Watsco (WSO-B) Return on Equity [ROE] (2010 - 2026)
Watsco (WSO-B) reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 15.81% for Q3 2026, down 3.06 percentage points from 18.88% a year earlier and down 0.95 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Watsco (WSO-B) Return on Equity [ROE] (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Watsco posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 18.69%, down 3.69 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Equity [ROE] has declined for three consecutive years, though with a five-year change of +0.20 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 22.38% in FY2024 (-3.69 pp), 26.07% in FY2023 (-7.08 pp), 33.15% in FY2022 (+6.74 pp) and 26.41% in FY2021 (+7.91 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] since Q4 2012.
- Year over year, Return on Equity [ROE] has now declined in each of the last 14 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -2.22 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Equity [ROE] in five years was Q1 2022 (a gain of 8.09 percentage points); the low point was Q1 2024 (a drop of 8.75 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 16.76% (Q2 2026), 18.21% (Q1 2026) and 18.01% (Q4 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 16.76% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 18.21% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 18.01% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 18.88% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 19.91% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 20.35% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 20.42% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 19.93% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 20.67% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 21.94% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 24.01% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 27.10% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 28.53% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 30.69% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 30.83% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 28.32% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 28.87% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 27.83% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 24.82% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 23.25% |
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Watsco Return on Equity [ROE] 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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=WSO-B&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "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-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=WSO-B&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();