Watsco (WSO) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

Watsco has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 20.06% for Q1 2026.

• Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 20.06%, down 160.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 20.06% (down 160.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 19.32%, down 574.0% from the prior year.
• Return on Capital Employed came in at 20.06% for Q1 2026 at Watsco, up from 19.12% in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 31.62% in Q4 2022 to a low of 19.12% in Q4 2025.
• The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 25.06% (2023), against an average of 24.89%.
• Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed jumped 702 bps in 2022 and tumbled 656 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
• Watsco's Return on Capital Employed stood at 31.62% in 2022, then fell by 21 bps to 25.06% in 2023, then declined by 11 bps to 22.24% in 2024, then dropped by 14 bps to 19.12% in 2025, then gained by 5 bps to 20.06% in 2026.
• The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 20.06% (Q1 2026), 19.12% (Q4 2025), and 19.71% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.