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Watts Water Technologies, Inc.

WTS

Industrials · 356.23 +1.6% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Watts Water Technologies, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 2 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 18.6% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin fell 0.8 percentage points.
Company+1.6% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 1 activeBuilding Water Systems · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 2 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • Gross margin fell as acquisitions diluted results and the prior-year benefit from tariff-related price increases preceded related cost recognition.
  • Organic net sales rose $65.0M (15.5%) primarily from favorable price realization and incremental volume driven by data center growth in the Americas.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if WTS's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Industrials · Specialty Industrial Machinery

The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 2 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 18.6% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Net income increased 17.2% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges
  • Operating margin fell 0.8 percentage points.
  • Gross margin fell 1.6 percentage points.
What would clarify the read
  • Gross margin fell as acquisitions diluted results and the prior-year benefit from tariff-related price increases preceded related cost recognition.
  • Organic net sales rose $65.0M (15.5%) primarily from favorable price realization and incremental volume driven by data center growth in the Americas.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 13, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations328
Usable filing statements169
Verified relationships3
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +8.3% year over year.
  • Operating margin changed +1.0 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed +1.0 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
  • Foreign exchange has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
  • Macroeconomic conditions has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
  • Tariffs and trade policy has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
Questions before a position
  • P/E is 22% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
  • EV/sales is 82% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 11, 2026

356.23
6m+17.5%12m+27.9%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$1.8B+19.9%$4.88-0.3%
2022-12-31$2.0B+9.4%$7.48-0.9%
2023-12-31$2.1B+3.9%$7.82-0.3%
2024-12-31$2.3B+9.5%$8.69+0.0%
2025-12-31$2.4B+8.3%$10.17+0.0%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Credit and interest ratesnegative · 5 filings
Interest expense in the first six months of 2026 decreased $0.6 million compared to the first six months of 2025, primarily due to a lower principal balance of debt outstanding during the first six months of 2026 .
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026
Demand and volumemixed · 5 filings
Working capital increases were due to higher accounts receivable attributable to higher net sales, higher inventory due to incremental tariffs and strategic inventory investments to support expected end-market demand.
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026
Foreign exchangepositive · 5 filings
The increase in foreign exchange was mainly due to the depreciation of the U.S.
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026
Macroeconomic conditionspositive · 5 filings
The increase in organic operating income of $44.8 million, or 16.4%, was primarily due to higher price realization, incremental volume, primarily in the Americas from data center growth, and productivity savings, partially offset by inflation and tariffs.
10-Q · Aug 6, 2026

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 4.9× · EV/sales 4.8×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

356.23+1.6% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for WTS. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment

Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing

10-Q filed 2026-08-06 against the comparable filing from 2025-08-07.

constructive
OperationsconstructiveEvidence score +2
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationmixed

Capital and cash conversion

Inventory built faster than revenue

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Inventory growth exceeded revenue growth and inventory intensity increased.

Capital spending YoY
+14.1%
Capital spending / revenue
+1.6%
Free-cash-flow margin
+6.8%
FCF margin change
-1.9 pts

Capex, revenue, and operating cash flow are matched to the same reported duration. Reported accounting context, not a forecast or trading recommendation.

What improved

  • Revenue increased 18.6% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Net income increased 17.2% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

  • Operating margin fell 0.8 percentage points.
  • Gross margin fell 1.6 percentage points.

Filing receipts

The increase in SG&A expenses was attributable to the following: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (in millions) ​ ​ ​ % Change Organic ​ $ 25.3 7.1 % Foreign exchange ​ 6.0 1.7 ​ Acquired ​ ​ 21.9 ​ 6.2 ​ Special items ​ ​ (0.4) ​ (0.1) ​ Total ​ $ 52.8 14.9 % ​ The increase in organic SG&A expenses was primarily due to an increase in strategic investments of $9.0 million, general inflation of $8.3 million, a net increase in short-term and long-term compensation accruals of $6.8 million, $3.0 million in higher travel and marketing spend and increased variable costs of $1.6 million due to higher net sales, partially offset by $6.7 million from productivity initiatives and restructuring savings compar...

Gross margin declined primarily due to the dilutive impact of acquisitions and the prior year benefit of tariff-related price increases ahead of related cost recognition. ​ Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.

The increase in organic operating income of $44.8 million, or 16.4%, was primarily due to higher price realization, incremental volume, primarily in the Americas from data center growth, and productivity savings, partially offset by inflation and tariffs. ​ Interest Income.

Historical filing backfill generated after the original filing window. It is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind WTS

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

AITApplied Industrial Technologies, Inc.supplierFeb 23, 2026

Applied Industrial Technologies is a distributor of bearings, power transmission products, fluid power components and other industrial supplies and provides engineering, design and systems integration for industrial and fluid power applications, as well as cu…

COOTFiling-linked namepartnerNov 6, 2025

Organic net 31 Table of Contents sales increased $0.1 million, or 0.3%, primarily due to growth in Australia and the Middle East, partially offset by declines in China and New Zealand.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

WTS is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group Building Water Systems. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 2 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

This group is retained as the last observed read for WTS; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.