WTS vs. DOV, SNA, PNR, GGG, IEX, SWK, NDSN, ITT, RBC, and WWD
Should 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), Stanley Black & Decker (SWK), Nordson (NDSN), ITT (ITT), RBC Bearings (RBC), and Woodward (WWD). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Watts Water Technologies vs.
Dover (NYSE:DOV) and Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) are both industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
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.
Dover received 450 more outperform votes than Watts Water Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.29% of users gave Dover an outperform vote while only 56.20% of users gave Watts Water Technologies an outperform vote.
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.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Watts Water Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Dover had 35 more articles in the media than Watts Water Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for Dover and 9 mentions for Watts Water Technologies. Watts Water Technologies' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat Dover's score of 0.23 indicating that Watts Water Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Dover has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watts Water Technologies has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Dover pays an annual dividend of $2.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Watts Water Technologies pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Dover pays out 10.6% 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.
Dover presently has a consensus price target of $218.91, indicating a potential upside of 17.76%. Watts Water Technologies has a consensus price target of $220.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.01%. Given Dover's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Dover is more favorable than Watts Water Technologies.
Summary
Dover beats Watts Water Technologies on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WTS) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
