Watsco, Inc.

WSO Industrials Industrial Distribution

Watsco, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $7.2 billion, down 4.98% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+7.42%
EPS
−11.5%
Free cash flow
−8.87%
Total debt
+815.5%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

311.78 7.74 −2.42%
Market cap
$13.0B
P/E
27.0×
Fwd P/E
26.4×
Dividend yield
4.14%
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
9.62
Beneish M
−2.48
Dividend safety
56/100

Watsco, Inc. (WSO) Gross margin

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Watsco, Inc.'s gross margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 27.2%, down 0.9 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (28.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 24.2% (fiscal 2020) to 28.1% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is below the Industrial Distribution industry median of 30.0% and below the Industrials sector median of 30.6%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 28.1% 1.21
FY2024 26.8% (0.51)
FY2023 27.4% (0.56)
FY2022 27.9% 1.36
FY2021 26.6% 2.36
FY2020 24.2% (0.06)
FY2019 24.3% (0.39)
FY2018 24.6% 0.10
FY2017 24.5% 0.03
FY2016 24.5% 0.02

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Sep 2026 26.4% (1.09)
Jun 2026 27.5% (0.39)
Mar 2026 27.9% 0.75
Dec 2025 27.1% (0.38)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 24.2% High 28.1%
Ten-year median 24.6%
Current reading's percentile 70

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
MSM MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. compare 40.9%
XMTR Xometry, Inc. compare 38.6%
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 30.4%
POOL Pool Corporation compare 29.4%
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 27.5%
WSO Watsco, Inc. 27.2%
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 27.1%
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 24.0%
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 21.5%
Industrial Distribution industry median 30.0%
Industrials sector median 30.6%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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