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Watts Water Technologies (Watts Water Technologies) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 5.19% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Watts Water Technologies's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,888 Mil. Watts Water Technologies's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $358 Mil. Watts Water Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.19%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Watts Water Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

WTS' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.73   Med: 5.55   Max: 8.02
Current: 5.38

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Watts Water Technologies was 8.02%. The lowest was -4.73%. And the median was 5.55%.

WTS's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
57.27% of 3035 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 4.37 vs WTS: 5.38

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Watts Water Technologies's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 16.17%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Watts Water Technologies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Watts Water Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Watts Water Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.71 4.43 3.74 6.69 5.19

Watts Water Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.69 6.02 5.64 6.25 5.19

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Watts Water Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Watts Water Technologies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Watts Water Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Watts Water Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Watts Water Technologies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Watts Water Technologiess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=357.7/6888.21374
=5.19 %

Watts Water Technologies's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $358 Mil.



Watts Water Technologies  (NYSE:WTS) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Watts Water Technologies (Watts Water Technologies) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
815 Chestnut Street, North Andover, MA, USA, 01845
Watts Water Technologies Inc is a U.S.-based company that provides safety, energy efficiency, and water conservation products. The company's product portfolio includes residential and commercial flow control products, which are sold for plumbing and hot water applications; HVAC and gas products, including commercial boilers, water heaters, heating solutions, and heating systems; drainage and water reuse products, including drainage products and engineered rainwater-harvesting solutions; and water quality products, including point-of-use and point-of-entry water filtration, conditioning, and scale prevention systems. The company generates the majority of its revenue from markets in the Americas and in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Executives
Kenneth Robert Lepage officer: General Counsel WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Shashank Patel officer: Chief Financial Officer 1 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, RYE BROOK NY 10573
Elie Melhem officer: President, Asia WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Joseph T Noonan director WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Timothy P Horne director, 10 percent owner WATTS INDUSTRIES INC, ROUTE 815 CHESTNUT ST, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Pagano Robert J Jr officer: President and CEO WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC., 815 CHESTNUT ST, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Andre Dhawan officer: Chief Operating Officer WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC., 815 CHESTNUT ST., NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Monica Barry officer: Chief HR Officer WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC., 815 CHESTNUT ST., NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Munish Nanda officer: President, Americas 1133 WESTCHESTER AVENUE, C/O ITT CORPORATION, WHITE PLAINS NY 10604
Michael J. Dubose director WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC., 815 CHESTNUT ST., NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Louise K Goeser director C/O PPL CORPORATION, TWO NORTH NINTH STREET, ALLENTOWN PA 18101
Todd A Trapp officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
David A. Dunbar director 11 KEEWAYDIN DRIVE, SUITE 300, SALEM NH 03079
Jes Munk Hansen director 815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Jennifer Congdon officer: Chief HR Officer WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845