Growth Metrics

Watsco (WSO) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

Watsco's Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.19% for Q3 2025.

  • For Q3 2025, Return on Invested Capital changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.19%; the TTM value through Sep 2025 reached 0.19%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2024 figure was 0.22%, 4.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q3 2025 was 0.19% at Watsco, up from 0.19% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.3% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 0.19% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.22% (2021), against an average of 0.24%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital rose 8bps in 2022 before it fell -9bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.24% in 2021, then rose by 24bps to 0.3% in 2022, then decreased by -20bps to 0.24% in 2023, then decreased by -19bps to 0.19% in 2024, then dropped by -2bps to 0.19% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WSO's Return on Invested Capital are 0.19% (Q3 2025), 0.19% (Q2 2025), and 0.19% (Q1 2025).