What is WSO's five-year median EV/EBITDA?

16.7x. Half of WSO's weekly readings over the last five years were higher and half were lower. This page has 807 weekly readings, from May 9, 2011 to Oct 19, 2026.

Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?

No. The rank compares WSO only with its own past. Slower growth or more risk can justify a lower multiple than before. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the last twelve months.

Watsco Inc (WSO) valuation history

Industrials

$322.98

Latest weekly close · Market cap $12.3B

Within its usual range

As of Oct 24, 2026

WSO's EV/EBITDA of 16.3x is lower than 64% of its weekly readings over the last five years.

Weekly EV/EBITDA with its 5-year range

EV/EBITDA each weekMiddle half of the last 5 years5-year median 16.7×

5-year median: 16.7×
10-year median: 15.8×
5-year low to high: 14.0×–21.4×
Versus 5-year median: -2%

EV/EBITDA

36thpercentile

of its weekly readings over the last five years

Within its usual range

Growth, last 12 months vs the year before

Revenue: -3%accelerating
EPS: -11%

Price vs revenue and EPS, indexed to 100

Each line starts at 100 at its first positive reading over the last five years. Revenue and EPS change at fiscal quarter ends.

PriceRevenue, last 12 monthsEPS, last 12 months100 = first reading

EV/EBITDA at each year-end

The last weekly reading of each year, and its percentile against the five years before it.

WSO EV/EBITDA at each year-end
Year-end	EV/EBITDA	5-year percentile
Dec 29, 2025	16.3×	15
Dec 30, 2024	n/a	Too little history
Dec 25, 2023	n/a	Too little history
Dec 26, 2022	n/a	Too little history
Dec 27, 2021	n/a	Too little history
Dec 28, 2020	19.7×	92
Dec 30, 2019	16.4×	95
Dec 31, 2018	12.2×	25
Dec 25, 2017	15.6×	100
Dec 26, 2016	13.9×	96

Industrials peers on EV/EBITDA

Each percentile compares a stock with its own last five years.

Compare WSO with peers

Industrials peers of WSO on EV/EBITDA
Stock	EV/EBITDA	Versus its own history	5-year percentile
CNMCore & Main Inc	11.1×	Within its usual range	34
FASTFastenal	29.6×	Historically high	91
MSMMSC Industrial Direct Co Inc	14.6×	Above its usual range	88
SITESiteOne Landscape Supply Inc	n/a	Not ranked	n/a, not ranked
URIUnited Rentals	18.0×	Historically high	96

Appears in

Sector: Industrials
Themes: AI Cyber Defense AI Power Defense Tech US Manufacturing Stocks Infrastructure Stocks Nuclear Stocks
Screens: Stocks with Low P/E Ratios and Steady Revenue Growth
Stocks Below Their 5-Year Median P/E
Stocks Near Their Lowest P/E Ratios in 5 Years

Screen Industrials stocks the same way

Research on WSO

No articles about WSO yet. How valuation percentiles work

Loading peers and related research…

About this history

What is WSO's current EV/EBITDA?: WSO's EV/EBITDA of 16.3x is lower than 64% of its weekly readings over the last five years.
What is WSO's five-year median EV/EBITDA?: 16.7x. Half of WSO's weekly readings over the last five years were higher and half were lower. This page has 807 weekly readings, from May 9, 2011 to Oct 19, 2026.
Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?: No. The rank compares WSO only with its own past. Slower growth or more risk can justify a lower multiple than before. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the last twelve months.