ITT vs NPO vs WTS Stock Comparison

Itt, Enpro and Watts Water Technologies Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ITT Itt Inc.
$196.11 -5.3% 1M +11.5% 1Y
Market cap
$18.13B
P/E
43.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.74B
Div. yield
0.01%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
4 wins
NPO Enpro Inc.
$283.03 -7.9% 1M +25.1% 1Y
Market cap
$6.00B
P/E
136.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.22B
Div. yield
0.00%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
2 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Watts Water Technologies leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Watts Water Technologies 6, Itt 4, Enpro 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionITTNPOWTSLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $18.13B $6.00B $11.74B ITT
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 43.0x 136.1x 30.6x WTS
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 24.7x 28.9x 25.9x ITT
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +28.1% +13.3% +17.1% ITT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.9% 3.6% 14.3% WTS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.0% 6.3% 16.8% WTS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.5x 1.8x -0.4x WTS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.00% 0.01% ITT
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +11.5% +25.1% +24.5% NPO
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.8%/yr +25.9%/yr +12.5%/yr NPO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.9% 40.6% 27.7% WTS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 46/100 44/100 72/100 WTS

Percentile Scorecard

ITTNPOWTS

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisITTNPOWTS
Valuation 19 #165 of 203 20 #162 of 203 35 #133 of 203
Growth 62 #72 of 188 49 #97 of 188 79 #40 of 188
Profitability 52 #89 of 184 55 #83 of 184 92 #15 of 184
Financial Health 31 #150 of 217 63 #80 of 217 89 #24 of 217
Shareholder Returns 66 #52 of 153 32 #105 of 153 65 #55 of 153
Overall 46 44 72
  • ITT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • NPO ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • WTS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodITTNPOWTSSPY
1 month -5.3%-7.9%-4.2% +0.9%
3 months +2.8%-4.5%+2.0% +5.9%
6 months -7.6%+0.8%+15.4% +8.5%
Year to date +13.0%+32.2%+24.3% +13.3%
1 year +11.5%+25.1%+24.5% +12.4%
3 years +112.4%+147.4%+102.5% +88.1%
3 years, per year +28.6%+35.3%+26.5% +23.5%
5 years +108.5%+215.7%+80.5% +68.2%
5 years, per year +15.8%+25.9%+12.5% +11.0%
10 years +466.6%+426.8%+472.1% +263.4%
10 years, per year +18.9%+18.1%+19.1% +13.8%

Risk

MeasureITTNPOWTSSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.9%40.6%27.7% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.2%43.3%26.2% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.281.850.89 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.350.620.88 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.6%-34.2%-44.4% -25.4%
From 52-week high -11.5%-27.0%-12.6% -0.9%
52-week high $221.69$387.65$392.27 $779.14
52-week low $169.49$202.55$263.55 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleITTNPOWTS
P/E now vs peer median 41.6xmedian 25.4x 135.4xmedian 25.4x 29.9xmedian 25.4x
P/S now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 1.9x 4.9xmedian 1.9x 4.3xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 22.0xmedian 14.3x 23.0xmedian 14.3x 18.8xmedian 14.3x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 21.8x 35.9xmedian 21.8x 32.8xmedian 21.8x
P/B now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 2.2x 3.8xmedian 2.2x 5.2xmedian 2.2x
PEG now vs peer median -13.52median 1.41 -3.65median 1.41 2.33median 1.41

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsITTNPOWTS
Revenue $4.74B $1.22B $2.68B
Gross profit $1.67B $523.50M $1.31B
Operating income $680.00M $175.30M $512.10M
Net income $421.50M $44.10M $383.80M
Free cash flow – $167.00M $349.40M
R&D $123.80M – –
EPS (diluted) $4.69 $2.06 $11.46
Cash & equivalents $590.80M $77.00M $347.90M
Total debt $2.87B $575.50M $108.00M
Shares (diluted) 89.80M 21.40M 33.50M
Enterprise value $14.68B $5.60B $10.15B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricITTNPOWTS
P/E 41.6x 135.4x 29.9x
P/FCF – 35.9x 32.8x
P/Operating cash flow – 27.4x 28.8x
P/S 3.7x 4.9x 4.3x
P/B 3.6x 3.8x 5.2x
P/Tangible book 10.1x 7.5x 6.0x
EV/EBITDA 22.0x 23.0x 18.8x
EV/EBIT 29.1x 37.0x 21.9x
EV/Revenue 4.2x 5.3x 4.2x
EV/FCF – 38.9x 32.1x
EV/Operating cash flow – 29.6x 28.2x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -13.52 -3.65 2.33

