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Watts Water Technologies Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Watts Water Technologies Inc had return on equity of 18.2%, an operating margin of 18.4%, debt equal to 9.8% of equity and a current ratio of 2.51. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMJun 2026
Gross margin35.5%36.5%36.1%36.0%35.7%35.8%37.7%40.4%41.4%42.0%42.3%41.5%42.4%44.2%46.7%47.2%49.5%48.9%
Operating margin7.5%9.0%9.5%8.6%7.6%7.0%−6.1%10.4%11.1%12.0%12.3%12.0%13.2%15.9%17.1%17.3%18.4%19.1%
Net margin1.4%4.6%4.7%4.8%4.0%3.3%−7.7%6.0%5.0%8.2%8.2%7.6%9.2%12.7%12.7%12.9%14.0%14.3%
Free-cash-flow margin14.7%7.0%7.4%7.0%6.1%7.4%5.6%7.3%8.7%8.5%10.3%12.3%8.5%9.9%13.7%14.5%14.6%13.1%
Return on equity2.0%6.6%7.3%7.4%6.0%5.3%−14.0%11.7%9.3%14.9%14.1%11.2%14.8%20.3%18.6%18.1%18.2%18.2%
Return on assets1.1%3.6%4.0%4.0%3.4%2.7%−6.2%4.9%4.2%7.6%7.8%6.6%9.2%13.3%12.4%12.4%12.9%13.2%
Asset turnover0.770.790.840.840.850.820.810.810.830.920.950.871.011.050.970.960.920.92
Current ratio2.563.082.852.232.622.532.741.932.392.071.752.272.112.512.612.592.512.66
Debt to equity40.3%42.0%43.4%40.9%30.7%63.5%81.9%88.8%60.3%39.8%31.7%18.7%12.1%11.3%19.7%11.5%9.8%4.9%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)4.2x5.0x5.2x5.0x5.2x5.3xn/m6.4x8.5x11.6x14.0x13.6x38.0x45.0x42.8x26.6x41.5x50.2x
Effective tax rate43.3%33.2%28.5%29.7%30.6%39.5%—34.1%48.9%26.7%28.5%31.6%29.2%18.2%25.0%24.6%23.6%24.6%
R&D as % of revenue1.5%1.5%1.5%1.4%1.5%1.5%1.6%1.9%2.0%2.2%2.5%2.8%2.5%3.0%3.3%3.1%3.0%3.0%
SG&A as % of revenue26.4%26.4%26.4%26.8%27.5%26.9%33.5%30.3%29.7%29.7%29.7%28.8%28.1%27.7%29.4%29.5%30.1%29.4%
Capital spending as % of revenue2.0%1.9%1.6%2.1%1.9%1.6%1.9%2.6%2.0%2.3%1.8%2.9%1.5%1.4%1.4%1.6%1.9%1.8%
Free cash flow ÷ net income>999%151.0%156.0%145.9%154.6%221.7%—121.3%173.1%104.3%125.3%161.9%93.0%77.9%107.2%111.9%104.5%91.0%
Dividends ÷ net income93.1%27.9%24.5%23.4%30.2%40.8%—29.1%35.4%22.1%23.9%27.5%20.7%15.7%17.7%19.1%19.6%19.2%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow9.0%18.5%42.0%82.0%44.9%53.9%82.9%50.2%34.9%40.7%30.9%32.6%32.6%55.6%22.2%22.3%23.3%25.7%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

6 of 6 checks passed · June 28, 2026
What it owns · $3.0bn
Short-term assets $1.4bnLonger-term assets $1.6bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $2.7bn
Short-term liabilities $513mShareholders' equity $2.2bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $1.4bn of assets due within a year against $513m of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities Not assessable from the reported split. Not assessable.
  • More cash than debt $348m of cash against $108m of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 5% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 12% to 5% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $398m of operating cash flow against $108m of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Operating income of $512m against $10m of interest.

From Watts Water Technologies Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

71 /100

Strong moat

How hard Watts Water Technologies's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 15 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 11.9% of total assets over 10 years.

  • Pricing power 14 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 42.8%, moving by 2.8 percentage points (standard deviation) across 10 years.

  • Durability 14 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 14.1%; its worst year was 10.5%.

  • Cash conversion 16 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 10 of 10 years, at a median 12.4% of revenue.

  • Discipline 17 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 1.3% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.9% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (76 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Watts Water Technologies Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 20, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Watts Water Technologies Inc.