WTS vs. XYL, DOV, PNR, SNA, WWD, GGG, IEX, 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), Pentair (PNR), Snap-On (SNA), Woodward (WWD), Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), ITT (ITT), Nordson (NDSN), and RBC Bearings (RBC). These companies are all part of the "industrial machinery" industry.
Watts Water Technologies vs. Its Competitors
Watts Water Technologies (NYSE:WTS) and Xylem (NYSE:XYL) are both industrial machinery companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Watts Water Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $231.20, suggesting a potential downside of 9.37%. Xylem has a consensus price target of $143.71, suggesting a potential upside of 8.64%. Given Xylem's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Xylem is more favorable than Watts Water Technologies.
In the previous week, Xylem had 8 more articles in the media than Watts Water Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Xylem and 7 mentions for Watts Water Technologies. Xylem's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Watts Water Technologies' score of 0.86 indicating that Xylem is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Watts Water Technologies pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Xylem pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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 increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Xylem has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
95.0% of Watts Water Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.0% of Xylem shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Watts Water Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Xylem shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Watts Water Technologies has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Xylem has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Watts Water Technologies has a net margin of 13.07% compared to Xylem's net margin of 10.54%. Watts Water Technologies' return on equity of 17.59% beat Xylem's return on equity.
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.
Summary
Watts Water Technologies and Xylem tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WTS) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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