Growth

14 metrics
MetricITTNPOWTS
Revenue growth (1Y) 28.1% 13.3% 17.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.5% 3.3% 10.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 27.8% 13.2% 18.0%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 17.7% 5.4% 13.0%
Operating income growth (1Y) -2.1% 14.0% 26.4%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.0% 78.0% 15.5%
Net income growth (1Y) -18.6% -47.9% 23.2%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -0.3% -36.2% 12.7%
EPS growth (1Y) -28.1% -48.4% 23.2%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.1% -37.1% 12.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 17.3% 12.1%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 21.6% 12.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 9.4% 10.3%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 24.2% 11.4%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricITTNPOWTS
Gross margin 35.2% 42.8% 48.9%
EBITDA margin 19.0% 23.1% 22.3%
Operating margin 14.4% 14.3% 19.1%
Pretax margin 12.8% 4.6% 19.0%
Net margin 8.9% 3.6% 14.3%
FCF margin – 13.6% 13.1%
Operating cash flow margin – 17.9% 14.9%
Return on equity 8.9% 2.8% 17.9%
Return on assets 3.8% 1.7% 13.0%
Return on invested capital 6.0% 6.3% 16.8%
Return on capital employed 7.7% 7.2% 21.1%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.5x 0.9x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 5.0x 1.0x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 1.3% 0.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricITTNPOWTS
Debt / assets 26.0% 21.6% 3.7%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.4x 0.0x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.5x 1.8x -0.4x
Debt / FCF – 3.4x 0.3x
Liabilities / assets 56.4% 40.3% 25.8%
Equity / assets 43.6% 59.7% 74.2%
Interest coverage 6.8x 5.2x 50.2x
Current ratio 1.3x 2.3x 2.7x
Quick ratio 0.8x 1.2x 1.5x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.4x 0.7x
Altman Z-score 2.78 4.79 11.59

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricITTNPOWTS
Dividend yield 0.8% 0.4% 0.7%
Net buyback yield 0.7% 0.2% 0.1%
Shareholder yield 1.5% 0.6% 0.8%
Payout ratio (earnings) 29.5% 60.8% 19.2%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 16.0% 21.1%
Dividend growth (1Y) 14.8% 3.9% 21.2%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 10.7% 3.9% 20.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusITTNPOWTS
Forward P/E 24.7xFY2026 28.9xFY2026 25.9xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.93FY2026 $9.81FY2026 $13.22FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +18.0%FY2026 +24.0%FY2026 +25.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.2% +17.6% +13.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.39BFY2026 $1.40BFY2026 $3.02BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +36.8%FY2026 +23.0%FY2026 +23.8%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +9.2% +8.1% -5.1%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersITTNPOWTS
Held by institutions 98.4% 99.9% 98.6%
Institutions holding 715 410 579
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.4% +0.7% +1.9%
Institutions buying 326 212 295
Institutions selling 252 136 187
Buyers to sellers 1.29 1.56 1.58

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

ITTNPOWTS
ITT 1.00 0.62 0.53
NPO 0.62 1.00 0.53
WTS 0.53 0.53 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ITT, NPO and WTS?

Itt (ITT) is the largest by market capitalisation: Itt (ITT) $18.13B, Enpro (NPO) $6.00B, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) $11.74B.

Which stock is cheaper, ITT, NPO and WTS?

Watts Water Technologies (WTS) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Itt (ITT) 43.0x, Enpro (NPO) 136.1x, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 30.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Itt (ITT) is cheapest (Itt (ITT) 24.7x, Enpro (NPO) 28.9x, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 25.9x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Itt (ITT) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Itt (ITT) +28.1%, Enpro (NPO) +13.3%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) +17.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Watts Water Technologies (WTS) has the highest net margin (Itt (ITT) 8.9%, Enpro (NPO) 3.6%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 14.3%). On return on invested capital, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) leads (Itt (ITT) 6.0%, Enpro (NPO) 6.3%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 16.8%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Enpro (NPO) returned the most: Itt (ITT) +11.5%, Enpro (NPO) +25.1%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) +24.5%. Over five years, Enpro (NPO) compounded fastest (Itt (ITT) +15.8%/yr, Enpro (NPO) +25.9%/yr, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) +12.5%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Itt (ITT) has the highest dividend yield: Itt (ITT) 0.01%, Enpro (NPO) 0.00%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 0.01%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) has been the steadiest (Itt (ITT) 32.9%, Enpro (NPO) 40.6%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 27.7%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, ITT, NPO and WTS?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) leads on 6. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.