Watts Water Technologies, Inc.

WTS • NYSE

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. is a industrial - machinery company in the industrials sector on NYSE, led by Robert J. Pagano, Jr., with a market cap of $9.3B. As of Q3 2025, 78% of shares are held by 460 institutional investors, with BlackRock, Inc. as the largest holder at 10.74%.

President and Chief Executive OfficerRobert J. Pagano, Jr.

Market Cap$9.3B

Industrial - Machinery

Industrials

Employees5.1K

Websitewattswater.com

Country

United States of America

Overview

Overview of institutional ownership in WTS as of Q3 2025 with a market cap of $9.3B

All Institutions

Institutions: 460
Value Held: $7.3B
Shares Held: 26.0M
Avg Position: $15.8M
Median Position: $1.1M

Hedge Funds

Hedge Funds: 41
Value Held: $401.2M
Shares Held: 1.4M
Avg Position: $9.8M
Median Position: $1.8M

Ownership Breakdown

Institutional (non-HF)

73.71%

$6.9B

Hedge Funds

4.31%

$401.2M

Retail & Other

21.99%

$2.0B

Based on market cap of $9.3B as of Q3 2025. Institutional (non-HF) excludes hedge funds to avoid double counting.

Biggest Investors

Institutions with the largest positions in WTS as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Position Value	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	-	$1.0B 0.02% of portfolio	10.74% 3.6M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$5.67T
VANGUARD GROUP INC Institution	Salim Ramji CEO	$866.0M 0.01% of portfolio	9.29% 3.1M shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$6.69T
KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC Long Only Manager	George Robert Aylward CEO	$649.2M 1.58% of portfolio	6.97% 2.3M shares	Q3 2020 Held for 5y 2m	$41.0B
STATE STREET CORP Institution	Ronald P. O'Hanley CEO	$279.1M 0.01% of portfolio	3.00% 999.2K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$2.88T
Robeco Investment Management, Inc. Long Only Manager	Joseph Francis Feeney CEO	$253.2M 0.26% of portfolio	2.72% 907.3K shares	Q3 2024 Held for 1y 2m	$97.8B
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ Long Only Manager	Robert W Sharps President	$246.1M 0.03% of portfolio	2.64% 881.3K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$912.31B
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC ETF Provider	David Kenneth Lane CEO	$225.3M 0.01% of portfolio	2.42% 806.6K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$1.57T
I Impax Asset Management Group plc Long Only Manager	Moise Nmn Piram President	$207.5M 1.21% of portfolio	2.23% 745.6K shares	Q3 2018 Held for 7y 2m	$17.1B
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP Long Only Manager	David Paul Butler CEO	$145.6M 0.03% of portfolio	1.56% 521.2K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$466.32B
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP ETF Provider	James Allen Bowen CEO	$143.5M 0.11% of portfolio	1.54% 513.7K shares	≤ Q2 2013 Held for 12y 5m+	$134.11B

Net Capital Flow

Institutional buying and selling activity for WTS in Q3 2025

Traded: +$62.5M
Buyers: 214
Sellers: 194
Total Bought: +$555.0M
Total Sold: −$492.5M
Avg Position: $14.7M

Biggest Buyers

Institution	Net Bought	Current Position
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ Long Only Manager	+$152.4M +545.6K shares	$246.1M 881.3K shares
Cartenna Capital, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	+$47.5M +170.0K shares	$47.5M 170.0K shares
UBS Group AG Institution	+$39.0M +139.6K shares	$56.5M 202.3K shares
Invesco Ltd. ETF Provider	+$33.5M +120.1K shares	$131.1M 469.5K shares
Point72 Asset Management, L.P. Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$30.7M +110.0K shares	$32.2M 115.1K shares
SCHWAB CHARLES INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC Long Only Manager	+$21.0M +75.2K shares	$109.8M 393.1K shares
Walleye Trading Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$15.7M +56.1K shares	$15.7M 56.1K shares
ALGERT COLDIRON INVESTORS LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	+$14.6M +52.1K shares	$25.9M 92.9K shares
AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	+$13.4M +48.5K shares	$90.2M 326.1K shares
Woodline Partners LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	+$11.9M +42.7K shares	$11.9M 42.7K shares

Biggest Sellers

Institution	Net Sold	Current Position
M Mirova US LLC Long Only Manager	−$77.2M −276.5K shares	$131.8M 471.8K shares
I Impax Asset Management Group plc Long Only Manager	−$36.8M −132.2K shares	$207.5M 745.6K shares
VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC Long Only Manager	−$28.1M −100.7K shares	$57.3M 205.1K shares
VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. Long Only Manager	−$27.5M −98.6K shares	$29.7M 106.3K shares
MORGAN STANLEY RIA/Wealth	−$16.0M −57.2K shares	$48.1M 172.1K shares
KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC Long Only Manager	−$15.8M −56.6K shares	$649.2M 2.3M shares
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC Long Only Manager	−$15.7M −56.3K shares	$9.2M 32.9K shares
C Champlain Investment Partners, LLC Long Only Manager	−$13.6M −48.8K shares	$55.4M 198.5K shares
UBS GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC Long Only Manager	−$13.4M −47.9K shares	$18.7M 66.8K shares
B BlackRock, Inc. Institution	−$12.7M −45.7K shares	$1.0B 3.6M shares

