Water management manufacturer Watts Water (NYSE: WTS) will be reporting earnings this Wednesday after market close. Here’s what to expect.
Watts Water Technologies beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $643.7 million, up 7.8% year on year. It was a stunning quarter for the company, with an impressive beat of analysts’ organic revenue estimates and a solid beat of analysts’ EBITDA estimates.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Watts Water Technologies’s revenue to grow 6% year on year to $576.2 million, slowing from the 7.8% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $2.26 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Watts Water Technologies has a history of exceeding Wall Street’s expectations, beating revenue estimates every single time over the past two years by 2.2% on average.
Looking at Watts Water Technologies’s peers in the industrial machinery segment, some have already reported their Q3 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. Xylem delivered year-on-year revenue growth of 7.8%, beating analysts’ expectations by 1.9%, and Tennant reported a revenue decline of 4%, falling short of estimates by 0.9%. Xylem traded up 2.4% following the results.
Read our full analysis of Xylem’s results here and Tennant’s results here.
Investors in the industrial machinery segment have had steady hands going into earnings, with share prices flat over the last month. Watts Water Technologies is down 3.9% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $281.33 (compared to the current share price of $271.80).
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