ITT vs WTS vs IR Stock Comparison

Itt, Watts Water Technologies and Ingersoll Rand Prices as of Oct 27, 2026 Peers: Industry group
ITT Itt Inc.
$194.37 -5.7% 1M +10.0% 1Y
Market cap
$17.38B
P/E
41.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$4.74B
Div. yield
0.78%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
3 wins
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc.
$75.57 -0.7% 1M -5.8% 1Y
Market cap
$29.32B
P/E
30.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.94B
Div. yield
0.11%
Pumps and Valves Industrials
3 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Watts Water Technologies leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Watts Water Technologies 6, Ingersoll Rand 3, Itt 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionITTWTSIRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $17.38B $12.05B $29.32B IR
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 41.2x 31.5x 30.7x IR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 24.5x 27.3x 22.6x IR
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +28.1% +17.1% +7.8% ITT
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.9% 14.3% 12.1% WTS
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 6.0% 16.8% 7.6% WTS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 2.5x -0.4x 1.8x WTS
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.78% 0.64% 0.11% ITT
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +10.0% +30.6% -5.8% WTS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +15.5%/yr +14.1%/yr +6.8%/yr ITT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 32.9% 27.2% 33.0% WTS
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 47/100 70/100 58/100 WTS

Percentile Scorecard

ITTWTSIR

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

AxisITTWTSIR
Valuation 19 #165 of 203 30 #143 of 203 43 #116 of 203
Growth 65 #67 of 188 78 #43 of 188 70 #57 of 188
Profitability 52 #88 of 183 91 #17 of 183 71 #53 of 183
Financial Health 31 #151 of 217 90 #22 of 217 50 #110 of 217
Shareholder Returns 66 #52 of 153 61 #60 of 153 57 #66 of 153
Overall 47 70 58
  • ITT ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • WTS ranked among 222 companies in Machinery
  • IR ranked among 222 companies in Machinery

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodITTWTSIRSPY
1 month -5.7%+0.9%-0.7% -0.2%
3 months -2.3%+4.2%-12.6% +3.9%
6 months -9.0%+21.1%-6.9% +8.2%
Year to date +12.0%+30.8%-4.6% +12.9%
1 year +10.0%+30.6%-5.8% +12.3%
3 years +110.6%+113.1%+27.3% +87.4%
3 years, per year +28.2%+28.7%+8.4% +23.3%
5 years +105.4%+93.0%+39.1% +67.9%
5 years, per year +15.5%+14.1%+6.8% +10.9%
10 years +464.2%+500.3%— +261.1%
10 years, per year +18.9%+19.6%— +13.7%

Risk

MeasureITTWTSIRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 32.9%27.2%33.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 32.0%25.1%31.5% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 1.270.901.23 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.311.13-0.18 0.97
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.6%-44.4%-36.6% -25.4%
From 52-week high -12.3%-7.9%-23.5% -1.2%
52-week high $221.69$392.27$98.76 $779.14
52-week low $169.49$263.55$68.54 $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.

MultipleITTWTSIR
P/E now vs peer median 41.2xmedian 25.2x 31.5xmedian 25.2x 30.7xmedian 25.2x
P/S now vs peer median 3.7xmedian 1.9x 4.5xmedian 1.9x 3.7xmedian 1.9x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 21.8xmedian 14.0x 19.8xmedian 14.0x 16.7xmedian 14.0x
P/FCF now vs peer median —median 21.7x 34.5xmedian 21.7x 24.0xmedian 21.7x
P/B now vs peer median 3.6xmedian 2.3x 5.5xmedian 2.3x 2.9xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median -13.40median 1.32 2.45median 1.32 2.47median 1.32

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 monthsITTWTSIR
Revenue $4.74B $2.68B $7.94B
Gross profit $1.67B $1.31B $3.40B
Operating income $680.00M $512.10M $1.44B
Net income $421.50M $383.80M $966.00M
Free cash flow – $349.40M $1.22B
R&D $123.80M – –
EPS (diluted) $4.69 $11.46 $2.45
Cash & equivalents $590.80M $347.90M $1.17B
Total debt $2.87B $108.00M $4.77B
Shares (diluted) 89.80M 33.50M 391.90M
Enterprise value $13.93B $10.47B $24.51B

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
MetricITTWTSIR
P/E 41.2x 31.5x 30.7x
P/FCF – 34.5x 24.0x
P/Operating cash flow – 30.3x 21.7x
P/S 3.7x 4.5x 3.7x
P/B 3.6x 5.5x 2.9x
P/Tangible book 10.0x 6.3x 4.8x
EV/EBITDA 21.8x 19.8x 16.7x
EV/EBIT 28.9x 23.1x 22.9x
EV/Revenue 4.1x 4.4x 4.1x
EV/FCF – 33.8x 27.0x
EV/Operating cash flow – 29.7x 24.4x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -13.40 2.45 2.47

