Watsco Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:WSO)

7 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Watsco in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" WSO shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in WSO, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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7 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Watsco's shares. Their WSO share price targets range from $325.00 to $450.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $373.78 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.7%.
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Watsco's stock was trading at $249.40 at the beginning of the year. Since then, WSO stock has increased by 58.9% and is now trading at $396.25.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 15th 2024.
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Watsco, Inc. (NYSE:WSO) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 19th. The construction company reported $4.35 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.28 by $0.07. The construction company earned $2.13 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.05 billion. Watsco had a net margin of 8.14% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 22.66%. Watsco's quarterly revenue was up 4.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $4.03 EPS.

Watsco declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, October 2nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 17th will be given a dividend of $2.45 per share on Tuesday, October 31st. This represents a $9.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.47%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, October 16th.
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Watsco (NYSE:WSO) pays an annual dividend of $9.80 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.47%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 64.69%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, WSO will have a dividend payout ratio of 65.03% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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15 employees have rated Watsco Chief Executive Officer Albert H. Nahmad on Glassdoor.com. Albert H. Nahmad has an approval rating of 85% among the company's employees. 68.0% of employees surveyed would recommend working at Watsco to a friend.

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Watsco's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Baillie Gifford & Co. (4.78%), Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management LLC (4.20%), FMR LLC (3.58%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (3.35%), Blair William & Co. IL (1.97%) and Wellington Management Group LLP (1.65%). Insiders that own company stock include Barry S Logan, Brian E Keeley and Cesar L Alvarez.
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