NYSE:WSOWatsco Stock Price, Forecast & News

Watsco's stock was trading at $164.89 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WSO shares have increased by 11.6% and is now trading at $184.09. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

6 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Watsco in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Watsco.

Watsco is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 16th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Watsco.

Watsco Inc (NYSE:WSO) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April, 23rd. The construction company reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.14. The construction company earned $1.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.01 billion. Watsco had a net margin of 4.98% and a return on equity of 14.23%. The business's revenue was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $0.88 EPS. View Watsco's earnings history.

Watsco declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, July 16th will be given a dividend of $1.775 per share on Friday, July 31st. This represents a $7.10 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.86%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 15th. View Watsco's dividend history.

6 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Watsco's shares. Their forecasts range from $130.00 to $190.00. On average, they anticipate Watsco's share price to reach $157.20 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.6%. View analysts' price targets for Watsco.

Media coverage about WSO stock has trended neutral this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Watsco earned a media sentiment score of 0.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Watsco.

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Watsco trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "WSO."

Watsco's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.32%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.09%), Bath Savings Trust Co (0.07%), Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc. (0.04%), Private Trust Co. NA (0.01%) and Groesbeck Investment Management Corp NJ (0.01%). Company insiders that own Watsco stock include Barry S Logan, Bob L Moss and George Sape. View institutional ownership trends for Watsco.

WSO stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., and Private Trust Co. NA. Company insiders that have sold Watsco company stock in the last year include Barry S Logan, Bob L Moss, and George Sape. View insider buying and selling activity for Watsco.

WSO stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Riverbridge Partners LLC, Ipswich Investment Management Co. Inc., Bath Savings Trust Co, and Groesbeck Investment Management Corp NJ. View insider buying and selling activity for Watsco.

Shares of WSO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of WSO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $184.09.

Watsco has a market capitalization of $7.06 billion and generates $4.77 billion in revenue each year. The construction company earns $245.95 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.50 on an earnings per share basis. Watsco employs 5,800 workers across the globe.

The official website for Watsco is www.watsco.com.

Watsco's mailing address is 2665 SOUTH BAYSHORE DRIVE SUITE 901, MIAMI FL, 33133. The construction company can be reached via phone at 305-714-4100 or via email at [email protected]