Watts Water Technologies, Inc.

WTS Industrials Specialty Industrial Machinery

Watts Water Technologies, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $2.4 billion, up 8.27% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+19.0%
EPS
+77.1%
Free cash flow
+18.9%
Total debt
−50.3%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

346.88 6.42 −1.82%
Market cap
$11.6B
P/E
26.0×
Fwd P/E
28.0×
Dividend yield
0.66%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
8.88
Beneish M
−2.44
Dividend safety
100/100

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (WTS) Return on invested capital

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Watts Water Technologies, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 18.7%, up 3.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.4%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −5.72% (fiscal 2015) to 17.3% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is above the Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median of 5.00% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 15.4% (0.68)
FY2024 16.1% 1.06
FY2023 15.0% (2.30)
FY2022 17.3% 3.36
FY2021 14.0% 3.16
FY2020 10.8% (0.75)
FY2019 11.5% 0.22
FY2018 11.3% 1.62
FY2017 9.70% 1.06
FY2016 8.64% 14.36

Against its own ten years

Low −5.72% High 17.3%
Ten-year median 11.5%
Current reading's percentile 82

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
WTS Watts Water Technologies, Inc. 18.7%
GGG Graco Inc. compare 15.9%
DCI Donaldson Company, Inc. compare 13.4%
INIO INNIO N.V. compare 12.3%
CR Crane Company compare 10.6%
PNR Pentair plc compare 9.22%
FLS Flowserve Corporation compare 7.90%
GNRC Generac Holdings Inc. compare 7.58%
RRX Regal Rexnord Corporation compare 3.53%
Specialty Industrial Machinery industry median 5.00%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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