Watsco (WSO) FCF Margin (2010 - 2026)

Watsco (WSO) posted FCF Margin of 1.69% for Q1 2026, down 106.86% sequentially from 24.61% in Q4 2025, and up 1041.0% YoY from 0.15% in Q1 2025.

Analysis

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

Watsco has reported FCF Margin for 17 years, with the latest figure at 1.69% in Q1 2026.

Quarterly FCF Margin rose 1041.0% year-over-year to 1.69% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 9.59% (up 352.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 7.39%, down 236.0% from the prior year.
FCF Margin fell to 1.69% in Q1 2026 per WSO's latest filing, from 24.61% in the prior quarter.
Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 24.61% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 12.1% in Q1 2025.
A 5-year average of 7.18% and a median of 7.69% in 2022 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: FCF Margin surged 1150 bps in 2022, then tumbled 1835 bps in 2025.
Over 5 years, FCF Margin stood at 12.9% in 2022, then surged by 40 bps to 18.0% in 2023, then grew by 17 bps to 21.14% in 2024, then advanced by 16 bps to 24.61% in 2025, then slumped by 107 bps to 1.69% in 2026.
According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin over the past three periods registered 1.69%, 24.61%, and 16.74% for Q1 2026, Q4 2025, and Q3 2025 respectively.

Peer Set

#	Company	Market Cap	Enterprise Value	Gross Profit (Qtr)	FCF Margin (Qtr)
1	W.W. Grainger	61.67 Bn	61.08 Bn	1.98 Bn	-
2	Fastenal	56.02 Bn	55.82 Bn	1.06 Bn	8.45%
3	Ferguson Enterprises	43.15 Bn	42.33 Bn	2.32 Bn	9.10%
4	Wesco International	16.47 Bn	15.66 Bn	1.46 Bn	0.38%
5	Watsco	12.00 Bn	11.54 Bn	578.93 Mn	-0.55%
6	Applied Industrial Technologies	11.93 Bn	11.81 Bn	411.22 Mn	11.81%
7	Core & Main	8.35 Bn	8.20 Bn	520.00 Mn	3.56%
8	Pool	6.60 Bn	6.57 Bn	540.76 Mn	-2.99%
9	Msc Industrial Direct	6.50 Bn	6.42 Bn	430.41 Mn	7.73%
10	Xometry	5.07 Bn	4.55 Bn	87.15 Mn	1.27%

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