Watsco (WSO) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)

Watsco's (WSO) quarterly FCF Margin came in at 1.69% in Q1 2026, up 1041.0% year-on-year from 0.15% in Q1 2025, and down 106.86% quarter-over-quarter from 24.61% in Q4 2025.

Watsco (WSO) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Watsco has disclosed FCF Margin across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 1.69% for Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 1.69%, up 1041.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.59% (up 352.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 7.39%, down 236.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin came in at 1.69% for Q1 2026 at Watsco, down from 24.61% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Margin ranged from a high of 24.61% in Q4 2025 to a low of 12.1% in Q1 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 7.69% (2022), against an average of 7.18%.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Margin soared 1150 bps in 2022 and tumbled 1835 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Watsco's FCF Margin stood at 12.9% in 2022, then soared by 40 bps to 18.0% in 2023, then advanced by 17 bps to 21.14% in 2024, then rose by 16 bps to 24.61% in 2025, then slumped by 107 bps to 1.69% in 2026.
  • The last three FCF Margin figures came in at 1.69% (Q1 2026), 24.61% (Q4 2025), and 16.74% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 W.W. Grainger 63.64 Bn 63.46 Bn 1.75 Bn 6.08%
2 Fastenal 53.18 Bn 52.87 Bn 982.90 Mn 14.51%
3 Ferguson Enterprises 45.51 Bn 44.69 Bn 2.32 Bn 10.17%
4 Wesco International 17.33 Bn 16.62 Bn 1.29 Bn 3.26%
5 Watsco 14.65 Bn 14.51 Bn 427.56 Mn -1.69%
6 Qxo 12.24 Bn 9.19 Bn 409.30 Mn 2.78%
7 Applied Industrial Technologies 11.99 Bn 11.82 Bn 380.80 Mn 7.62%
8 Core & Main 9.98 Bn 9.84 Bn 428.00 Mn 16.00%
9 Pool 7.00 Bn 6.92 Bn 329.87 Mn 1.51%
10 Msc Industrial Direct 6.54 Bn 6.49 Bn 377.59 Mn 7.96%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -1.69%
Dec 31, 2025 24.61%
Sep 30, 2025 16.74%
Jun 30, 2025 -0.69%
Mar 31, 2025 -12.10%
Dec 31, 2024 21.14%
Sep 30, 2024 10.32%
Jun 30, 2024 2.40%
Mar 31, 2024 6.25%
Dec 31, 2023 18.00%
Sep 30, 2023 16.12%
Jun 30, 2023 -2.50%
Mar 31, 2023 -3.54%
Dec 31, 2022 12.90%
Sep 30, 2022 13.67%
Jun 30, 2022 7.69%
Mar 31, 2022 -7.22%
Dec 31, 2021 1.40%
Sep 30, 2021 13.02%
Jun 30, 2021 6.13%