QXO vs Watsco
QXO and WSO side by side, both in wholesale trade-durable goods. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How QXO and WSO compare
QXO and Watsco are about the same size, with market caps of $11.5B and $12.5B.
QXO grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (408% versus −3.0% for Watsco).
Watsco keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 6.5% compared with −5.2% at QXO.
Watsco pays a dividend yielding 4.2%; QXO does not pay one.
Watsco scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 6 for QXO), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | QXO | WSO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $11.5B | $12.5B |
| Share price | $11.04 | $303.56 |
| Change, 1 year | −40.3% | −17.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −77.3% | 2.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.99 | 1.05 |
| Employees | 7,794 | 7,050 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 6 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | – | 26.1× |
| P/S | 1.2× (better) | 1.7× |
| P/B | 1.1× (better) | 4.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | – | 17.4× |
| P/FCF | 81.1× | 18.0× (better) |
| FCF yield | 1.2% | 5.6% (better) |
| Fair value | $12.94 | $235.40 |
| Margin of safety | 14.7% (better) | −29.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 408% (better) | −3.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 178% (better) | 7.4% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −10.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −11.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 11.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 24.0% | 27.5% (better) |
| Operating margin | −3.4% | 9.4% (better) |
| Net margin | −5.2% | 6.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | 1.4% | 9.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | −5.0% | 16.5% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | −2.2% | 19.6% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.58 | 0.04 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −0.47 |
| Interest coverage | −1.4× | – |
| Current ratio | 4.11 (better) | 3.20 |
| Altman Z-score | 1.42 | 7.46 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 2 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 4.2% |
| Payout ratio | – | 105% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 12 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 11.1% |
| Buyback yield | −0.06% | – |
| Shareholder yield | −0.06% | 4.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 85.8% | 92.0% |
| Held by insiders | 41.4% | 8.1% |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 19.3% | – |
Go deeper
- QXO stock overview
- QXO income statement
- QXO valuation and score
- WSO stock overview
- WSO income statement
- WSO valuation and score
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