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$468.11 +30.63 (+7.00%)
As of 07/8/2025 11:04 AM Eastern
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WSO.B vs. TEL, FERG, USFD, PFGC, CNM, SITE, INGM, AVT, 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), Ingram Micro (INGM), Avnet (AVT), GMS (GMS), and Resideo Technologies (REZI). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Watsco vs. Its Competitors

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

TE Connectivity has a consensus price target of $163.90, indicating a potential downside of 4.92%. 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

Watsco has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

TE Connectivity has a net margin of 8.67% compared to Watsco's net margin of 6.98%. TE Connectivity's return on equity of 19.40% beat Watsco's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Watsco6.98% 17.13% 11.86%
TE Connectivity 8.67%19.40%10.45%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Watsco$7.62B2.49$536.29M$13.0135.98
TE Connectivity$15.85B3.23$3.19B$4.5537.89

In the previous week, TE Connectivity had 18 more articles in the media than Watsco. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for TE Connectivity and 3 mentions for Watsco. TE Connectivity's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Watsco's score of 0.58 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
1 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
TE Connectivity
15 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

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 1.6%. 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.

Summary

TE Connectivity beats Watsco on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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WSO.B vs. The Competition

MetricWatscoBLDG PRD IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.72B$27.94B$9.30B$20.52B
Dividend Yield2.74%1.31%2.05%3.78%
P/E Ratio35.9827.3616.4127.79
Price / Sales2.493.36117.5340.41
Price / Cash30.6127.2414.8722.26
Price / Book6.179.864.594.58
Net Income$536.29M$1.22B$620.21M$982.91M
7 Day Performance2.60%0.01%-0.76%0.41%
1 Month Performance4.54%1.33%2.73%3.59%
1 Year Performance5.16%20.08%104.51%14.47%

Watsco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSO.B
Watsco
N/A$468.11
+7.0%
N/A+5.2%$17.72B$7.62B35.987,280Gap Up
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.359 of 5 stars
$168.87
+1.2%
$162.50
-3.8%
+14.4%$49.48B$15.85B37.1187,000Positive News
FERG
Ferguson
2.355 of 5 stars
$218.01
+0.0%
$221.27
+1.5%
+16.9%$42.99B$30.21B26.1735,000Analyst Forecast
USFD
US Foods
4.4859 of 5 stars
$76.98
-0.4%
$77.00
+0.0%
+52.3%$17.88B$37.88B35.3129,000Positive News
PFGC
Performance Food Group
4.6045 of 5 stars
$87.38
-0.1%
$100.08
+14.5%
+39.4%$13.65B$58.28B36.4135,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
CNM
Core & Main
2.5714 of 5 stars
$60.24
-0.2%
$59.55
-1.2%
+25.4%$11.90B$7.44B28.024,100Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
1.8227 of 5 stars
$120.90
+0.3%
$145.70
+20.5%
+10.5%$5.40B$4.54B48.178,760
INGM
Ingram Micro
2.4118 of 5 stars
$20.84
+1.2%
$25.71
+23.4%
N/A$4.84B$47.98B0.0023,500News Coverage
AVT
Avnet
3.933 of 5 stars
$53.08
+0.8%
$49.00
-7.7%
+9.5%$4.42B$23.76B14.8715,462
GMS
GMS
2.2846 of 5 stars
$108.76
+11.7%
$90.58
-16.7%
+36.9%$3.70B$5.51B37.637,113High Trading Volume
REZI
Resideo Technologies
3.1382 of 5 stars
$22.04
-1.9%
$23.00
+4.4%
+24.5%$3.34B$6.76B68.8814,600

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This page (NYSE:WSO.B) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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