Watsco (WSO) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $3.77
- Estimate
- $4.09
- Surprise
- -7.9%
- Score at report (before → after)
- 4.6 → 4.6/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Watsco (WSO) missed the $4.09 estimate with adjusted EPS of $3.77 — a clear 7.9% shortfall. TrendMatrix's engine moved from Buy (Wait) (4.6/10) to Sell at 4.6/10 after the report.
Coverage in the report window
- Watsco Q3 EPS $3.77 Misses $4.12 Estimate, Sales $2.220B Beat $2.209B Estimate — benzinga, 2026-10-27
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates WSO Sell at 4.6/10.
1 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -7.9% surprise compares with a -4.1% four-quarter average.
What argues against it
- Analyst target reached - limited upside remaining
- Sector modifier (Industrials): -0.7
- Consecutive earnings misses (3)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $301.04
- Price target
- $305.11
- Stop
- $279.97
- Upside to target
- +1.4%
- Reward-to-risk
- 0.1:1
At 24.1× trailing and 22.7× forward earnings, consensus estimates imply little change in earnings power.
Risk check: trading volume is running 2.4× its average — elevated turnover around the report window.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-10-28 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
WSO at TrendMatrix's latest read
Industrial quarters are order-book stories — backlog and book-to-bill color how the market reads the reported number.
- Industry
- Industrial Distribution
- Market cap
- $12.54B
- P/E (fwd)
- 22.7
- P/E (ttm)
- 24.1
- 52-week range
- $277.34–$459.00
- Off 52-week high
- 34.4%
- RSI (14)
- 63
- Volume vs avg
- 2.35×
- Score today
- 4.6/10