Watsco dividend and valuation
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Valuation
Watsco paid $12.60 per share in dividends over the last 12 months (yield 4.5%). Next ex-dividend date: October 16, 2026. The P/E ratio is 24.9. The average price target of 10 analysts is $375.90.
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Data as of October 7, 2026
Valuation multiples
- Market cap
- $12B
- Enterprise value
- $11.77B
- P/E (trailing 12 months)
- 24.9
- Forward P/E
- 21.9
- PEG
- 1.12
- Price/book
- 3.75
- Price/sales
- 1.65
- EV/EBITDA
- 16.8
- EV/revenue
- 1.62
Profitability and growth
- Gross margin
- 27.5%
- Operating margin
- 10.9%
- Net margin
- 6.5%
- ROE
- 16.7%
- ROA
- 8.4%
- ROIC
- 15.7%
- Revenue growth (year over year)
- 2.1%
- Earnings growth (year over year)
- -11.7%
Financial health
- Total cash
- $464.19M
- Total debt
- $535.27M
- Debt/equity
- 0.15
- Current ratio
- 3.20
- Quick ratio
- 1.41
- Altman Z-Score
- 8.34
- Piotroski F-Score
- 5.00
Dividends
- Annual dividend per share
- $12.60
- Dividend yield
- 4.5%
- Payout ratio
- 108.0%
- Ex-dividend date
- October 16, 2026
Analysts and estimates
- Average price target
- $375.90
- Median price target
- $360.00
- High price target
- $485.00
- Low price target
- $330.00
- Analysts with a price target
- 10
- Consensus
- Hold
- Forward EPS
- $13.27
- EPS estimate, current year
- $12.19
Shares and trading
- Beta
- 1.04
- Average volume
- 491.27K
- Shares outstanding
- 35.59M
- Float
- 33.51M
- Institutional ownership
- 109.9%
- Insider ownership
- 0.4%
- Short interest (% of float)
- 14.8%
- Short ratio (days)
- 8.60