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Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation (ZWS) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for ZWS, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 61/100 · S&P 500 fund at 75, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-06
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 98th percentile of the window, +5.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-06
  • Sector × region Industrials in US: +1.4% week · −1.8% month · −4.6% quarter · +7.0% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLI.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-06
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.74 · up 0.17 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-06
How it trades on rate days beta 0.60 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How ZWS has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.60 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation moved 0.60% on average · correlation 0.20 · higher than 61% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.22 less rate-sensitive lately than over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.37% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.38% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Industrials · US · 8 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Industrials · US

Scored names in the same sector and country from the Closelooknet universe.

Compared against ZWS on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation

ZWS in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions designs, sources and manufactures water management products sold under several brand names. It makes filtered water dispensers and fountains, backflow preventers, pressure and thermostatic valves, drainage and grease-interceptor systems, sensor-operated faucets and flush valves, sinks, restroom partitions and hand dryers. It sells through sales representatives, plumbing wholesalers and trade distributors to institutional, commercial, waterworks and residential customers, and is based in Milwaukee.
Where it sits in the stack
Zurn Elkay holds no seat in our index. It sits in the Industrials sector, within the pollution-and-treatment-controls sleeve of our universe, a group built around plumbing, filtration and water-safety equipment rather than any part of the build-out stack.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group for Zurn Elkay is not set. The comparison the market draws is with Mueller Water Products, another maker of water infrastructure and control equipment.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It carries a Closelooknet score, though momentum is the only module the diary currently reads for it. It holds no index seat and appears in none of the diary's quoted editions.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether institutional and commercial construction spending, which feeds demand for its plumbing and drainage lines, turns up or down.

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation (ZWS) trades on US exchanges, classified under Industrials.

The Closelooknet company score reads 60/100 composite (momentum 53, quality 64, valuation 43) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.92%, quarterly · buybacks 160 m USD in FY2025

Dividends and capital return

What ZWS pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 0.44 USD per share · a 0.92% yield on the 2026-10-06 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-10-06
  • Change on the year +63.0% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 0.27 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.11 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-08-20
  • By calendar year 2025: 0.38 USD (partial) · 2026: 0.33 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2025-02-20
  • Dividends paid, FY2025 64 m USD 26% of earnings
  • Buybacks, FY2025 160 m USD 2.1% of today's market value
  • Share count −1.9% in FY2025 41 m USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 224 m USD · 71% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-07

Quick answers

What is Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation (ZWS)?

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation trades as ZWS on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Industrials in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-10-07.

Is ZWS in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-10-07.

What is Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation's Closelooknet composite score?

60 out of 100, with momentum 53, quality 64 and valuation 43 sub-scores, as of 2026-10-07. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

Where does ZWS trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -1.2% vs the 50-day and -0.6% vs the 200-day average, 12.8% below the 52-week high and +11.6% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-06 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Industrials · US), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation (ZWS) sits 12.8% below its 52-week high, 1.2% below its 50-day average; Nordson Corporation (NDSN) is 1.4% below, Fastenal Company (FAST) is 4.2% below, Cintas Corporation (CTAS) is 10.8% below. Put any of them next to ZWS in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation had a beta of 0.60 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 61% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.37% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

What does Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation do?

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions designs, sources and manufactures water management products sold under several brand names. It makes filtered water dispensers and fountains, backflow preventers, pressure and thermostatic valves, drainage and grease-interceptor systems, sensor-operated faucets and flush valves, sinks, restroom partitions and hand dryers. It sells through sales representatives, plumbing wholesalers and trade distributors to institutional, commercial, waterworks and residential customers, and is based in Milwaukee. Closelooknet's peer group for Zurn Elkay is not set. The comparison the market draws is with Mueller Water Products, another maker of water infrastructure and control equipment.

Where does Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation sit in the AI build-out?

Zurn Elkay holds no seat in our index. It sits in the Industrials sector, within the pollution-and-treatment-controls sleeve of our universe, a group built around plumbing, filtration and water-safety equipment rather than any part of the build-out stack. It carries a Closelooknet score, though momentum is the only module the diary currently reads for it. It holds no index seat and appears in none of the diary's quoted editions.

Does Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation pay a dividend?

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corporation has paid 0.44 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.92% on the 2026-10-06 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.11 USD on 2026-08-20. In fiscal 2025 the company paid 64 m USD in dividends and bought back 160 m USD of its own shares, 71% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count fell 1.9% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for ZWS, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelooknet universe

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