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