Watsco, Inc.

  • Market Cap: Mid Cap
  • Industry: Building Products
  • ISIN: US9426222009
USD
383.13
1.24 (0.32%)
  • Price Points
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  • Mojo Parameters
  • Total Return
  • News and Corporate Actions
  • Key factors
  • Shareholding
  • Financials
  • CompanyCV
stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
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Why is Watsco, Inc. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROCE of 33.49%
2
Company has a low Debt to Equity ratio (avg) at times
3
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 9.22% and Operating profit at 16.80%
4
Flat results in Jun 25
  • ROCE(HY) Lowest at 18.38%
  • INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY) Lowest at 3.11 times
5
With ROCE of 31.28%, it has a very expensive valuation with a 8.38 Enterprise value to Capital Employed
  • The stock is trading at a discount compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -30.18%, its profits have risen by 2%
6
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -30.18% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Watsco, Inc. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Building Products should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Building Products)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Watsco, Inc. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Watsco, Inc.
-24.79%
-0.68
33.31%
S&P 500
16.41%
0.70
20.15%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
7.45%
EBIT Growth (5y)
12.23%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
100.00
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0.11
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.12
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
2.74
Tax Ratio
20.88%
Dividend Payout Ratio
97.98%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
100.00%
ROCE (avg)
33.49%
ROE (avg)
26.16%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
30
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
6.01
EV to EBIT
23.20
EV to EBITDA
22.15
EV to Capital Employed
7.43
EV to Sales
2.22
PEG Ratio
NA
Dividend Yield
2.73%
ROCE (Latest)
32.04%
ROE (Latest)
19.79%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Mildly Bullish
Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bullish
Bearish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bullish
Bearish
Dow Theory
No Trend
Mildly Bullish
OBV
No Trend
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

3What is working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Highest at 178.49%

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by -4.18% (YoY

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 8.65

-15What is not working for the Company
ROCE(HY)

Lowest at 16.88%

NET SALES(Q)

At USD 1,578.76 MM has Fallen at -14.83%

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 95.79 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Lowest at 6.07 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 107.38 MM

NET PROFIT(Q)

Lowest at USD 63.75 MM

EPS(Q)

Lowest at USD 1.68

Here's what is working for Watsco, Inc.

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 8.65
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Dividend Payout Ratio
Highest at 178.49%
in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by -4.18% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Watsco, Inc.

Pre-Tax Profit
At USD 107.38 MM has Fallen at -44.52%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 193.53 MM
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Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is very negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
At USD 63.75 MM has Fallen at -47.54%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 121.52 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is very negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

Net Sales
At USD 1,578.76 MM has Fallen at -14.83%
over average net sales of the previous four periods of USD 1,853.62 MM
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very negative

Net Sales (USD MM)

Operating Profit
Lowest at USD 95.79 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is negative

Operating Profit (USD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Lowest at 6.07 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has deteriorated

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Lowest at USD 107.38 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is negative

Pre-Tax Profit (USD MM)

Net Profit
Lowest at USD 63.75 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Net Profit trend is negative

Net Profit (USD MM)

EPS
Lowest at USD 1.68
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Declining profitability; company has created lower earnings for shareholders

EPS (USD)

Non Operating Income
Highest at USD 0.11 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increased income from non business activities may not be sustainable

Non Operating income