Watts Water Technologies $WTS Read from its own SEC filings · nothing written, nothing inferred
🫧 Edgar looked up WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC ($WTS). Last filing: 10-Q, 2026-08-06. 7 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.
🔖 Exposure: revenue $2.4B (FY2025), total debt $197.7M. Experience: revenue up 8.3% on the year, up 7.7% a year over 4 years; operating margin 18.4%, up from 17.3%. Soundness: equity 70.4% of assets, return on equity 16.8%, dividend per share up 13 years running. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $2.4B and $2.8B next year (method v4.1: its own 4-year record of growth weighed at 50% against $1B–10B filers; on a year the method never saw, 83.4% landed inside). In a shock year the stress range is $2.2B to $3.0B. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (38 filers, $50M+ revenue, its industry group): operating margin 18.4% against a 8.1% median; growth 8.3% against 2.4%.
Gold paid out, navy kept. Kept share × return on equity = the growth it can fund itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.
Speed and cash · fiscal 2025
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| Cash flow (op · inv · fin · free) | $402M · −$303M · −$97M · $356M |
| Investment book (cash · short · long) | $406M · — · — · current ratio 2.51 |
| Revenue swing · equity of assets | 2.5% · 70.4% |
Watts Water Technologies is growing faster than its size class, with steadier revenue. Its own audited SEC figures.
The figures, as filed
| Fiscal year end | 2025-12-31 |
| Revenue | $2.4B |
| Revenue, on the year | 8.3% |
| Revenue, a year over the record | 7.7% |
| Operating margin | 18.4% |
| Operating margin, prior year | 17.3% |
| Net margin | 14.0% |
| Research and development | $74M · 3.0% of revenue |
| Total debt | $198M |
| Equity of assets | 70.4% |
| Return on equity | 16.8% |
| Payout of profit | — |
| Dividend per share | $1.99 · up 13 years running |
| Earnings per share | $10.17 |
| Book value per share | $60.53 |
| Revenue per share | $72.79 |
| Shares outstanding | 33,500,000 |
| Audited years read | 5 |
Peers: the median of 38 filers with $50M+ revenue in miscellaneous fabricated metal products.
Health HarborWatts Water Technologies sails as: New ship
Health watch · 12 monthsDirector or officer change ×2
Sailing speed follows growth: 7.2% a year crosses the harbor in 58 seconds.
🌊 Visit the Bay →No warning signs on the measures below.
Boat condition = number of warning signs: a serious warning filing in 12 months; liabilities over assets; slow and jumpy; negative operating cash; an 80% revenue range of ±25% or wider. A picture of the signs, not a rating and not investment advice.
- 10-Q · 2026-08-06
- 8-K · 2026-08-05 · 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 8-K · 2026-05-20 · 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- 10-Q · 2026-05-07
- 8-K · 2026-05-06 · 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- DEF 14A · 2026-04-01
Figures are as filed in audited 10-K reports and can move with restatements, acquisitions, disposals or a change in fiscal year. A range set from how past company-years turned out is not a promise about the next one, and says nothing about the share price. Reporting, not investment advice. No price targets and no trading recommendations. Figures from the SEC’s own data · every filing · this page as JSON · ask about another company