Shares of equipment distributor Watsco (NYSE:WSO) fell 8.5% in the afternoon session after the company reported underwhelming first-quarter 2025 results. Its revenue missed significantly, and its EBITDA fell short of Wall Street's estimates. Sales fell modestly, and operating income declined by a wider margin as the business was hit by slow demand in new housing and overseas markets. Overall, this was a weaker quarter.
Equipment distributor Watsco (NYSE:WSO) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales falling 2.2% year on year to $1.53 billion. Its GAAP profit of $1.93 per share was 14.1% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q4 behind us, let’s have a look at Watsco (NYSE:WSO) and its peers.
With spring now in the air, a few large-cap stocks have made recent announcements that they are upping dividends. With extensive uncertainty and turmoil surrounding the stock market recently, positive returns have been hard to come by. The S&P 500 Index has provided a total return of almost -14% in 2025 as of the Apr. 4 close. The Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA: XLK) has a return of -21% over that period. However, many dividend-focused funds have performed much better comparatively. Although still in the red, the Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEARCA: SCHD) has a total return slightly better than -7% on the year.
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how infrastructure distributors stocks fared in Q4, starting with MRC Global (NYSE:MRC).
Wrapping up Q4 earnings, we look at the numbers and key takeaways for the infrastructure distributors stocks, including DistributionNOW (NYSE:DNOW) and its peers.
Water and fire protection solutions company Core & Main (NYSE:CNM)
will be announcing earnings results tomorrow before market hours. Here’s what investors should know.
Many investors pay attention to mid-cap stocks because they have established business models and expansive market opportunities.
However, their paths to becoming $100 billion corporations are ripe with competition, ranging from giants with vast resources to agile upstarts eager to disrupt the status quo.
