Watsco
About: Watsco is the largest heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration products distributor in North America. The company primarily operates in the United States (90% of revenue), with significant exposure in the Sun Belt states. Watsco also has operations in Canada (5% of sales) and Latin America (5% of sales). The company's customer base consists of more than 125,000 contractors that serve the replacement and new construction HVACR markets for residential and light commercial applications.
Employees: 7,295
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
49% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $29.1M | Put options by funds: $19.5M
7% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 279 | Existing positions reduced: 300
1.25% less ownership
Funds ownership: 100.96% [Q1] → 99.71% (-1.25%) [Q2]
4% less funds holding
Funds holding: 831 [Q1] → 795 (-36) [Q2]
14% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $17.8B [Q1] → $15.3B (-$2.51B) [Q2]
23% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 77 | Existing positions closed: 100
55% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 11 [Q1] → 5 (-6) [Q2]
Research analyst outlook
1 Wall Street Analyst provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
1 analyst rating
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UBS
Damian Karas
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$450
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Neutral
Maintained
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25 Jun 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 4 articles about WSO published over the past 30 days
