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Wesco International Inc.

Wholesale-Electrical Apparatus & Equipment, Wiring Supplies

$365.12
+2.58%
Market cap $17.8B

Wesco can be traced back to the late 1800s but was officially founded in 1922, acting as the distribution arm of Westinghouse Electric. Throughout the 1900s, Wesco entered and subsequently exited the consumer electronics, transit, bottling, and nuclear plant distribution markets.

It is a $17.8B technology company. Revenue grew 12.5% over the last year, it keeps 3¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and its net debt equals ~33.2 years of free cash flow. It trades at 25.8× earnings — near the highest of its own history.

Website
wesco.com
Location
Pittsburgh, PA
Employees
21 000
Sector
Technology

Skills

Six independent scores, 0–100, built from reported numbers and valuation history. Click a row to see how it was scored.

Valuation42Growth74Profitability28Health58Quality68Moat36

Valuation, Profitability and Moat lag behind.

Valuation42
  • P/E vs own history94th pct · 0/25
  • FCF yield0.9% · 5/25
  • P/S0.7x · 25/25
  • EV/EBITDA15.1x · 12/25
Growth74
  • Revenue CAGR6.6% · 12/25
  • Net income CAGR8.3% · 12/25
  • EPS CAGR ~5Y53.9% · 25/25
  • Fwd implied growth36.4% · 25/25
Profitability28
  • ROIC6.3% · 5/25
  • ROE13.8% · 12/25
  • Net margin2.8% · 6/25
  • Operating margin5.3% · 5/25
Health58
  • Altman Z2.54 · 18/25
  • Current ratio2.09 · 25/25
  • Interest coverage3.2x · 10/25
  • Net cash / debtD/A 31% · 5/25
Quality68
  • Piotroski F5/9 · 15/25
  • Beneish M-2.24 · 20/25
  • FCF conversion22% · 8/25
  • Margin stabilityσ 1.3% · 25/25
Moat36
  • ROIC >12% years1/10 yrs · 0/25
  • Median gross margin20.3% · 6/25
  • FCF-positive years9/10 yrs · 18/25
  • Worst-year net marginworst 0.8% · 12/25

How the scores work →

Experience

The company's career so far — founding, the IPO, landmark products and acquisitions, plus revenue milestones and insider buying.

  1. FY2022Financial
    Best year on record
    $860M net income
  2. FY2020Financial
    Revenue crossed $10B
    $12.3B for the year
  3. FY2016Financial
    Profitable every year on record
    10 consecutive profitable years in our data
  4. FY2016Financial
    Revenue already above $1B
    $7.34B in first reported year

Achievements

Verifiable track record, straight from the reported numbers.

$10 000 invested in 2021 would be worth ~$31 255 today — price return only
$23.5B revenue in FY2025
Revenue up 12.5% year over year
Profitable 10 years in a row
Positive free cash flow 3 years in a row
21 000 employees

Strengths & watch-outs

What a bull and a bear would each point to. Both lists come from the reported numbers, not opinions.

Strengths

  • Revenue growing 12.5% year over year

Watch-outs

  • Net debt would take ~38.0 years of free cash flow to repay
  • Net debt equals ~33.2 years of free cash flow

Qualifications

The basics a company should meet before you research it further. Each check uses the reported numbers.

9 of 11 checks passed
  • Revenue growing+12.5% YoY
  • Profitable$710M TTM
  • Profit growing-7.7% YoY
  • Generates cash$155M TTM
  • Debt under control~33.2y of cash flow to repay
  • Established company$17.8B market cap
  • Not printing shares-26.3% shares over ~5y
  • Proven track record10/10 profitable years
  • Financially stableAltman Z 2.5 — grey
  • Pays a dividendyield 0.52%
  • Valuation not extremeP/E 25.8
Peer comparisonWesco International Inc. vs 6 largest technology peers — cap, P/E, growth and margin side by sideOpen ▾
CompanyMarket capP/ERevenue growthNet marginProfile
WCC this company$17.8B25.8+12.5%2.8%Solid
NVDA Nvidia Corp$5.5T28.6+83.4%63.7%Mixed
AAPL Apple Inc.$4.9T38.1+14.2%27.6%Strong
GOOGL Alphabet Inc.$4.3T17.6+20.1%54.8%Mixed
MSFT Microsoft Corp$4.0T29.7+17.8%40.3%Strong
SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp.$2.1T—+33.2%-34.0%Strained
META Meta Platforms, Inc.$1.8T26.9+27.7%29.8%Mixed

Head-to-head: WCC vs NVDA · WCC vs AAPL · WCC vs GOOGL

References

What covering analysts publish about the company — information only, not a recommendation.

Strong buy 7Buy 6Hold 2

Appendix · Financial records

The full statements behind this CV, FY2016–FY2025. For readers who want to check the numbers.

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Figures are derived from company filings (quarterly values normalised from as-filed year-to-date data where applicable) and may be delayed, restated or incomplete. This page is information, not investment advice. Latest price $365.12 · market cap $17.8B.