Entry and Exit Activity

Institutions that initiated new positions or completely exited WTS in Q3 2025

New Positions: 29
New Value: $83.0M
Exited Positions: 35
Exited Value: $42.3M

New Positions

Institution	Position Value
Cartenna Capital, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$47.5M 170.0K shares
Walleye Trading Advisors, LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$15.7M 56.1K shares
Beacon Harbor Wealth Advisors, Inc. RIA/Wealth	$6.4M 23.1K shares
P PRESCOTT GROUP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. Hedge Fund•Long/Short	$4.2M 15.0K shares
C Coppell Advisory Solutions LLC RIA/Wealth	$3.7M 13.3K shares
SummitTX Capital, L.P. Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$1.8M 6.6K shares
Trium Capital LLP Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$725.8K 2.6K shares
Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec Fund of Funds	$514.2K 1.8K shares
Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC RIA/Wealth	$371.8K 1.3K shares
Scientech Research LLC Hedge Fund•Market Neutral	$331.5K 1.2K shares

Exited Positions

Institution	Previous Position
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$8.1M 33.0K shares
Edgestream Partners, L.P. Hedge Fund•Quant Macro	$7.5M 30.6K shares
T Twin Tree Management, LP Hedge Fund•Vol Arbitrage	$3.4M 13.9K shares
T TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND Institution	$2.8M 11.5K shares
A AXA Institution	$2.4M 9.9K shares
C Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC Hedge Fund•Quant Macro	$2.2M 9.0K shares
PDT Partners, LLC Hedge Fund•Quant	$1.8M 7.3K shares
Trexquant Investment LP Hedge Fund•Quant	$1.7M 7.0K shares
H HRT FINANCIAL LLC Institution	$1.5M 6.0K shares
X XTX Topco Ltd Institution	$1.3M 5.5K shares

Options Activity

Institutions with the largest Call and Put options positions in WTS as of Q3 2025

Call Positions: 3
Call Value: $7.4M
Put Positions: 3
Put Value: $6.3M

Call Positions

Institution	Position Value
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$4.0M 145.0 contracts
T Twin Tree Management, LP Hedge Fund•Vol Arbitrage	$2.9M 104.0 contracts
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Hedge Fund•Multi-Strategy	$418.9K 15.0 contracts

Put Positions

Institution	Position Value
T Twin Tree Management, LP Hedge Fund•Vol Arbitrage	$3.6M 128.0 contracts
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP Private Equity	$2.4M 87.0 contracts
W WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC Institution	$331.6K 12.0 contracts

Most Committed Institutions

Institutions with WTS as the highest % of their portfolio as of Q3 2025

Institution	Key People	Portfolio Weight	Ownership	Owned Since	Total AUM (Long)
S STONE RUN CAPITAL, LLC Institution	-	3.52% $8.9M	0.10% 32.0K shares	Q1 2016 Held for 9y 8m	$253.9M
P Port Capital LLC Hedge Fund•Value	Brien Michael Obrien CEO	2.98% $70.2M	0.75% 251.2K shares	Q3 2023 Held for 2y 2m	$2.4B
Cartenna Capital, LP Hedge Fund•Long/Short	Sean Mcduffy President	2.48% $47.5M	0.51% 170.0K shares	Q3 2025 Held for 2 months	$1.9B
B Birch Hill Investment Advisors LLC RIA/Wealth	Gary Richard Mikula President	2.20% $52.0M	0.56% 186.1K shares	Q4 2019 Held for 5y 11m	$2.4B
N North Growth Management Ltd. Institution	-	1.90% $11.2M	0.12% 40.0K shares	Q2 2019 Held for 6y 5m	$586.6M
T Triodos Investment Management BV Institution	-	1.74% $24.0M	0.26% 86.0K shares	Q3 2024 Held for 1y 2m	$1.4B
KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC Long Only Manager	George Robert Aylward CEO	1.58% $649.2M	6.97% 2.3M shares	Q3 2020 Held for 5y 2m	$41.0B
Beacon Harbor Wealth Advisors, Inc. RIA/Wealth	Jeremy Wayne Ingram CEO	1.51% $6.4M	0.07% 23.1K shares	Q3 2025 Held for 2 months	$428.0M
M Mirova US LLC Long Only Manager	Zineb Bennani CEO	1.33% $131.8M	1.41% 471.8K shares	Q4 2019 Held for 5y 11m	$9.9B
I Impax Asset Management Group plc Long Only Manager	Moise Nmn Piram President	1.21% $207.5M	2.23% 745.6K shares	Q3 2018 Held for 7y 2m	$17.1B

Hedge Fund Spotlight

Discover hedge funds investing in WTS

Voleon Capital Management LP

Hedge Fund • Quant

Portfolio ManagerMichael Kharitonov

Portfolio Value: $4.1B
Positions: 884
Last Reported: Q3 2025

Sector Allocation

Position in Watts Water Technologies, Inc.

Market Value: $295.8K
Shares Held: 1.1K
Portfolio Weight: 0.01%
Owned Since: 2024-Q4

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