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How Watsco, Inc. stacks up
WSO · against 279 other Industrials companies of similar size
Profitability
86/ 100
Above the middle of the pack.
Ranked #69 of 280 · scores higher than 73% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score44 peers with a profitability score of 80–89, including WSO · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 86?
Weighted metrics compared with all Industrials companies.Mainly thanks to its return on assets and return on invested capital, which are stronger than most Industrials peers.
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 9.4% vs peer median 7.7%
- a higher return on invested capital: stronger than 83% of peers. Return on invested capital: 17.4% vs peer median 7.1%
- a higher return on assets: stronger than 95% of peers. Return on assets: 11.1% vs peer median 3.1%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = WSO, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | WSO | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 262 reported | 17.4% | 11.3% | 77% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 279 reported | 9.4% | 11.8% | 39% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 270 reported | 11.1% | 5.2% | 87% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 267 reported | 16.7% | 14.4% | 61% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 283 reported | 27.5% | 30.0% | 43% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around WSO| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69.3B CNY (≈$9.7B) | 100 | 71 | |
| 1 | 1.71T JPY (≈$11.6B) | 100 | 75 | |
| 1 | 25.6B USD | 100 | 50 | |
| 4 | 7.8B USD | 99 | 82 | |
| 4 | 1.29T INR (≈$15.5B) | 99 | 69 | |
| 69 | 1.28T INR (≈$15.3B) | 86 | 66 | |
| 69 | 126.9B SEK (≈$12.7B) | 86 | 51 | |
| 69 | 719.9B INR (≈$8.6B) | 86 | 67 | |
| 69 | 10.2B USD | 86 | 55 | |
| 69 | 12.9B USD | 86 | 60 | |
| 76 | 10.8B AUD (≈$7.1B) | 85 | 54 | |
| 76 | 24.6B USD | 85 | 49 | |
| 76 | 11.9B USD | 85 | 63 | |
| 76 | 6.6B USD | 85 | 52 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score