Watsco (WSO) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2025)
Watsco's (WSO) FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.31 in Q4 2025, up 6.5% from 0.29 a year earlier but down 10.9% from the prior quarter.
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Watsco (WSO) FCF Payout Ratio (2010 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Watsco's FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.89, up 55.3% from FY2024.
- Across earlier years, FCF Payout Ratio came in at 0.57 in FY2024 (-21.6%), 0.73 in FY2023 (+17.3%), 0.62 in FY2022 (-31.8%) and 0.91 in FY2021 (+77.1%).
- Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio has ranged from 0.28 in Q3 2023 to 3.54 in Q4 2021 over the past five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, FCF Payout Ratio rose in two of the last four quarters, with growth averaging 10.3%.
- Peak year-over-year performance for FCF Payout Ratio in the last five years was growth of 713.4% in Q4 2021, against a decline of 88.2% in Q4 2022 at the low end.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Cover (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W.W. Grainger | 58.68 Bn | 56.66 Bn | 1.98 Bn | 0.44 |
| 2 | Fastenal | 56.84 Bn | 55.76 Bn | 1.06 Bn | - |
| 3 | Ferguson Enterprises | 43.23 Bn | 40.45 Bn | 2.32 Bn | - |
| 4 | Sunbelt Rentals Holdings | 30.01 Bn | 29.89 Bn | 1.25 Bn | - |
| 5 | Reliance | 19.64 Bn | 18.69 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 0.93 |
| 6 | Wesco International | 17.52 Bn | 14.83 Bn | 1.46 Bn | 0.96 |
| 7 | Applied Industrial Technologies | 12.22 Bn | 12.09 Bn | 411.22 Mn | 0.12 |
| 8 | Watsco | 10.77 Bn | 8.93 Bn | 578.93 Mn | - |
| 9 | Avantor | 10.19 Bn | 8.98 Bn | 537.00 Mn | - |
| 10 | Core & Main | 7.65 Bn | 6.95 Bn | 573.00 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | 0.31 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 0.35 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 0.29 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 0.49 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.12 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 0.99 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 0.33 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 0.28 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 0.42 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.31 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 0.52 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.54 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 0.33 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 0.66 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 0.44 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 0.63 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 0.32 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 1.61 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 0.45 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 0.49 |
API Access
Watsco FCF Payout Ratio API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-payout-ratio&ticker=WSO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-payout-ratio", "ticker": "WSO", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=fcf-payout-ratio&ticker=WSO&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();