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WSO.B vs. TEL, FERG, USFD, PFGC, CNM, SITE, INGM, AVT, REZI, and GMS

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), Ingram Micro (INGM), Avnet (AVT), Resideo Technologies (REZI), and GMS (GMS). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Watsco vs.

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

TE Connectivity has a consensus price target of $160.30, suggesting a potential upside of 0.92%. Given TE Connectivity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TE Connectivity is more favorable than Watsco.

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

0.1% of Watsco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of TE Connectivity shares are held by institutional investors. 13.8% of Watsco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of TE Connectivity shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

TE Connectivity received 565 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.31% of users gave TE Connectivity an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
WatscoOutperform Votes
99
61.11%
Underperform Votes
63
38.89%
TE ConnectivityOutperform Votes
664
69.31%
Underperform Votes
294
30.69%

Watsco pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. TE Connectivity pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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 pays out 62.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TE Connectivity has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

In the previous week, TE Connectivity had 35 more articles in the media than Watsco. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for TE Connectivity and 1 mentions for Watsco. TE Connectivity's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Watsco's score of 0.88 indicating that TE Connectivity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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
Watsco7.04% 17.59% 12.09%
TE Connectivity 12.10%18.82%10.31%

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
Watsco$7.58B2.50$536.34M$13.0136.03
TE Connectivity$16.03B2.94$3.19B$4.5534.91

Watsco has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.24, meaning that its share price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$18.94B$18.32B$8.63B$19.30B
Dividend Yield2.55%2.31%2.05%3.83%
P/E Ratio35.3818.2616.4434.53
Price / Sales2.502.0474.4434.83
Price / Cash35.8229.1921.7617.51
Price / Book6.186.214.604.69
Net Income$536.34M$935.89M$553.80M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.34%-1.90%-1.90%-1.74%
1 Month Performance-7.41%-1.42%8.44%7.50%
1 Year Performance5.31%-3.00%84.43%4.15%

Watsco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSO.B
Watsco
N/A$457.89
-3.4%
N/A+5.3%$18.50B$7.58B34.567,280
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.5857 of 5 stars
$161.06
+5.4%
$159.50
-1.0%
+4.7%$47.76B$16.03B25.7387,000Positive News
Gap Down
FERG
Ferguson
3.9185 of 5 stars
$176.45
+3.1%
$199.38
+13.0%
-14.7%$35.28B$29.90B21.1835,000Trending News
Gap Up
USFD
US Foods
4.2912 of 5 stars
$73.55
+2.6%
$73.00
-0.7%
+38.8%$16.53B$38.28B36.4129,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PFGC
Performance Food Group
4.2699 of 5 stars
$87.58
+3.8%
$95.55
+9.1%
+16.9%$13.67B$61.55B35.3135,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CNM
Core & Main
1.1891 of 5 stars
$53.31
+3.2%
$57.55
+7.9%
-11.0%$10.55B$7.44B25.034,100Positive News
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
2.8595 of 5 stars
$127.52
+5.7%
$145.70
+14.3%
-25.7%$5.41B$4.58B47.417,000Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
INGM
Ingram Micro
3.3402 of 5 stars
$20.16
+4.9%
$25.79
+27.9%
N/A$4.73B$47.98B0.0024,150Positive News
Ex-Dividend
AVT
Avnet
4.2066 of 5 stars
$52.33
+3.8%
$49.00
-6.4%
-8.4%$4.39B$22.15B14.8215,300
REZI
Resideo Technologies
2.9921 of 5 stars
$21.14
+6.8%
$20.50
-3.0%
-7.2%$3.14B$7.05B33.5615,200Positive News
Gap Down
GMS
GMS
3.4807 of 5 stars
$77.16
+2.6%
$80.50
+4.3%
-21.2%$2.96B$5.59B14.185,480Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:WSO.B) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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