Free Trial

Watsco (WSO.B) Competitors

Watsco logo
$460.36 +22.89 (+5.23%)
As of 12:56 PM Eastern
This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

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 superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and dividends.

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 raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years.

In the previous week, TE Connectivity had 18 more articles in the media than Watsco. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for TE Connectivity and 4 mentions for Watsco. TE Connectivity's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Watsco's score of 0.77 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
TE Connectivity
16 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

TE Connectivity has a consensus target price of $163.90, indicating a potential downside of 5.06%. Given TE Connectivity's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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$7.62B2.45$536.29M$13.0135.39
TE Connectivity$15.85B3.23$3.19B$4.5537.94

Summary

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

Get Watsco News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for WSO.B and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding WSO.B and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

WSO.B vs. The Competition

MetricWatscoBLDG PRD IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.72B$27.75B$9.31B$20.51B
Dividend Yield2.74%1.31%2.03%3.73%
P/E Ratio35.3929.0716.3926.00
Price / Sales2.453.40117.6140.92
Price / Cash30.6127.1914.8122.25
Price / Book6.079.974.594.59
Net Income$536.29M$1.22B$620.21M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.90%0.84%1.86%0.74%
1 Month Performance2.81%2.15%5.08%3.94%
1 Year Performance3.42%21.05%107.27%14.82%

Watsco Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WSO.B
Watsco
N/A$460.37
+5.2%
N/A+5.2%$17.72B$7.62B35.397,280News Coverage
Gap Up
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.5383 of 5 stars
$168.87
+1.2%
$162.50
-3.8%
+14.4%$49.48B$15.85B37.1187,000Positive News
FERG
Ferguson
2.5713 of 5 stars
$218.01
+0.0%
$221.27
+1.5%
+16.9%$42.99B$30.21B26.1735,000Analyst Forecast
USFD
US Foods
4.4886 of 5 stars
$76.98
-0.4%
$77.00
+0.0%
+52.3%$17.88B$37.88B35.3129,000Positive News
PFGC
Performance Food Group
4.5936 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
2.3681 of 5 stars
$60.24
-0.2%
$59.55
-1.2%
+25.4%$11.90B$7.44B28.024,100Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
2.0198 of 5 stars
$120.90
+0.3%
$145.70
+20.5%
+10.5%$5.40B$4.54B48.178,760
INGM
Ingram Micro
2.2104 of 5 stars
$20.84
+1.2%
$25.71
+23.4%
N/A$4.84B$47.98B0.0023,500News Coverage
AVT
Avnet
3.9377 of 5 stars
$53.08
+0.8%
$49.00
-7.7%
+9.5%$4.42B$23.76B14.8715,462
GMS
GMS
2.2864 of 5 stars
$108.76
+11.7%
$90.58
-16.7%
+36.9%$3.70B$5.51B37.637,113High Trading Volume
REZI
Resideo Technologies
3.2819 of 5 stars
$22.04
-1.9%
$23.00
+4.4%
+24.5%$3.34B$6.76B68.8814,600Positive News

Related Companies and Tools


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