WSO - Latest News
Watsco, Inc. (WSO), operates in Industrials / Industrial - Distribution, trades on NYSE.
Market capitalization stands near $12.17B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 23.62. Beta to the broader market is 1.04.
The article list below shows the most recent WSO headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.
Recent WSO Headlines
Heartland Mid Cap Value Fund Q3 2026 Portfolio Activity
seekingalpha.com - Oct 13, 2026
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BBH Capital Partners Private Equity Exits The Granite Group
businesswire.com - Oct 12, 2026
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BBH Capital Partners Private Equity (BBHCP) today announced the successful exit of its investment in The Granite Group (Gra
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Watsco Schedules Third Quarter Conference Call On Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. (EDT)
globenewswire.com - Oct 9, 2026
Watsco, Inc. (NYSE: WSO) announced today that it has scheduled a conference call to discuss its 2026 third quarter results on Tuesday, October 27, 20
Watsco (NYSE:WSO) Hits New 52-Week Low – Here’s What Happened
defenseworld.net - Oct 5, 2026
Watsco, Inc. (NYSE: WSO - Get Free Report)'s stock price reached a new 52-week low on Monday.
How News Affects WSO Options Pricing
Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track WSO's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.
Frequently asked WSO news questions
- What is the latest WSO news headline?
- The most recent WSO headline (Oct 13, 2026) is "Heartland Mid Cap Value Fund Q3 2026 Portfolio Activity". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.
- How fresh is the WSO news on this page?
- News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.
- What WSO news moves options pricing?
- Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.
- How can I track unusual WSO options activity related to news?
- Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.