WATSCO INC WSO
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 942622200 · ISIN US9426222009
American industrial company
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryWholesale-Hardware & Plumbing & Heating Equipment & Supplies
- HeadquartersCoconut Grove, FL
- Websitewatsco.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($38.5m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $380.79. Options: 10 managers hold calls ($43.0m notional), 10 hold puts ($163.3m).
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 539 |
| Q4 2022 | 568 |
| Q1 2023 | 614 |
| Q2 2023 | 678 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 279 | 228 |
| Q1 2023 | 344 | 227 |
| Q2 2023 | 325 | 298 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $21.5m | $12.5m | 0.58 |
| Q4 2022 | $19.4m | $12.9m | 0.67 |
| Q1 2023 | $24.3m | $130.1m | 5.36 |
| Q2 2023 | $43.0m | $163.3m | 3.80 |
Biggest buyers
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +320.9k |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Added | +240.1k |
| J.P. Morgan Private Wealth Advisors LLC | Added | +124.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +122.9k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. | New | +78.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +75.9k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec | New | +75.7k |
| AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc | Added | +71.8k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp | Added | +59.5k |
| Legal & General Group Plc | Added | +51.9k |
Biggest sellers
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| Bahl & Gaynor LLC | Reduced | -150.0k |
| ANCHOR CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -67.8k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | Sold out | -60.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -49.1k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Reduced | -48.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -46.3k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -46.0k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO | Reduced | -44.0k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC | Reduced | -43.3k |
Biggest calls
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $19.3m50.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $11.2m29.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $7.9m20.8k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $2.0m5.2k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | New | $1.1m2.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $610.4k1.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $534.0k1.4k shares |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC | New | $393.3k1.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $38.1k100 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| PointState Capital LP | Unchanged | $143.1m375.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $9.2m24.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $7.1m18.7k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $1.1m3.0k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Reduced | $877.4k2.3k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | New | $762.9k2.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $495.9k1.3k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | $457.8k1.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $228.0k600 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| Capital International Investors 13G · institution -3.4 pts · filed 2026-05-14 | 10.1% |
| FMR LLC 13G · institution -3.3 pts · filed 2026-02-05 | 5.6% |
| Capital Research Global Investors 13G · institution new · filed 2026-05-14 | 5.4% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.2% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.0% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $3.3m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.0m | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.3m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-05-22 | ALVAREZ CESAR L Director | Sold | $1.3m4.0k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 4.3m $1.6bn | Added +320.9k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.2m $1.2bn | Reduced -20.2k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.63% of their portfolio | 1.9m $739.1m | Reduced -44.0k |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 1.77% of their portfolio | 1.6m $628.7m | Reduced -22.6k |
| FMR LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.5m $560.2m | Reduced -1.2m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.3m $479.5m | Reduced -23.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $406.9m | Added +122.9k |
| Capital World Investors 0.07% of their portfolio | 908.3k $346.5m | Unchanged |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 1.07% of their portfolio | 765.5k $292.0m | Added +35.6k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 659.7k $251.7m | Reduced -18.2k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.05% of their portfolio | 632.1k $241.1m | Reduced -29.6k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 586.6k $223.4m | Added +36.5k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.05% of their portfolio | 568.4k $216.8m | Added +24.6k |
| Markel Group Inc. 2.45% of their portfolio | 539.2k $205.7m | Added +10.5k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.06% of their portfolio | 528.4k $201.6m | Reduced -12.0k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.45% of their portfolio | 514.7k $196.3m | Added +59.5k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC 1.25% of their portfolio | 441.2k $167.7m | Reduced -43.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.13% of their portfolio | 400.0k $152.6m | Added +1.0k |
| BOSTON FINANCIAL MANGEMENT LLC 4.92% of their portfolio | 356.5k $136.0m | Reduced -1.7k |
| NORGES BANK 0.02% of their portfolio | 326.2k $124.4m | Added +8.3k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.32% of their portfolio | 318.6k $121.5m | Reduced -18.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 316.2k $120.6m | Reduced -46.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 302.5k $115.4m | Added +11.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 301.6k $115.1m | Added +42.9k |
| Swedbank AB 0.19% of their portfolio | 282.5k $107.8m | Reduced -12.5k |
| CALEDONIA INVESTMENTS PLC 13.75% of their portfolio | 261.1k $99.6m | Reduced -12.7k |
| Bahl & Gaynor LLC 0.60% of their portfolio | 258.1k $98.5m | Reduced -150.0k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 254.8k $97.2m | Added +240.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 233.8k $89.2m | Reduced -551 |