Growth

14 metrics
MetricITTWTSIR
Revenue growth (1Y) 28.1% 17.1% 7.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.5% 10.3% 7.2%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 27.8% 18.0% 5.6%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 17.7% 13.0% 9.5%
Operating income growth (1Y) -2.1% 26.4% 28.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 8.0% 15.5% 13.7%
Net income growth (1Y) -18.6% 23.2% 82.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -0.3% 12.7% 10.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -28.1% 23.2% 87.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -3.1% 12.8% 12.4%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) – 12.1% -5.8%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 12.5% 9.5%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – 10.3% -6.1%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – 11.4% 9.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricITTWTSIR
Gross margin 35.2% 48.9% 42.8%
EBITDA margin 19.0% 22.3% 24.8%
Operating margin 14.4% 19.1% 18.1%
Pretax margin 12.8% 19.0% 15.2%
Net margin 8.9% 14.3% 12.1%
FCF margin – 13.1% 15.4%
Operating cash flow margin – 14.9% 17.0%
Return on equity 8.9% 17.9% 9.4%
Return on assets 3.8% 13.0% 5.3%
Return on invested capital 6.0% 16.8% 7.6%
Return on capital employed 7.7% 21.1% 9.2%
Asset turnover 0.4x 0.9x 0.4x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) – 1.0x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue 0.8% 0.9% 0.7%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricITTWTSIR
Debt / assets 26.0% 3.7% 26.2%
Debt / equity 0.6x 0.0x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 2.5x -0.4x 1.8x
Debt / FCF – 0.3x 3.9x
Liabilities / assets 56.4% 25.8% 43.7%
Equity / assets 43.6% 74.2% 56.3%
Interest coverage 6.8x 50.2x 5.6x
Current ratio 1.3x 2.7x 1.6x
Quick ratio 0.8x 1.5x 1.0x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.7x 0.4x
Altman Z-score 2.76 12.07 3.29

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricITTWTSIR
Dividend yield 0.8% 0.6% 0.1%
Net buyback yield 0.7% 0.1% 2.8%
Shareholder yield 1.5% 0.8% 2.9%
Payout ratio (earnings) 29.5% 19.2% 3.3%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 21.1% 2.6%
Dividend growth (1Y) 14.8% 21.2% -2.8%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 10.7% 20.1% -1.0%

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.

ConsensusITTWTSIR
Forward P/E 24.5xFY2026 27.3xFY2026 22.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.93FY2026 $13.22FY2026 $3.35FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +18.0%FY2026 +25.0%FY2026 +0.3%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +18.2% +13.2% +21.5%
Revenue, next fiscal year $5.39BFY2026 $3.02BFY2026 $8.35BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +36.8%FY2026 +23.8%FY2026 +9.2%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +9.2% -5.1% +6.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersITTWTSIR
Held by institutions 98.4% 80.9% 100.0%
Institutions holding 715 579 894
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.4% +1.9% -1.5%
Institutions buying 326 295 367
Institutions selling 252 187 360
Buyers to sellers 1.29 1.58 1.02

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.

ITTWTSIR
ITT 1.00 0.50 0.52
WTS 0.50 1.00 0.50
IR 0.52 0.50 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, ITT, WTS and IR?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) is the largest by market capitalisation: Itt (ITT) $17.38B, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) $12.05B, Ingersoll Rand (IR) $29.32B.

Which stock is cheaper, ITT, WTS and IR?

Ingersoll Rand (IR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Itt (ITT) 41.2x, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 31.5x, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 30.7x). On next year's consensus earnings, Ingersoll Rand (IR) is cheapest (Itt (ITT) 24.5x, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 27.3x, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 22.6x). 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%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) +17.1%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) +7.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Watts Water Technologies (WTS) has the highest net margin (Itt (ITT) 8.9%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 14.3%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 12.1%). On return on invested capital, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) leads (Itt (ITT) 6.0%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 16.8%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 7.6%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Watts Water Technologies (WTS) returned the most: Itt (ITT) +10.0%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) +30.6%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) -5.8%. Over five years, Itt (ITT) compounded fastest (Itt (ITT) +15.5%/yr, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) +14.1%/yr, Ingersoll Rand (IR) +6.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Itt (ITT) has the highest dividend yield: Itt (ITT) 0.78%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 0.64%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 0.11%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) has been the steadiest (Itt (ITT) 32.9%, Watts Water Technologies (WTS) 27.2%, Ingersoll Rand (IR) 33.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

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.