Watsco, Inc.
General ticker "WSO" information:
- Sector: Industrials
- Industry: Trading Companies & Distributors
- Capitalization: $17.3B (TTM average)
Watsco, Inc. does not follow the US Stock Market performance with the rate: -16.3%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.9%: low 339.89$, high 352.90$
Factors to consider:
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2025-10-16, amount 3.00$ (Y3.45%)
- Total employees count: 7295 (-1.8%) as of 2024
- US accounted for 89.7% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Supplier concentration, Cybersecurity threats, Economic downturns and volatility, Acquisition/divestiture risks, Geopolitical risks
- Current price 19.2% below estimated low
- Earnings for 9 months up through Q3 are below our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [430.73$, 573.03$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [445.75$, 597.70$]
Financial Metrics affecting the WSO estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 36.5 at the end of fiscal year the price was very high
- Positive: 7.86 < Operating profit margin, % of 10.22
- Positive: 0 < Industry earnings per price (median), % of 3.39
- Positive: 41.86 < Shareholder equity ratio, % of 58.62 <= 63.39
- Positive: Inventory ratio change, % of -0.23 <= 0
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0 <= 0.01
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of -0.07 <= 0
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 12.30 > 6.04
- Positive: 0.33 < Operating cash flow per share per price, % of 4.26
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $7,297.02MM | $7,309.94MM | $7,648.82MM |
| Operating Expenses | $6,465.44MM | $6,515.13MM | $6,867.04MM |
| Operating Income | $831.58MM | $794.81MM | $781.77MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $-2.17MM | $-4.92MM | $20.87MM |
| Income(Loss) | $829.41MM | $789.89MM | $802.64MM |
| Taxes | $125.72MM | $155.75MM | $166.90MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $601.17MM | $536.34MM | $536.29MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $1,889.24MM | $2,229.84MM | $2,656.99MM |
| Inventory | $1,370.17MM | $1,347.29MM | $1,385.44MM |
| Assets | $3,488.21MM | $3,729.18MM | $4,532.27MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $571.96MM | $561.95MM | $773.10MM |
| Capital expenditure | $35.65MM | $35.48MM | $30.09MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-33.84MM | $-41.34MM | $-290.67MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-503.96MM | $-460.08MM | $-158.53MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $16.90 | $14.68 | $14.30 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.