Watsco (WSO) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)
Watsco's Return on Capital Employed history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.19% for Q4 2025.
- For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 3.0% year-over-year to 0.19%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.19%, down 3.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.19%, 6.0% down from the prior year.
- Return on Capital Employed for Q4 2025 was 0.19% at Watsco, down from 0.2% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Return on Capital Employed topped out at 0.32% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.19% in Q4 2025.
- The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 0.25% (2021), against an average of 0.25%.
- The largest annual shift saw Return on Capital Employed rose 7bps in 2021 before it decreased -7bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.27% in 2021, then grew by 19bps to 0.32% in 2022, then dropped by -21bps to 0.25% in 2023, then fell by -11bps to 0.22% in 2024, then decreased by -14bps to 0.19% in 2025.
- Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WSO's Return on Capital Employed are 0.19% (Q4 2025), 0.2% (Q3 2025), and 0.22% (Q2 2025).