Watsco (WSO-B) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026)
Watsco's Return on Assets [ROA] was 10.74% in Q3 2026, down 2.52 percentage points from 13.26% a year earlier and down 0.78 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Watsco (WSO-B) Return on Assets [ROA] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Return on Assets [ROA] at Watsco came in at 13.21%, down 2.28 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Assets [ROA] has now declined for three consecutive years, though with a five-year change of +0.39 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Return on Assets [ROA] was 15.49% in FY2024 (-2.08 pp), 17.57% in FY2023 (-3.84 pp), 21.41% in FY2022 (+3.50 pp) and 17.91% in FY2021 (+5.08 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure marks the lowest quarterly Return on Assets [ROA] since Q3 2014.
- Compared with a year earlier, Return on Assets [ROA] has declined for 13 straight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.38 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Return on Assets [ROA] over five years was Q4 2022 (a gain of 3.75 percentage points); the worst was Q1 2024 (a drop of 4.15 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, WSO-B's Return on Assets [ROA] in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was 11.52% (Q2 2026), 12.93% (Q1 2026) and 13.10% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 11.52% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 12.93% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 13.10% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 13.26% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.68% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 14.01% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.13% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 13.87% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 14.11% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 15.04% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 16.33% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 17.04% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 17.18% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 19.18% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 19.90% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 17.42% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 17.10% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 17.30% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 16.15% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 14.77% |
Watsco Return on Assets [ROA] 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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=WSO-B&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-assets-[roa]", "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=return-on-assets-%5Broa%5D&ticker=WSO-B&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();