What changed
$WSO — AVOID 📊
Watsco, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the distribution of air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration equipment, and related parts and supplies in the United St
🎯 Q2 2026 | Rev $2B | EPS $1.87 vs $1.68 🟢
💡 Consensus expected a modest quarter, but the 11% beat may have been driven by one-time factors. The market is pricing in sustained high growth and margin expansion, while we see normalizing margins and potential estimate cuts, creating downside risk to the current rich multiple.
📉 Reward/Risk: 1.7:1
🏢 Business Quality: 8/10 - dominant distributor with strong scale, recurring replacement demand, and a solid track record, though cyclical and sensitive to housing.
📊 Valuation: rich - P/E of ~53x (annualized Q1 EPS $7.48) vs historical 25-30x; using only P/E given limited data.
📊 Our read: AVOID. Full analysis →
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Why it matters
Watsco, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the distribution of air conditioning, heating, and refrigeration equipment, and related parts and supplies in the United St