| Hamlin Capital Management, LLC 2.99% of their portfolio | 233.6k $89.1m | Added +30.5k |
| Welch & Forbes LLC 1.28% of their portfolio | 212.4k $81.0m | Reduced -2.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 201.1k $76.7m | Reduced -49.1k |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP 0.48% of their portfolio | 199.0k $75.9m | Added +41.8k |
| J.P. Morgan Private Wealth Advisors LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 198.8k $75.8m | Added +124.3k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 192.4k $73.4m | Reduced -104 |
| ANCHOR CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC 1.84% of their portfolio | 186.2k $71.0m | Reduced -67.8k |
| DEARBORN PARTNERS LLC 2.55% of their portfolio | 174.4k $66.5m | Reduced -194 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 170.6k $65.1m | Reduced -46.3k |
| Premier Fund Managers Ltd 2.55% of their portfolio | 170.0k $64.2m | Reduced -25.8k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 165.1k $63.0m | Reduced -36.7k |
| AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc 1.00% of their portfolio | 162.9k $62.0m | Added +71.8k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 157.0k $59.9m | Added +2.1k |
| HOWLAND CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 3.23% of their portfolio | 147.5k $56.3m | Reduced -4.6k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.08% of their portfolio | 147.2k $56.1m | Reduced -13.9k |
| RIVERBRIDGE PARTNERS LLC 0.71% of their portfolio | 147.0k $56.1m | Added +15.4k |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC 0.53% of their portfolio | 146.0k $55.7m | Reduced -1.8k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 142.4k $54.3m | Added +10.7k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 138.7k $52.9m | Added +2.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 136.1k $51.9m | Added +75.9k |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 132.7k $50.6m | Reduced -5.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 131.9k $50.3m | Added +51.9k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.26% of their portfolio | 126.5k $48.2m | Reduced -18.1k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.69% of their portfolio | 125.6k $47.9m | Added +285 |
| Swiss National Bank 0.03% of their portfolio | 120.2k $45.9m | Added +48.5k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.06% of their portfolio | 118.3k $44.7m | Reduced -40.6k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.05% of their portfolio | 115.9k $44.2m | Added +2.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 110.9k $42.3m | Reduced -6.5k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 105.6k $40.3m | Reduced -3.7k |
| Motley Fool Asset Management LLC 3.52% of their portfolio | 103.6k $39.5m | Reduced -3.0k |
| CAPITAL ADVISORS INC/OK 0.98% of their portfolio | 101.0k $38.5m | Added +2.2k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.04% of their portfolio | 97.2k $37.1m | Reduced -15.9k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 88.6k $33.8m | Reduced -791 |
| Curi Capital, LLC 1.02% of their portfolio | 81.1k $30.9m | Reduced -1.6k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 78.0k $29.7m | New |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC 0.47% of their portfolio | 77.9k $29.7m | Added +405 |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 77.6k $29.6m | Reduced -2.1k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 76.8k $29.3m | Reduced -19.2k |
| AE Wealth Management LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 76.0k $29.0m | Added +27.3k |
| Wilkinson Global Asset Management LLC 2.20% of their portfolio | 75.9k $28.9m | Reduced -95 |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.08% of their portfolio | 75.7k $28.9m | New |
| KING LUTHER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORP 0.14% of their portfolio | 73.2k $27.9m | Added +34.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 68.1k $26.0m | Added +2.8k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 67.1k $25.6m | Added +30.0k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 66.9k $25.5m | Reduced -1.9k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.02% of their portfolio | 66.1k $25.2m | Reduced -2.5k |
| GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.49% of their portfolio | 64.6k $24.7m | Reduced -3.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 63.8k $20.3m | Unchanged |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.27% of their portfolio | 63.8k $24.3m | Reduced -7.5k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.04% of their portfolio | 61.7k $23.5m | Added +7.1k |
| Baskin Financial Services Inc. 2.24% of their portfolio | 61.1k $23.3m | Added +1.2k |
| River Road Asset Management, LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 59.8k $22.8m | Reduced -3.6k |
| SANDLER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT 2.79% of their portfolio | 59.7k $22.8m | Added +10.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 58.4k $22.3m | Reduced -1.1k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 57.2k $21.8m | Reduced -775 |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 55.4k $21.1m | Reduced -48.7k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.08% of their portfolio | 55.0k $21.0m | Added +51 |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.09% of their portfolio | 54.8k $20.9m | Added +863 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.1k $20.6m | Reduced -16.6k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.03% of their portfolio | 54.0k $20.6m | Added +11.1k |
| LaFleur & Godfrey LLC 3.02% of their portfolio | 52.9k $20.2m | Reduced -35 |
| TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY 0.19% of their portfolio | 51.9k $19.8m | Added +546 |
| WASHINGTON TRUST Co 0.83% of their portfolio | 51.5k $19.6m | Reduced -8.2k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 51.3k $19.6m | New |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 50.6k $19.3m | Reduced -1.5k |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.12% of their portfolio | 50.5k $19.3m | Reduced -916 |
| Pembroke Management, LTD 2.06% of their portfolio | 50.2k $19.1m | Reduced -8.3k |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc 0.46% of their portfolio | 48.3k $18.4m | Reduced -244 |
| Motley Fool Wealth Management, LLC 1.05% of their portfolio | 46.7k $17.8m | Reduced -33.1k |
| Handelsinvest Investeringsforvaltning 3.44% of their portfolio | 45.8k $17.5m | Reduced -10.2k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 43.0k $16.4m | Added +2.5k |