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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |