Growth Metrics

Watsco (WSO) Tax Rate (2016 - 2025)

Watsco (WSO) has disclosed Tax Rate for 17 consecutive years, with 18.93% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Tax Rate fell 31.0% to 18.93% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 20.35% through Dec 2025, down 42.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 20.35% for FY2025, 42.0% down from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate hit 18.93% in Q4 2025 for Watsco, down from 20.66% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 22.14% in Q4 2021 to a low 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.
  • Year by year, Tax Rate stood at 22.14% in 2021, then plummeted by -166bps to 14.56% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 215bps to 16.72% in 2023, then grew by 15bps to 19.24% in 2024, then fell 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.