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 Enterprises Inc. /DE/ (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. Its Competitors
TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) and Watsco (NYSE:WSO.B) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
91.4% of TE Connectivity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.1% of Watsco shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of TE Connectivity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 13.8% of Watsco shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TE Connectivity has higher revenue and earnings than Watsco. Watsco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TE Connectivity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TE Connectivity received 566 more outperform votes than Watsco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.27% of users gave TE Connectivity an outperform vote while only 61.11% of users gave Watsco an outperform vote.
TE Connectivity pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Watsco pays an annual dividend of $12.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. 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 currently has a consensus target price of $162.50, suggesting a potential downside of 2.10%. Given TE Connectivity's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe TE Connectivity is more favorable than Watsco.
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.
TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Watsco has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, TE Connectivity had 15 more articles in the media than Watsco. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for TE Connectivity and 2 mentions for Watsco. TE Connectivity's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Watsco's score of 0.74 indicating that TE Connectivity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
TE Connectivity beats Watsco on 17 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:WSO.B) was last updated on 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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