Watsco (WSO-B) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026)
Watsco's (WSO-B) Payout Ratio was 1.18 for Q3 2026, up 24.0% from 0.95 a year earlier and up 4.3% from the prior quarter.
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Watsco (WSO-B) Payout Ratio (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Payout Ratio at Watsco was 1.02, up 20.2% from FY2024.
- Payout Ratio has increased for three consecutive years.
- By year, Payout Ratio came in at 0.85 in FY2024 (+10.8%), 0.77 in FY2023 (+38.6%), 0.55 in FY2022 (-21.3%) and 0.70 in FY2021 (-28.7%).
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Payout Ratio since Q3 2013.
- Year over year, Payout Ratio has now increased in each of the last 14 quarters, with growth averaging 20.4% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Payout Ratio in five years was Q4 2023 (growth of 29.0%); the low point was Q1 2022 (a decline of 31.8%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 1.13 (Q2 2026), 1.06 (Q1 2026) and 1.02 (Q4 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.18 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.13 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.06 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.02 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.95 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 0.91 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 0.87 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.82 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.81 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 0.76 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.75 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.71 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.63 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.63 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 0.59 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.55 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.59 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.59 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 0.63 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.70 |
API Access
Watsco Payout Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=payout-ratio&ticker=WSO-B&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payout-ratio", "ticker": "WSO-B", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=payout-ratio&ticker=WSO-B&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();