Growth Metrics

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

Watsco's Return on Sales history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.07% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Sales changed 0.0% year-over-year to 0.07%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.08%, changed 0.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.1%, 2.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.07% at Watsco, down from 0.09% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Sales topped out at 0.11% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 0.06% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Sales is 0.09% (2025), against an average of 0.08%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Sales rose 4bps in 2022 before it dropped -4bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Sales shows it stood at 0.06% in 2021, then surged by 57bps to 0.1% in 2022, then tumbled by -39bps to 0.06% in 2023, then increased by 8bps to 0.07% in 2024, then increased by 4bps to 0.07% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for WSO's Return on Sales are 0.07% (Q4 2025), 0.09% (Q3 2025), and 0.11% (Q2 2025).