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WTS (Watts Water Technologies) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.48 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Watts Water Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Watts Water Technologies's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $0 Mil. Watts Water Technologies's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $212 Mil. Watts Water Technologies's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $440 Mil. Watts Water Technologies's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.48.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Watts Water Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

WTS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.82   Med: 1.07   Max: 3.84
Current: 0.48

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Watts Water Technologies was 3.84. The lowest was -16.82. And the median was 1.07.

WTS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
74.68% of 2275 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.7 vs WTS: 0.48

Watts Water Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Watts Water Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Watts Water Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.26 0.87 0.50 0.42 0.74

Watts Water Technologies Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 0.25 0.80 0.63 0.51 0.48

Competitive Comparison of Watts Water Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Watts Water Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA 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's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Watts Water Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Watts Water Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Watts Water Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Watts Water Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 298.3) / 401
=0.74

Watts Water Technologies's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 211.8) / 440
=0.48

* 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.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


Watts Water Technologies  (NYSE:WTS) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


Watts Water Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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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. Its 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
Shashank Patel officer: Chief Financial Officer 1 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE, RYE BROOK NY 10573
Timothy P Horne director, 10 percent owner WATTS INDUSTRIES INC, ROUTE 815 CHESTNUT ST, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Monica Barry officer: Chief HR Officer WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC., 815 CHESTNUT ST., NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Kenneth Robert Lepage officer: General Counsel WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Pagano Robert J Jr officer: President and CEO WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC., 815 CHESTNUT ST, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Elie Melhem officer: President, Asia WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Michael J. Dubose director WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC., 815 CHESTNUT ST., NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Virginia A Halloran officer: Acting CAO 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
Andre Dhawan officer: Chief Operating 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
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