Watts Water Technologies Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

WTS Stock  USD 215.79  1.13  0.53%   
Considering the 90-day investment horizon and complete risk avoidance on your part, our recommendation regarding Watts Water Technologies is 'Strong Sell'. A buy or sell recommendation is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Watts Water Technologies given historical horizon and risk tolerance. When we issue a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Watts Water Technologies, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

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Strong Sell

Market Performance

OKDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

Low keyDetails

Current Valuation

OvervaluedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Responds to the marketDetails

Investor Sentiment

AlarmedDetails

Analyst Consensus

BuyDetails

Financial Strenth (F Score)

HealthyDetails

Financial Leverage

Not RatedDetails

Reporting Quality (M-Score)

Unlikely ManipulatorDetails
For the selected time horizon Watts Water Technologies has a Mean Deviation of 1.04, Semi Deviation of 1.08, Standard Deviation of 1.45, Variance of 2.09, Downside Variance of 1.53 and Semi Variance of 1.16
Macroaxis provides trade recommendation on Watts Water to complement and cross-verify current analyst consensus on Watts Water Technologies. Our trade advice engine determines the company's potential to grow exclusively from the perspective of an investor's current risk tolerance and investing horizon. To make sure Watts Water Technologies is not overpriced, please check out all Watts Water Technologies fundamentals, including its book value per share, and the relationship between the net income and number of employees . Given that Watts Water Technologies has a price to earning of 46.45 X, we strongly advise you to confirm Watts Water Technologies market performance and probability of bankruptcy to ensure the company can sustain itself in the current economic cycle given your prevalent risk tolerance and investing horizon.

Watts Water Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Over 99.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors
Latest headline from zacks.com: Watts Water Up 12.9 percent Since Last Earnings Report Can It Continue

Watts Water Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Watts Water's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Watts Water's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Watts Water daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Watts Water Technologies price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Watts Water returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Watts Water.
Mean Return
0.18
Value At Risk
-1.66
Potential Upside
2.07
Standard Deviation
1.45
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Watts Water historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Watts Stock Institutional Investors

The Watts Water's institutional investors refer to entities that pool money to purchase Watts Water's securities or originate loans. These institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds.
Shares
Gamco Investors, Inc. Et Al2024-09-30
481.3 K
Victory Capital Management Inc.2024-09-30
408 K
Northern Trust Corp2024-09-30
357.6 K
Amvescap Plc.2024-09-30
346.6 K
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.2024-09-30
331.5 K
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2024-09-30
316.4 K
Norges Bank2024-06-30
314.1 K
Kbc Group Nv2024-09-30
303.4 K
Jpmorgan Chase & Co2024-09-30
267.4 K
Blackrock Inc2024-06-30
3.8 M
Vanguard Group Inc2024-09-30
3.1 M
Note, although Watts Water's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Watts Water Cash Flow Accounts

201920202021202220232024 (projected)
Change To Inventory17M18.7M(113.7M)(16.4M)27M28.4M
Change In Cash15.6M(800K)23.1M68.8M39.3M41.3M
Free Cash Flow164.8M185M154.1M195.9M281.1M295.2M
Depreciation46.6M46.5M45.1M39.7M43.3M36.7M
Other Non Cash Items2.1M200K800K4M(200K)190K
Capital Expenditures29.2M43.8M26.7M28.1M29.7M33.4M
Net Income131.5M114.3M165.7M251.5M262.1M275.2M
End Period Cash Flow219.7M218.9M242M310.8M350.1M367.6M
Investments(71.8M)(54.8M)(30.7M)(22.9M)(34.7M)(36.4M)
Change Receivables(15M)32.2M(30.2M)(20M)(18M)(17.1M)
Net Borrowings(45M)(112.2M)(56.4M)5M4.5M4.7M
Change To Netincome19.1M19.7M16.1M(11.2M)(10.1M)(9.6M)

Watts Water Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Watts Water or Machinery sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Watts Water's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Watts stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
-0.01
β
Beta against Dow Jones1.43
σ
Overall volatility
1.44
Ir
Information ratio 0.03

Watts Water Volatility Alert

Watts Water Technologies has relatively low volatility with skewness of 0.87 and kurtosis of 3.87. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Watts Water's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Watts Water's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Watts Water Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Watts Water's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Watts Water's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Watts Water and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Watts Water or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Watts Water's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Watts Water by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Watts Water to competition
FundamentalsWatts WaterPeer Average
Return On Equity0.18-0.31
Return On Asset0.11-0.14
Profit Margin0.12 %(1.27) %
Operating Margin0.18 %(5.51) %
Current Valuation7.1 B16.62 B
Shares Outstanding27.38 M571.82 M
Shares Owned By Insiders1.03 %10.09 %
Shares Owned By Institutions98.97 %39.21 %
Number Of Shares Shorted886.13 K4.71 M
Price To Earning46.45 X28.72 X
Price To Book4.26 X9.51 X
Price To Sales3.17 X11.42 X
Revenue2.06 B9.43 B
Gross Profit874.3 M27.38 B
EBITDA401 M3.9 B
Net Income262.1 M570.98 M
Cash And Equivalents310.8 M2.7 B
Cash Per Share6.96 X5.01 X
Total Debt298.3 M5.32 B
Debt To Equity0.17 %48.70 %
Current Ratio2.30 X2.16 X
Book Value Per Share50.66 X1.93 K
Cash Flow From Operations310.8 M971.22 M
Short Ratio6.52 X4.00 X
Earnings Per Share8.33 X3.12 X
Price To Earnings To Growth2.99 X4.89 X
Target Price201.2
Number Of Employees5.1 K18.84 K
Beta0.9-0.15
Market Capitalization7.17 B19.03 B
Total Asset2.31 B29.47 B
Retained Earnings979.1 M9.33 B
Working Capital655.2 M1.48 B
Note: Disposition of 565 shares by Elie Melhem of Watts Water at 175.54 subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]

Watts Water Market Momentum

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