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$249.78 -5.51 (-2.16%)
As of 07/7/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

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

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

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
Franklin Electric$2.02B2.07$180.31M$3.8223.91
Watts Water Technologies$2.24B3.72$291.20M$8.7328.61

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
Franklin Electric8.85% 14.08% 9.72%
Watts Water Technologies 13.07%17.59%12.34%

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

Franklin Electric currently has a consensus target price of $94.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.92%. Watts Water Technologies has a consensus target price of $231.20, indicating a potential downside of 7.44%. Given Franklin Electric's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Franklin Electric is more favorable than Watts Water Technologies.

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

Franklin Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Watts Water Technologies pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Franklin Electric pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watts Water Technologies pays out 23.8% 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. Franklin Electric has raised its dividend for 33 consecutive years and Watts Water Technologies has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Franklin Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

80.0% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.0% of Watts Water Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.7% of Franklin Electric shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Watts Water Technologies shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Watts Water Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Franklin Electric. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Watts Water Technologies and 6 mentions for Franklin Electric. Franklin Electric's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Watts Water Technologies' score of 0.88 indicating that Franklin Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WTS vs. The Competition

MetricWatts Water TechnologiesINSTRU IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$8.52B$3.20B$27.79B$20.71B
Dividend Yield0.81%0.95%3.13%3.72%
P/E Ratio28.6128.8936.8827.80
Price / Sales3.723.181,970.4347.12
Price / Cash24.2022.2034.7718.22
Price / Book4.874.007.244.59
Net Income$291.20M$88.53M$763.56M$982.91M
7 Day Performance-0.53%-0.21%1.59%0.65%
1 Month Performance2.18%6.26%5.15%4.26%
1 Year Performance39.96%25.00%52,288.95%13.93%

Watts Water Technologies Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WTS
Watts Water Technologies
4.0809 of 5 stars
$249.78
-2.2%
$231.20
-7.4%
+40.1%$8.52B$2.24B28.614,800
FELE
Franklin Electric
4.4301 of 5 stars
$89.74
-0.6%
$94.00
+4.7%
-3.8%$4.09B$2.02B23.496,300News Coverage
Positive News
PEGA
Pegasystems
4.1941 of 5 stars
$54.13
+1.5%
$54.05
-0.2%
+86.9%$9.26B$1.50B52.555,443
WWD
Woodward
4.5939 of 5 stars
$245.09
-0.4%
$228.88
-6.6%
+47.3%$14.55B$3.32B39.599,300Positive News
Insider Trade
DCI
Donaldson
3.8963 of 5 stars
$69.39
-0.3%
$70.00
+0.9%
+0.1%$8.09B$3.65B23.2914,000Analyst Downgrade
DOV
Dover
4.9052 of 5 stars
$183.34
+0.0%
$208.58
+13.8%
+6.0%$25.14B$7.75B11.0425,000
GGG
Graco
3.704 of 5 stars
$86.03
-0.1%
$93.00
+8.1%
+11.1%$14.38B$2.11B30.404,300
ITT
ITT
4.2993 of 5 stars
$156.93
-0.6%
$165.50
+5.5%
+25.1%$12.35B$3.63B24.9511,700
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.6941 of 5 stars
$247.17
-0.4%
$253.42
+2.5%
+9.2%$72.42B$15.90B21.7446,000Positive News
PNR
Pentair
4.5862 of 5 stars
$102.70
-0.8%
$107.14
+4.3%
+41.2%$16.90B$4.08B26.549,750Positive News
XYL
Xylem
4.3973 of 5 stars
$129.44
+0.9%
$143.71
+11.0%
-2.5%$31.50B$8.56B34.8017,800Positive News

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This page (NYSE:WTS) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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