Watsco (WSO) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2025)

Watsco's (WSO) quarterly FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.31 in Q4 2025, down 72.57% year-on-year from 1.14 in Q4 2024, and down 10.85% quarter-over-quarter from 0.35 in Q3 2025.

Watsco (WSO) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Watsco has disclosed FCF Payout Ratio across 16 years of filings, most recently posting 0.31 for Q4 2025.

  • FCF Payout Ratio for Q4 2025 came in at 0.31, down 72.57% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.58 (down 32.53% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 0.89, up 55.34% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.31 for Q4 2025 at Watsco, down from 0.35 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, FCF Payout Ratio ranged from a high of 2.12 in Q2 2024 to a low of 11.25 in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Payout Ratio is 0.31 (2022), against an average of 0.91.
  • Across the five-year window, FCF Payout Ratio sank 650.98% in 2021 and soared 241.49% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Watsco's FCF Payout Ratio stood at 7.43 in 2021, then surged by 105.62% to 0.42 in 2022, then retreated by 19.95% to 0.33 in 2023, then jumped by 241.49% to 1.14 in 2024, then sank by 72.57% to 0.31 in 2025.
  • The last three FCF Payout Ratio figures came in at 0.31 (Q4 2025), 0.35 (Q3 2025), and 11.25 (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 W.W. Grainger 63.64 Bn 63.46 Bn 1.75 Bn 0.41
2 Fastenal 53.18 Bn 52.87 Bn 982.90 Mn 0.86
3 Ferguson Enterprises 45.51 Bn 44.69 Bn 2.32 Bn 0.23
4 Wesco International 17.33 Bn 16.62 Bn 1.29 Bn -
5 Watsco 14.65 Bn 14.51 Bn 427.56 Mn -
6 Qxo 12.24 Bn 9.19 Bn 409.30 Mn 0.47
7 Applied Industrial Technologies 11.99 Bn 11.82 Bn 380.80 Mn 0.20
8 Core & Main 9.98 Bn 9.84 Bn 428.00 Mn 0.01
9 Pool 7.00 Bn 6.92 Bn 329.87 Mn 2.67
10 Msc Industrial Direct 6.54 Bn 6.49 Bn 377.59 Mn 0.66

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 0.31
Sep 30, 2025 0.35
Jun 30, 2025 -11.25
Mar 31, 2025 -0.38
Dec 31, 2024 1.14
Sep 30, 2024 -0.92
Jun 30, 2024 2.12
Mar 31, 2024 0.99
Dec 31, 2023 0.33
Sep 30, 2023 0.28
Jun 30, 2023 -1.91
Mar 31, 2023 -1.73
Dec 31, 2022 0.42
Sep 30, 2022 0.31
Jun 30, 2022 0.52
Mar 31, 2022 -0.69
Dec 31, 2021 -7.43
Sep 30, 2021 0.33
Jun 30, 2021 0.66
Mar 31, 2021 -1.61