Resideo Technologies vs Watsco
REZI 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 REZI and WSO compare
Watsco is the larger company, worth 4.4 times as much as Resideo Technologies ($12.5B against $2.9B).
On earnings, Resideo Technologies is cheaper: it trades at 7.9× trailing earnings, against 26.1× for Watsco.
Resideo Technologies grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (3.4% versus −3.0% for Watsco).
Watsco keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 6.5% compared with 5.6% at Resideo Technologies.
Watsco pays a dividend yielding 4.2%; Resideo Technologies does not pay one.
Watsco scores higher on the StockData Score (15 against 10 for Resideo Technologies), 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 | REZI | WSO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $2.9B | $12.5B |
| Share price | $18.80 | $303.56 |
| Change, 1 year | −57.1% | −17.6% |
| Change, 5 years | −28.9% | 2.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.34 | 1.05 |
| Employees | 15K | 7,050 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 15 (better) |
| Valuation score | 5 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 7.9× (better) | 26.1× |
| P/S | 0.4× (better) | 1.7× |
| P/B | 0.9× (better) | 4.2× |
| EV/EBITDA | 8.1× (better) | 17.4× |
| P/FCF | – | 18.0× |
| FCF yield | −49.0% | 5.6% (better) |
| Fair value | $35.12 | $235.40 |
| Margin of safety | 46.5% (better) | −29.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 3.4% (better) | −3.0% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.1% (better) | 7.4% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −10.5% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | −11.0% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | 11.8% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 29.6% (better) | 27.5% |
| Operating margin | 6.9% | 9.4% (better) |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 6.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | −18.3% | 9.6% (better) |
| Return on equity | 15.2% | 16.5% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 9.3% | 19.6% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.19 | 0.04 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.17 (better) | −0.47 |
| Interest coverage | 2.9× | – |
| Current ratio | 2.22 | 3.20 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.73 | 7.46 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 4.2% |
| Payout ratio | – | 105% |
| Years of dividend growth | – | 12 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | – | 11.1% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 4.2% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 99.2% | 92.0% |
| Held by insiders | 24.7% | 8.1% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | $54.1M | – |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | 2 |
| Short interest, % of float | 8.2% | – |
Go deeper
- REZI stock overview
- REZI income statement
- REZI valuation and score
- WSO stock overview
- WSO income statement
- WSO valuation and score
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