Watsco (WSO) Deferred Taxes (2010 - 2025)

Watsco's (WSO) quarterly Deferred Taxes came in at $8.7 million in Q4 2025, up 250.97% year-on-year from $2.5 million in Q4 2024, and up 286.59% quarter-over-quarter from $2.2 million in Q3 2025.

Watsco (WSO) Deferred Taxes (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Watsco has disclosed Deferred Taxes across 16 years of filings, most recently posting $8.7 million for Q4 2025.

  • Deferred Taxes for Q4 2025 came in at $8.7 million, up 250.97% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $7.6 million (up 154.33% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $14.3 million, up 6130.57% from the prior year.
  • Deferred Taxes came in at $8.7 million for Q4 2025 at Watsco, up from $2.2 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Deferred Taxes ranged from a high of $8.7 million in Q4 2025 to a low of -$13.1 million in Q4 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Deferred Taxes is $2.2 million (2022), against an average of $1.0 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Deferred Taxes jumped 262.65% in 2022 and slumped 282.68% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Watsco's Deferred Taxes stood at $2.0 million in 2021, then surged by 262.65% to $7.2 million in 2022, then plunged by 282.68% to -$13.1 million in 2023, then surged by 56.02% to -$5.7 million in 2024, then jumped by 250.97% to $8.7 million in 2025.
  • The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at $8.7 million (Q4 2025), $2.2 million (Q3 2025), and -$5.7 million (Q4 2024), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Deferred Taxes (Qtr)
1 W.W. Grainger 63.64 Bn 63.46 Bn 1.75 Bn -21.00 Mn
2 Fastenal 53.18 Bn 52.87 Bn 982.90 Mn -1.80 Mn
3 Ferguson Enterprises 45.51 Bn 44.69 Bn 2.32 Bn -38.00 Mn
4 Wesco International 17.33 Bn 16.62 Bn 1.29 Bn 27.50 Mn
5 Watsco 14.65 Bn 14.51 Bn 427.56 Mn -
6 Qxo 12.24 Bn 9.19 Bn 409.30 Mn -53.30 Mn
7 Applied Industrial Technologies 11.99 Bn 11.82 Bn 380.80 Mn -
8 Core & Main 9.98 Bn 9.84 Bn 428.00 Mn -
9 Pool 7.00 Bn 6.92 Bn 329.87 Mn -
10 Msc Industrial Direct 6.54 Bn 6.49 Bn 377.59 Mn -

Historic Data

Download Data
DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 8.68 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 2.25 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 -5.75 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 2.41 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 -13.07 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 2.45 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 7.16 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 2.21 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 1.97 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 1.85 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 -3.14 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 1.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 -1.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 1.61 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 4.37 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 2.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 -14.84 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 1.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 -1.26 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 1.72 Mn