Growth Metrics

Watsco (WSO) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Watsco's Return on Equity history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.2% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Equity changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.2%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.2%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.23%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity for Q4 2025 was 0.2% at Watsco, down from 0.2% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Equity topped out at 0.31% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.2% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Equity is 0.23% (2021), against an average of 0.24%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Equity rose 8bps in 2022 before it fell -9bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Equity shows it stood at 0.25% in 2021, then rose by 24bps to 0.31% in 2022, then decreased by -22bps to 0.24% in 2023, then dropped by -15bps to 0.2% in 2024, then decreased by -1bps to 0.2% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WSO's Return on Equity are 0.2% (Q4 2025), 0.2% (Q3 2025), and 0.2% (Q2 2025).