Watsco Inc [WSO] stock prices are up 1.46% to $389.85 at the moment. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The WSO shares have gain 2.07% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -6.91%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Watsco Inc [NYSE: WSO] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on April 14, 2025, when Morgan Stanley initiated its Equal-Weight rating and assigned the stock a price target of $515. On November 22, 2024, Northcoast initiated with a Neutral rating. Deutsche Bank upgraded its rating to a Buy and increased its price target to $500 on December 08, 2023. Mizuho initiated its recommendation with a Neutral and recommended $360 as its price target on July 25, 2023. KeyBanc Capital Markets downgraded its rating to Sector Weight for this stock on July 10, 2023. In a note dated January 10, 2023, UBS initiated a Neutral rating and provided a target price of $280 on this stock.
The stock price of Watsco Inc [WSO] has been fluctuating between $378.35 and $571.41 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $497.5 within the next 12 months. Watsco Inc [NYSE: WSO] shares were valued at $389.85 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 27.61% based on the average WSO price forecast.
Analyzing the WSO fundamentals
The Watsco Inc [NYSE:WSO] reported sales of 7.51B for trailing twelve months, representing a drop of -3.59%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.28% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.1%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.11%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.07%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.11, Equity is 0.2 and Total Capital is 0.21. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.16.
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Ratios To Look Out For
It’s worth pointing out that Watsco Inc [NYSE:WSO]’s Current Ratio is 3.08. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 1.26, while the Cash Ratio is 0.27. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.12, the price to book ratio is 5.15 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 29.85.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Custer John Michael, Director, that happened on Jun 10 ’25 when 2200.0 shares were sold. Director, ALVAREZ CESAR L completed a deal on Mar 05 ’25 to sell 2100.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director CESAR L. ALVAREZ bought 2100.0 shares on Mar 05 ’25.
