Top Performing Water Stocks 2025 USA: FKnol.com

Water, the transparent, taste-less, odor-less, and almost color-less substance available in Earth's atmosphere and various river-streams, lakes, and oceans, and the fluids of most living organisms, is the most vital requirement for sustaining all forms of life. Companies which operate in the water-related businesses are involved in the activities of water-purification, water-processing, water-treatment and water-cleansing, or they design, manufacture or market equipment for water pumping, water flow, valves, plumbing, submersible water systems, ground water processing, and water quality, reuse & drainage products.
Though some opine that making a business out of basic necessities of life may raise ethical concerns, there are hundreds of companies across the globe which are involved in water-related activities.
Among the various water sector companies whose stocks are listed on stock excchanges, which ones generated the top returns this year? Which of those figured among the winners in the long list of Water stocks?
This article provides a list of Water stocks which have generated top returns in the year 2025 so far till date of writing. The list is prepared based on the percentage returns generated by the individual Water stocks between the end of the previous year and Jul 3, 2025, and the top 10 return generating Water stocks are listed below.

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Top Water Stocks With Highest Returns

The following list presents stocks of the companies which belong to the broader Water sector or the stock market index, their corresponding prices as of given date, and the percentage gains realized:

1) Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp (SBS)

Price Gain: 51.71% 2025 year-to-date
Current Price: $21.74
Market Capitalization: $80.21 billion
52-week Price Range: $13.87 - $22.18
ETFs holding SBS - No Recent Candlestick Patterns

2) ZVZZT Water Corp Ltd. (ZVZZT)

Price Gain: 32.31% 2025 year-to-date
Current Price: $21.43
Market Capitalization: $1111.11 billion
52-week Price Range: $285 - $822.81
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3) Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (WTS)

Price Gain: 25.57% 2025 year-to-date
Current Price: $255.29
Market Capitalization: $8.52 billion
52-week Price Range: $175.37 - $255.29
ETFs holding WTS - No Recent Candlestick Patterns

4) ZVZZT Water Corp Ltd. (ZVZZT)

Price Gain: 25.34% 2025 year-to-date
Current Price: $21.43
Market Capitalization: $1111.11 billion
52-week Price Range: $87.42 - $226.44
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5) Itron, Inc. (ITRI)

Price Gain: 24.97% 2025 year-to-date
Current Price: $135.69
Market Capitalization: $6.19 billion
52-week Price Range: $90.12 - $136.06
ETFs holding ITRI - No Recent Candlestick Patterns

6) ZVZZT Water Corp Ltd. (ZVZZT)

Price Gain: 16.97% 2025 year-to-date
Current Price: $21.43
Market Capitalization: $1111.11 billion
52-week Price Range: $176.77 - $411.26
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7) Badger Meter, Inc. (BMI)

Price Gain: 14.38% 2025 year-to-date
Current Price: $242.62
Market Capitalization: $7.15 billion
52-week Price Range: $162.17 - $256.08
ETFs holding BMI - No Recent Candlestick Patterns

8) ZVZZT Water Corp Ltd. (ZVZZT)

Price Gain: 14.01% 2025 year-to-date
Current Price: $21.43
Market Capitalization: $1111.11 billion
52-week Price Range: $80.38 - $215.25
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9) American Water Works Company Inc (AWK)

Price Gain: 12.50% 2025 year-to-date
Current Price: $140.05
Market Capitalization: $27.31 billion
52-week Price Range: $118.74 - $155.5
ETFs holding AWK - No Recent Candlestick Patterns

10) ZVZZT Water Corp Ltd. (ZVZZT)

Price Gain: 11.38% 2025 year-to-date
Current Price: $21.43
Market Capitalization: $1111.11 billion
52-week Price Range: $200.06 - $568.83
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There's more... See price performance, YTD-gains, market-cap and other details of all the 39 Water stocks with sorting features in a tabular format. Alternatively, one can also explore the List of Top Water ETFs.

