.75%2.96%4.01%P/E Ratio24.2213.2942.3532.87Price / Sales3.111.612,105.7028.03Price / Cash20.8228.3534.7217.52Price / Book4.112.226.184.47Net Income$291.20M$349.30M$737.35M$1.02B7 Day Performance1.78%-2.97%1.23%0.59%1 Month Performance0.86%-13.26%1.65%-3.54%1 Year Performance3.51%-14.21%52,704.80%3.80% Watts Water Technologies Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)WTSWatts Water Technologies3.8939 of 5 stars$210.50+1.3%$222.00+5.5%+5.3%$7.01B$2.25B24.224,600Upcoming EarningsPositive NewsDOVDover4.7199 of 5 stars$158.04-1.9%$208.17+31.7%-4.5%$21.66B$7.75B8.1325,000Analyst RevisionSNASnap-on4.264 of 5 stars$292.92-4.1%$350.83+19.8%+16.5%$15.35B$4.71B15.0212,900PNRPentair4.6807 of 5 stars$78.79-2.0%$110.00+39.6%+14.8%$13.00B$4.08B21.0711,200Insider TradeGGGGraco3.9817 of 5 stars$76.70-2.4%$93.00+21.3%+1.7%$12.90B$2.11B27.204,000Analyst RevisionIEXIDEX4.4088 of 5 stars$160.94-1.8%$223.14+38.6%-20.8%$12.16B$3.27B24.208,870Earnings ReportNews CoverageGap UpITTITT3.7254 of 5 stars$125.39-2.1%$158.57+26.5%+6.7%$10.15B$3.63B19.9010,300Earnings ReportDividend AnnouncementGap DownNDSNNordson4.4795 of 5 stars$177.11-2.0%$250.20+41.3%-27.1%$10.08B$2.67B22.537,330Positive NewsRBCRBC Bearings1.8983 of 5 stars$314.40-2.3%$354.20+12.7%+34.6%$9.87B$1.61B43.193,550Short Interest ↑Positive NewsWWDWoodward3.3728 of 5 stars$165.22-2.3%$193.75+17.3%+14.8%$9.81B$3.31B27.688,300Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastInsider TradePositive NewsLECOLincoln Electric4.6914 of 5 stars$172.26-2.9%$219.00+27.1%-19.0%$9.65B$4.01B21.1412,000Earnings ReportAnalyst ForecastNews Coverage Related Companies and Tools Related Companies DOV Competitors SNA Competitors PNR Competitors GGG Competitors IEX Competitors ITT Competitors NDSN Competitors RBC Competitors WWD Competitors LECO Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:WTS) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersThe next market Nvidia is positioned to dominate …Robots — built by Nvidia. 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