Is the price fair?
What WSO's price assumes
Watsco, Inc. trades at 25.9× earnings against 27.2× for the median Industrial Distribution name, cheaper than its own group.
25.9
Trailing P/E · Industrial Distribution median 27.2 · cheaper than the typical name in its group
- Price / sales
- 1.89
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q1
- Free cash flow yield
- 4.2%
Free cash flow yield · Industrial Distribution median 3.5%
- Growth the price implies
- +7.9%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +7.9% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +5.5% a year over the last three.
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- Price / book2026-Q1
- 4.96
- Industrials median P/E346 names
- 29.9
- Industrial Distribution median P/E17 names
- 27.2
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $694M
- Market capitalisation
- $16.5B
- 3-year revenue growth
- −0.28%
- 3-year free cash flow growth
- +5.5%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $254.13 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $273.72 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $340.63 |
| 52-week range | $302.13 – $456.86 |
| Today | $314.47 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Industrial Distribution
Ranks #13 of 17 by Smart Score