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Performance of Top Water Stocks

Here's a look at the basic details and how the above mentioned stocks fared during the period:

1) Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Pa

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo-SABESP provides basic and environmental sanitation services, and supplies treated water and sewage services on a wholesale basis to residential, ... see Detailed Company Profile, full Dividend History, and List of ETFs holding the stock of Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Pa.
The -based sector company Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Paulo - Sabesp (SBS) holds the number two spot among the best performing stocks of the Water sector. Classified as the business, the stock price of Companhia de saneamento Basico Do Estado De Sao Pa ended the previous year at a price of $14.33 per share while it reached the level of $21.74 apiece as of Jul 3, 2025 translating to a percentage change in stock price of 51.71%. As of writing, the company's market-cap value stands at $80.21 billion.

2) ZVZZT Water Corp Ltd. (ZVZZT)

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3) Watts Water

Watts Water Technologies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells products and systems that manage and conserve the flow of fluids and energy into, through and out of buildings in the residential and co ... see Detailed Company Profile, full Dividend History, and List of ETFs holding the stock of Watts Water.
The -based Watts Water Technologies, Inc. (WTS) belongs to the sector and is categorized as a company. The stock of Watts Water ended the previous year at a price of $203.3 per share. As of Jul 3, 2025, the stock price has reached $255.29 apiece, which indicates a change of 25.57 percent making the company rank among the top performing stocks of the Water for the year 2025 till date. At the end of the last year, company's market capitalization stood at $6.94 billion. It has now changed to $8.52 billion as of writing.

4) ZVZZT Water Corp Ltd. (ZVZZT)

5) Itron

Itron, Inc., a technology company, provides end-to-end solutions that measures, manages, and analyzes energy and water use worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Electricity, Gas, and ... see Detailed Company Profile, full Dividend History, and List of ETFs holding the stock of Itron.
Based on the market-cap change from $3.44 billion to $6.19 billion during the given months of the year 2025 and the share price change from $108.58 per share to a price of $135.69 per share as of Jul 3, 2025, Itron, Inc. (ITRI) was successful in generating YTD returns of 24.97 percentage. Standing at the number six rank in the top performing list of Water stocks, the -based Itron is categorized as the sub-sector business which falls under the larger sector.

6) ZVZZT Water Corp Ltd. (ZVZZT)

7) Badger Meter

Badger Meter, Inc., incorporated on March 9, 1905, is a manufacturer and marketer of products incorporating flow measurement, control and communication solutions, serving water utilities, municipalities, and commercial and industrial ... see Detailed Company Profile, full Dividend History, and List of ETFs holding the stock of Badger Meter.
Badger Meter, Inc. (BMI) has moved by 14.38 percentage over the given period of 2025-YTD, helping it gain a place at number eight among the top performing stocks. The sector company managed to achieve the feat as its stock price changed from $212.12 apiece to the price of $242.62 per share between the end of December of the previous year and Jul 3, 2025. The smart run of the -based sector company lead to a handsome gain in its marketcap which changed from $4.53 billion to $7.15 billion over the same duration.

8) ZVZZT Water Corp Ltd. (ZVZZT)

9) American Water Works

American Water Works Company, Inc., incorporated on August 28, 1936, is a holding company for regulated and market-based subsidiaries throughout the United States and Ontario, Canada. The Companys Regulated Businesses ... see Detailed Company Profile, full Dividend History, and List of ETFs holding the stock of American Water Works.
The number ten spot in the list of top performing stocks of the Water sector is taken by American Water Works Company Inc (AWK). The company's stock price changed from $124.49 per share at the end of December of the previous year to the price of $140.05 per share as of writing. Overall, the stock managed to realized price change of 12.5 percent during the given time period. The corresponding change in the market capitalization value of the -based sector company was from $25.7 billion to $27.31 billion. Being ranked in the top 10 best performing stocks of the Water sector, the company also succeeded in outperforming the returns generated by some of the popular stock market indexes.