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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-21-014331"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTS"
cik: "0000795403"
company_name: "WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2021-11-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T14:42:15.134235+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Watts Water reports record Q3: sales $455M (+18%), EPS $1.37 (+41%), raises FY outlook

## Summary
- Net sales $455M, up 18% YoY; organic sales up 17%; GAAP operating margin 14.2% (+170 bps).
- GAAP EPS $1.37 (+41%); adjusted EPS $1.39 (+32%); strong earnings growth.
- Year-to-date operating cash flow $135M, free cash flow $120M, up 6% and 26% respectively.
- Full-year 2021 organic sales growth outlook raised to 14%-17%; adjusted margin expansion expected as previously guided.
- CEO cited record quarter despite supply chain disruptions; reaffirms strategic flexibility.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-21-014331
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTS
- cik: 0000795403
- company_name: WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2021-11-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/795403/000155837021014331/0001558370-21-014331-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/795403/000155837021014331/wts-20211103x8k.htm

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