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WTS (Watts Water Technologies) Degree of Operating Leverage : 1.30 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Watts Water Technologies Degree of Operating Leverage?

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) measures the percentage change in EBIT for a unit change in Revenue. Watts Water Technologies's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 1.30. The higher Degree of Operating Leverage, the higher operating risk the company will take.

The industry rank for Watts Water Technologies's Degree of Operating Leverage or its related term are showing as below:

WTS's Degree of Operating Leverage is ranked worse than
53.39% of 2937 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.09 vs WTS: 1.30

Watts Water Technologies Degree of Operating Leverage Historical Data

The historical data trend for Watts Water Technologies's Degree of Operating Leverage 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 Degree of Operating Leverage Chart

Watts Water Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Degree of Operating Leverage
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.56 1.67 3.28 3.53 1.26

Watts Water Technologies Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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Competitive Comparison of Watts Water Technologies's Degree of Operating Leverage

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Watts Water Technologies's Degree of Operating Leverage, along with its competitors' market caps and Degree of Operating Leverage 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 Degree of Operating Leverage Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Watts Water Technologies's Degree of Operating Leverage distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Watts Water Technologies's Degree of Operating Leverage falls into.


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Watts Water Technologies Degree of Operating Leverage Calculation

Watts Water Technologies's Degree of Operating Leverage for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

Degree of Operating Leverage=% Change in EBIT**/% Change in Revenue
=( 390.9 (Mar. 2025) / 372.1 (Mar. 2024) - 1 )/( 2239.3 (Mar. 2025) / 2155.5 (Mar. 2024) - 1 )
=0.0505/0.0389
=1.30***

* 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.

** TTM data of EBIT and Revenue was used to calculate Degree of Operating Leverage.
*** Please be aware that the Degree of Operating Leverage calculations are based on company-level data using the primary share class. The calculated data provided is for demonstration purposes and may slightly differ from the results displayed in the title due to potential variations caused by currency exchange rate differences throughout the year.


Watts Water Technologies  (NYSE:WTS) Degree of Operating Leverage Explanation

Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) is a leverage ratio that measures the sensitivity of a company’s operting income, also referred to as Earnings Before Interest and Taxes (EBIT), to fluctuations in its Revenue. DOL is a method used to quantify a company’s operating risk. This risk is related to the company's structure of variable costs and fixed costs. Since the fixed costs do not allow the company to adjust the operating costs, the operating risk rises with a higher fixed-to-variable costs proportion.

A high Degree of Operating Leverage indicates that the company’s fixed costs exceed its variable costs. By increasing the sales, the company can earn more profits. In addition, the company must be able to maintain relatively high sales to cover all fixed costs.

Be Aware

The use of operating leverage varies across different industries and business sectors, and the application of Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL) should be adjusted accordingly.


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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, etc.; 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. Its products are marketed through brands like Watts, Apex, Bradley, Nexa, and others. Geographically, the company derives its key revenue from the Americas, followed by Europe and the APMEA region.
Executives
Elie Melhem officer: President, Asia WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 815 CHESTNUT STREET, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
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
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