Watsco PE ratio WSO

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2011.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 27.8×
10-year median: 29.8×
Against its 10-year history: 37th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range: 19.0× to 42.8×
Peer median: 27.5×

Watsco's PE ratio is 27.8× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $322.98 against $11.62 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its ten-year median of 29.8×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 19.0× in Mar 2023 to 42.8× in Nov 2024.

The median for 10 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 27.5×.

PE ratio over time

median 29.8×

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	27.8×	24.1×	36.1×
2025	27.2×	26.3×	38.7×
2024	37.0×	25.2×	42.8×
2023	28.3×	19.0×	28.3×
2022	28.5×	26.3×	33.0×
2021	31.7×	29.7×	42.6×
2020	34.0×	22.8×	40.4×
2019	27.8×	21.4×	28.0×
2018	20.9×	20.3×	33.6×
2017	31.4×	26.5×	31.4×
2016	29.3×	22.7×	31.4×
2015	24.3×	24.1×	28.9×
2014	25.8×	22.2×	30.3×
2013	29.9×	25.2×	34.3×
2012	24.9×	23.5×	28.8×
2011	24.8×	19.7×	26.6×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrial - Distribution nearest Watsco's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
WSOWatsco	27.8×
AITApplied Industrial Technologies	28.9×
WCCWESCO International	22.0×
CNMCore & Main	17.3×
POOLPool	18.3×
MSMMSC Industrial Direct	27.5×
SITESiteOne Landscape Supply	28.3×
LKQLKQ	9.7×
FERGFerguson	n/m
FASTFastenal	44.0×
GWWW.W. Grainger	34.4×
Peer median	27.5×

Where Watsco ranks

#14of 20Industrial distribution stocks with the lowest PE ratio

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.