Select Water Solutions Inc (NYSE: WTTR)’s stock price has gone decline by -0.86 in comparison to its previous close of 9.28, however, the company has experienced a 6.85% increase in its stock price over the last five trading days. seekingalpha.com reported 2025-05-07 that Select Water Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:WTTR ) Q1 2025 Results Conference Call May 7, 2025 11:00 AM ET Company Participants Garrett Williams – Vice President, Corporate Finance and Investor Relations John Schmitz – Founder, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Chris George – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Michael Skarke – Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Conference Call Participants Bobby Brooks – Northland Capital Markets Thomas Turrin – Seaport Global Don Crist – Johnson Rice Blake McLean – Daniel Energy Jeffrey Robertson – Water Tower Research Operator Greetings, and welcome to the Select Water Solutions 2025 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.
Is It Worth Investing in Select Water Solutions Inc (NYSE: WTTR) Right Now?
Select Water Solutions Inc (NYSE: WTTR) has a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.70x that is above its average ratio. Additionally, the 36-month beta value for WTTR is 1.20. There are mixed opinions on the stock, with 5 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 0 rating it as “overweight,” 0 rating it as “hold,” and 0 rating it as “sell.”
The public float for WTTR is 92.62M and currently, short sellers hold a 4.68% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of WTTR on June 13, 2025 was 1.49M shares.
WTTR’s Market Performance
WTTR stock saw an increase of 6.85% in the past week, with a monthly gain of 6.11% and a quarterly increase of -1.81%. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.96%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 2.02% for Select Water Solutions Inc (WTTR). The simple moving average for the past 20 days is 8.30% for WTTR’s stock, with a -18.37% simple moving average for the past 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of WTTR
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for WTTR stocks, with Northland Capital repeating the rating for WTTR by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for WTTR in the upcoming period, according to Northland Capital is $14.50 based on the research report published on August 22, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Citigroup, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see WTTR reach a price target of $13. The rating they have provided for WTTR stocks is “Buy” according to the report published on May 09th, 2024.
Northland Capital gave a rating of “Market Perform” to WTTR, setting the target price at $11.50 in the report published on April 22nd of the previous year.
WTTR Trading at 8.08% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought WTTR to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -39.23% of loss for the given period.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at WTTR starting from Schmitz John, who sale 73,450 shares at the price of $13.03 back on Feb 14 ’25. After this action, Schmitz John now owns 2,825,128 shares of Select Water Solutions Inc, valued at $957,054 using the latest closing price.
Schmitz John, the President/CEO of Select Water Solutions Inc, sale 26,550 shares at $13.16 during a trade that took place back on Feb 11 ’25, which means that Schmitz John is holding 2,898,578 shares at $349,289 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for WTTR
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.04 for the present operating margin
- 0.15 for the gross margin
The net margin for Select Water Solutions Inc stands at 0.02. The total capital return value is set at 0.05. Equity return is now at value 4.51, with 2.49 for asset returns.
Based on Select Water Solutions Inc (WTTR), the company’s capital structure generated 0.27 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.68. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.37. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 5.96.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 213.28 million with net debt to EBITDA at 1.18. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 0.83. The receivables turnover for the company is 4.32for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.94. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.83.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Select Water Solutions Inc (WTTR) has seen mixed performance in recent times. Analysts have a bullish opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others rating it as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
