Is it safe?
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WESCO International, Inc. carries $5.06B of net debt at 3.41× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.
$5.06B
Net debt · as at Q1 2026 · between two and four years of EBITDA, normal for a stable business
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 3.41×
Net debt / EBITDA · 3.23× a year ago · the load is going up
- Altman Z-score
- 3.43
Altman Z-score · safe zone, above 3
- Debt / equity
- 1.13×
Debt / equity
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- Total debtQ1 2026
- $5.76B
- Cash and short-term investments
- $697M
- Net debt
- $5.06B
- EBITDA, trailing twelve months
- $1.49B
- Operating profit, trailing twelve months
- $1.29B
- Debt / equity
- 1.13×
- Total debt / EBITDA
- 3.88×
- Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
- 43%
- Worst drawdown on file
- −79%
- Below its 52-week high
- −7.1%
Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.
Industrial Distribution
Ranks #10 of 17 by Smart Score