Growth Metrics

Watsco (WSO) Operating Margin (2016 - 2025)

Watsco (WSO) has disclosed Operating Margin for 17 consecutive years, with 6.43% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 133.0% to 6.43% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 9.95% through Dec 2025, down 31.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 9.95% for FY2025, 31.0% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin hit 6.43% in Q4 2025 for Watsco, down from 11.36% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Margin ranged from a high of 13.46% in Q2 2022 to a low of 6.43% in Q4 2025.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 10.23% across 5 years, with a median of 11.29% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Margin: soared 402bps in 2022 and later tumbled -254bps in 2024.
  • Year by year, Operating Margin stood at 8.14% in 2021, then increased by 7bps to 8.68% in 2022, then dropped by -23bps to 6.72% in 2023, then grew by 16bps to 7.76% in 2024, then dropped by -17bps to 6.43% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Margin for WSO at 6.43% in Q4 2025, 11.36% in Q3 2025, and 13.18% in Q2 2025.