Growth Metrics

Watsco (WSO) Tax Rate (2016 - 2026)

Watsco's Tax Rate history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 18.93% for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate fell 31.0% to 18.93% in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was 20.35%, a 42.0% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at 20.35%, down 42.0% from a year prior.
  • Tax Rate hit 18.93% in Q4 2025 for Watsco, down from 20.66% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Tax Rate for WSO hit a ceiling of 22.14% in Q4 2021 and a floor of 14.56% in Q4 2022.
  • Historically, Tax Rate has averaged 18.62% across 5 years, with a median of 20.61% in 2023.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Tax Rate: tumbled -3670bps in 2022 and later surged 3128bps in 2023.
  • Tracing WSO's Tax Rate over 5 years: stood at 22.14% in 2021, then crashed by -166bps to 14.56% in 2022, then soared by 215bps to 16.72% in 2023, then rose by 15bps to 19.24% in 2024, then decreased by -2bps to 18.93% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Tax Rate for WSO at 18.93% in Q4 2025, 20.66% in Q3 2025, and 20.94% in Q2 2025.