---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-22-006841"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTS"
cik: "0000795403"
company_name: "WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T01:44:30.197508+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Watts Water Q1 sales $463M +12%; GAAP EPS $1.61 +31%; raises FY adjusted margin outlook

## Summary
- Sales $463.2M, up 12% (organic +14%) from Q1 2021.
- GAAP EPS $1.61, adjusted EPS $1.63, both up 31% YoY.
- GAAP operating margin 15.4% (+100 bps); adjusted 15.7% (+120 bps).
- FY 2022 guidance: organic sales growth 3%-8% maintained; adjusted operating margin expansion raised to 20-60 bps.
- All three regions achieved double-digit organic sales growth despite supply chain disruptions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-22-006841
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTS
- cik: 0000795403
- company_name: WATTS WATER TECHNOLOGIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/795403/000155837022006841/0001558370-22-006841-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/795403/000155837022006841/wts-20220503x8k.htm

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