NYSE:WSOWatsco Stock Price, Forecast & News

Watsco's stock was trading at $164.89 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, WSO shares have increased by 11.6% and is now trading at $184.08. 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 results on Thursday, April, 23rd. The construction company reported $0.72 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.86 by $0.14. The construction company had revenue of $1.01 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.01 billion. Watsco had a return on equity of 14.23% and a net margin of 4.98%. Watsco's quarterly revenue was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.86%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, July 15th. View Watsco's dividend history.

6 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Watsco's stock. Their forecasts range from $130.00 to $190.00. On average, they expect Watsco's stock price to reach $157.20 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 14.6%. View analysts' price targets for Watsco.

Media stories about WSO stock have trended negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Watsco earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the construction company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.32%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.09%), Bath Savings Trust Co (0.07%), 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Riverbridge Partners LLC, 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 $184.08.

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]