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$476.51 -27.20 (-5.40%)
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WSO.B vs. TEL, FERG, USFD, PFGC, CNM, SITE, AVT, INGM, GMS, and REZI

Should you be buying Watsco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Watsco include TE Connectivity (TEL), Ferguson (FERG), US Foods (USFD), Performance Food Group (PFGC), Core & Main (CNM), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Avnet (AVT), Ingram Micro (INGM), GMS (GMS), and Resideo Technologies (REZI). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Watsco vs.

TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) and Watsco (NYSE:WSO.B) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

91.4% of TE Connectivity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Watsco shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of TE Connectivity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Watsco shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

TE Connectivity pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Watsco pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. TE Connectivity pays out 62.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Watsco pays out 92.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. TE Connectivity has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

TE Connectivity received 565 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.38% of users gave TE Connectivity an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
TE ConnectivityOutperform Votes
664
69.38%
Underperform Votes
293
30.62%
WatscoOutperform Votes
99
61.11%
Underperform Votes
63
38.89%

TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

TE Connectivity has a net margin of 12.10% compared to Watsco's net margin of 7.04%. TE Connectivity's return on equity of 18.82% beat Watsco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TE Connectivity12.10% 18.82% 10.31%
Watsco 7.04%17.59%12.09%

In the previous week, TE Connectivity had 24 more articles in the media than Watsco. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for TE Connectivity and 1 mentions for Watsco. TE Connectivity's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Watsco's score of 0.37 indicating that TE Connectivity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
TE Connectivity
15 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Watsco
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

TE Connectivity has higher revenue and earnings than Watsco. TE Connectivity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Watsco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TE Connectivity$16.03B2.79$3.19B$4.5532.90
Watsco$7.58B2.54$536.34M$13.0136.63

TE Connectivity currently has a consensus price target of $159.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.55%. Given TE Connectivity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe TE Connectivity is more favorable than Watsco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TE Connectivity
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75
Watsco
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

TE Connectivity beats Watsco on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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WSO.B vs. The Competition

MetricWatscoHardware, & plumbing & heating equipment & supplies IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$19.25B$18.20B$8.45B$19.21B
Dividend Yield2.38%2.32%2.14%4.00%
P/E Ratio35.9618.4616.0833.43
Price / Sales2.542.0772.9929.29
Price / Cash35.8229.1921.4017.52
Price / Book6.286.244.274.55
Net Income$536.34M$935.89M$535.55M$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.81%1.87%2.66%2.15%
1 Month Performance-6.86%-2.29%64.14%-2.07%
1 Year Performance7.04%-1.66%79.35%5.47%

Watsco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSO.B
Watsco
N/A$476.51
-5.4%
N/A+7.0%$19.25B$7.58B35.967,280News Coverage
Gap Down
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.3262 of 5 stars
$128.97
-0.2%
$156.90
+21.7%
+7.1%$38.48B$15.85B20.6087,000Positive News
FERG
Ferguson
3.7128 of 5 stars
$160.03
-2.6%
$199.38
+24.6%
-19.2%$32.00B$29.90B19.2135,000
USFD
US Foods
4.3296 of 5 stars
$61.21
-1.6%
$71.83
+17.4%
+33.1%$14.11B$37.88B30.3029,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
PFGC
Performance Food Group
3.9069 of 5 stars
$75.39
-0.8%
$95.73
+27.0%
+20.7%$11.78B$60.10B30.4035,000Upcoming Earnings
CNM
Core & Main
1.1554 of 5 stars
$48.22
-2.8%
$57.55
+19.3%
-6.9%$9.54B$7.44B22.644,100Insider Trade
Positive News
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
1.9549 of 5 stars
$110.06
-1.9%
$149.70
+36.0%
-18.9%$4.95B$4.54B40.917,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
AVT
Avnet
4.04 of 5 stars
$46.94
-0.6%
$50.00
+6.5%
+2.2%$4.06B$22.48B13.3015,300Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
INGM
Ingram Micro
N/A$15.90
-1.7%
$26.21
+64.9%
N/A$3.80B$47.98B0.0024,150Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
GMS
GMS
3.0252 of 5 stars
$69.53
-1.6%
$80.50
+15.8%
-20.8%$2.67B$5.59B12.785,480
REZI
Resideo Technologies
3.7055 of 5 stars
$15.70
-0.4%
$25.00
+59.2%
-11.1%$2.32B$6.76B24.9215,200Upcoming Earnings
Positive News

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This page (NYSE:WSO.B) was last updated on 5/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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