Watsco (Watsco) Risk Assessment

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What is Watsco Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Watsco is: Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding.

Competitive Comparison of Watsco's Risk Assessment

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, Watsco's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Watsco's Risk Assessment Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, Watsco's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Watsco's Risk Assessment falls into.

Watsco (NYSE:WSO) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.

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Watsco (Watsco) Business Description

Industry

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Comparable Companies

Traded in Other Exchanges

WSO.B:USA WC30:Germany WC3:Germany WC3:Germany

Address

2665 South Bayshore Drive, Suite 901, Miami, FL, USA, 33133

Website

https://www.watsco.com

Watsco is the largest heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration products distributor in North America. The company primarily operates in the United States (91% of 2022 revenue) with significant exposure in the Sunbelt states. Watsco also has operations in Canada (5% of sales) and Latin America and the Caribbean (4% of sales). The company's customer base consists of more than 120,000 dealers and contractors that serve the replacement and new construction HVACR markets for residential and light commercial applications.

Executives

Ana Lopez-blazquez	director	2665 S. BAYSHORE DRIVE, SUITE 901, MIAMI FL 33133
Valerie Schimel	director	2665 S. BAYSHORE DRIVE, SUITE 901, MIAMI FL 33133
John Alexander Macdonald	director	2665 S. BAYSHORE DRIVE, SUITE 901, MIAMI FL 33133
Stephen F. Rush	officer: EVP and COO	2665 S. BAYSHORE DRIVE, SUITE 901, MIAMI FL 33133
John Michael Custer	director	2665 S. BAYSHORE DRIVE, SUITE 901, MIAMI FL 33133
Brian E. Keeley	director	2665 S. BAYSHORE DRIVE, SUITE 901, MIAMI FL 33133
Steven Rubin	director	2665 S. BAYSHORE DRIVE, SUITE 901, MIAMI FL 33133
Barry S Logan	officer: Senior Vice President
Watsco Inc	director	2665 SOUTH BAYSHORE DR, STE 901, COCONUT GROVE FL 33133
Jason Epstein	director	% COLUMBUS ACQUISITION CORP, 153 EAST 53RD STREET 58TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
United Technologies Corp /de/	10 percent owner	1000 WILSON BLVD, ARLINGTON VA 22209
David C. Darnell	director	100 NORTH TRYON STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28255
Paul F Manley	director	C/O GENTA INC., TWO VANWAY, BERKELEY HEIGHTS NJ 07922
Bob L Moss	director
Denise Dickins	director	1867 TRAVIS CIRCLE, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33406