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Wesco International Inc key statistics and ratios

In fiscal 2025, Wesco International Inc had return on equity of 12.8%, an operating margin of 5.2%, debt equal to 115.9% of equity and a current ratio of 2.20. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.

Financial ratios

US$ thousands unless shown otherwise. Fiscal years, plus the last twelve months (LTM) when newer.

Fiscal year2009Dec 20092010Dec 20102011Dec 20112012Dec 20122013Dec 20132014Dec 20142015Dec 20152016Dec 20162017Dec 20172018Dec 20182019Dec 20192020Dec 20202021Dec 20212022Dec 20222023Dec 20232024Dec 20242025Dec 2025LTMSept 2026
Gross margin19.5%19.7%20.2%20.2%20.6%20.4%19.9%19.7%19.3%19.2%18.9%18.9%20.8%21.8%21.6%21.6%21.1%—
Operating margin3.9%4.2%5.4%5.1%6.4%5.9%5.0%4.5%4.2%4.3%4.1%2.8%4.4%6.7%6.3%5.6%5.2%5.6%
Net margin2.3%2.3%3.2%3.1%3.7%3.5%2.8%1.4%2.1%2.8%2.7%0.8%2.6%4.0%3.4%3.3%2.7%3.0%
Free-cash-flow margin6.0%2.2%2.2%4.0%3.8%2.9%3.5%3.8%1.7%3.2%2.2%4.0%0.1%−0.4%1.8%4.6%0.1%1.6%
Return on equity10.5%10.8%15.7%13.9%16.7%14.9%11.4%5.4%8.0%10.7%10.2%3.6%13.1%20.9%16.1%14.3%12.8%15.1%
Return on assets4.2%4.3%6.6%5.2%6.0%5.9%4.5%2.3%3.6%4.9%4.6%1.2%3.8%6.3%5.1%4.8%4.1%4.5%
Asset turnover1.851.902.071.711.621.681.611.631.681.751.741.461.491.561.501.451.491.48
Current ratio1.962.142.052.092.102.212.382.412.312.252.341.842.082.182.482.202.202.01
Debt to equity69.4%63.5%61.3%123.5%94.2%82.2%93.7%72.3%65.9%59.2%57.8%149.1%126.4%122.9%106.5%102.8%115.9%111.4%
Interest cover (operating income ÷ interest)3.3x3.7x6.2x7.0x5.6x5.7x————————————
Effective tax rate23.4%26.7%29.8%28.4%27.2%28.3%31.4%23.1%35.4%19.8%21.2%18.6%19.8%24.1%22.8%24.4%24.9%24.0%
SG&A as % of revenue15.0%15.1%14.2%14.6%13.3%13.6%14.0%14.3%14.3%14.1%14.0%15.1%15.3%14.2%14.5%15.2%15.1%15.1%
Capital spending as % of revenue0.3%0.3%0.5%0.4%0.4%0.3%0.3%0.2%0.3%0.4%0.5%0.5%0.3%0.5%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.5%
Free cash flow ÷ net income265.2%97.1%68.4%131.4%103.9%83.6%124.1%277.9%78.1%114.6%80.7%484.5%2.7%−10.3%52.4%140.3%3.9%52.6%
Dividends ÷ net income—————————0.0%0.0%30.0%12.3%6.7%10.0%11.4%13.8%12.0%
Dividends and buybacks ÷ free cash flow0.0%0.6%5.8%4.6%2.7%3.1%59.6%1.7%83.7%48.8%83.2%6.2%463.0%—37.8%50.3%648.4%40.9%

Returns use average equity or assets over the year. Return on equity is left blank when equity is negative or so small that the ratio says nothing (above ±200%); interest cover is left blank above 200 times. Price-based ratios such as P/E are on the valuation page.

Financial health

3 of 6 checks passed · September 30, 2026
What it owns · $18.8bn
Short-term assets $11.5bnLonger-term assets $7.2bn
What it owes, and who funded it · $18.8bn
Short-term liabilities $5.8bnLonger-term liabilities $7.6bnShareholders' equity $5.4bn
  • Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $11.5bn of assets due within a year against $5.8bn of liabilities due within a year.
  • Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $11.5bn short-term assets against $7.6bn of longer-dated liabilities.
  • More cash than debt $842m of cash against $6.0bn of debt.
  • Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 110% of equity.
  • Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 122% to 110% over five years.
  • A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt $541m of operating cash flow against $6.0bn of debt.
  • Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.

From Wesco International Inc's latest balance sheet as filed. Checks are fixed, documented rules (methodology), counted only where the company reports the figures — a dot means the filing doesn't break the item out. Descriptions of reported data, not advice.

Moat

46 /100

Moderate moat

How hard Wesco International's competitive advantage looks for rivals to wear away, judged from 10 years of its own filings: returns on capital, pricing power, profit durability, cash conversion and discipline.

  • Returns on capital 4 / 20

    Cash operating profit has been a median 4.7% of total assets over 7 years.

  • Pricing power 8 / 20

    Gross margin has been a median 21.2%, moving by 1.1 percentage points (standard deviation) across 7 years.

  • Durability 10 / 20

    Operating margin has been a median 4.8%; its worst year was 3.3%.

  • Cash conversion 10 / 20

    Free cash flow was positive in 9 of 10 years, at a median 2.1% of revenue.

  • Discipline 18 / 20

    The diluted share count fell 4.5% over five years; stock-based pay has been a median 0.2% of revenue.

AI disruption exposure: Medium. In this industry, AI could change how the product is made or sold, without replacing the core asset. The score above includes a 5-point deduction for that exposure (51 before it).

A rules-based reading of reported figures, not a forecast and not investment advice. How the score is built: methodology.

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Figures from Wesco International Inc's SEC filings (10-K and 10-Q), retrieved October 30, 2026. How we read and check them: methodology and data sources. Not investment advice. Back to Wesco International Inc.