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Wesco International Reports Second Quarter 2026 Results

PR Newswire | 30. Juli 2026, 06:00

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PITTSBURGH, July 30, 2026

Record second quarter reported net sales of $6.7 billion, up 13% YOY and up 10% sequentially
- Organic sales up 13% YOY
- Data center sales of $1.5 billion, up ~45% YOY
Record total company backlog, up ~60% YOY
Second quarter operating margin of 5.7%, up 20 basis points YOY; adjusted EBITDA margin of 7.3%, up 60 basis points YOY
Second quarter diluted EPS of $4.23; record adjusted diluted EPS of $4.57, up 35% YOY
Second quarter operating cash flow of $54 million; free cash flow of $32 million
Raising 2026 outlook reflecting exceptional results in first half of the year and accelerating business momentum

PITTSBURGH, July 30, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Wesco International (NYSE: WCC), a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, announces its results for the second quarter of 2026.

"We delivered another exceptional quarter marked by continued market outperformance and accelerating business momentum. Sales, backlog, adjusted EBITDA, and adjusted earnings per share all increased versus the prior year and achieved records that exceeded our plan. Free cash flow generation was also positive and exceeded our expectations. We have now posted four consecutive quarters of double-digit sales growth fueled by data centers. Beyond our outsized growth in data centers, demand remained strong across the rest of our diversified portfolio and end markets as customers continue to invest in major infrastructure projects. Especially noteworthy, backlog was up approximately 60%, to a new record level, reflecting the benefits of the ongoing secular growth trends and the continued effectiveness of our One Wesco cross-selling strategy. We achieved a major milestone this quarter with a significant multi-year Grid Services award in our UBS business from a hyperscale data center customer. This win represents an important step in diversifying our UBS customer base and expanding our comprehensive data center offerings to include power solutions in addition to our extensive white space and gray space product and service offerings. As recently announced, we also strengthened our end-to-end capabilities and cooling solutions for data center customers through the acquisition of Singapore-based Newark Engineering," said John Engel, Chairman, President, and CEO.

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Mr. Engel concluded, "We are very pleased with our second quarter results and continued positive business momentum as we enter the second half of the year. Our backlog growth was fueled by multi-year customer commitments demonstrating our transformation into a leading infrastructure solutions provider serving communications, security, electrical, utility and power markets. The power of our customer value proposition, global capabilities, and leading portfolio of products, services and solutions is clear as we continue to outperform the market. As a result, we are significantly raising our full-year 2026 outlook reflecting the favorable secular growth trends and our confidence in continued strong execution. As the market leader, and with positive momentum building, I'm bullish that Wesco will continue to outperform our markets and deliver superior value to our customers, suppliers, and shareholders in the second half of 2026 and beyond."

Key Financial Highlights

Net Sales

On an organic basis, which removes differences in foreign exchange rates and the impact from the number of workdays, sales for the second quarter of 2026 grew by 12.6%. The increase in organic sales reflects volume growth in all three segments (CSS, EES and UBS), as well as a favorable impact from changes in price. Sequentially, net sales increased 9.6% and organic sales grew by 6.6%. We had record backlog at the end of the second quarter of 2026, up by approximately 60% compared to the end of the second quarter of 2025.
For the first six months of 2026, organic sales grew by 12.5%. The increase in organic sales reflects volume growth in all three segments (CSS, EES and UBS), as well as a favorable impact from changes in price.

Gross Profit and Gross Margin

The increase in gross margin for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 reflects improved gross margin in the EES and CSS segments, partially offset by a decline in the UBS segment.

Selling, General, and Administrative ("SG&A") Expenses

The increase in SG&A expenses for the second quarter of 2026 is primarily driven by an increase in commissions and incentives due to company performance, as well as higher salaries and benefits. SG&A expenses for the second quarter of 2026 include $23.2 million of digital transformation costs, compared to $8.1 million of digital transformation and restructuring costs for the second quarter of 2025. Adjusted for these costs, SG&A expenses were 15.0% and 14.6% of net sales for the second quarter of 2026 and 2025, respectively.
The increase in SG&A expenses for the first six months of 2026 is primarily driven by an increase in commissions and incentives due to company performance, as well as higher salaries and benefits. SG&A expenses for the first six months of 2026 include $40.7 million of digital transformation costs, compared to $15.4 million of digital transformation and restructuring costs for the first six months of 2025. Adjusted for these costs, SG&A expenses were 15.1% of net sales for the first six months of 2026 and 2025.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

The increase in adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin for the the second quarter of 2026 primarily reflects higher sales and gross margin. Sequentially, adjusted EBITDA margin increased 90 basis points.
The increase in adjusted EBITDA for the first six months of 2026 primarily reflects higher sales and gross margin.

Effective Tax Rate

The lower effective tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2026 are largely driven by higher discrete income tax benefits relating to the exercise and vesting of stock-based awards as compared to the prior year periods.

Adjusted Earnings Per Diluted Share

The increase in adjusted earnings per diluted share in the second quarter of 2026 reflects higher adjusted EBITDA, as described above. There was also an unfavorable $17.5 million increase in interest expense primarily driven by higher net term debt throughout the quarter compared to the prior year, as well as a $10.0 million non-cash loss on extinguishment from the redemption of the 2028 Notes, partially offset by lower borrowings and lower rates on the Receivables Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility. Additionally, the prior year period included the favorable impact of the June 2025 redemption of the Company's 10.625% Series A Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), partially offset by $12.9 million of preferred stock dividends.
The increase in adjusted earnings per diluted share in the first six months of 2026 reflects higher adjusted EBITDA, partially offset by a $27.9 million increase in interest expense primarily driven by higher net term debt throughout the first six months compared to the prior year, as well as a $10.0 million non-cash loss on extinguishment from the redemption of the 2028 Notes, partially offset by lower borrowings and lower rates on the Receivables Facility and the Revolving Credit Facility. Additionally, the prior year period included the favorable impact of the Series A Preferred Stock redemption, partially offset by $27.3 million of preferred stock dividends.

Operating Cash Flow

Net cash provided by operating activities for the second quarter of 2026 totaled $53.7 million compared to $107.8 million in the second quarter of 2025. The $54.1 million decrease is driven by a $182.8 million impact from changes in trade accounts receivable and a $155.3 million impact from changes in other current and noncurrent assets. The impact from trade accounts receivable was primarily due to sales growth in all three segments, as well as the timing of receipts from customers as compared to the prior year, and the impact from other current and noncurrent assets was primarily due to increases in supplier prepayments. These decreases were partially offset by a $129.9 million impact from changes in other current and noncurrent liabilities, driven by increases in deferred revenue. Additionally an increase in net income as adjusted for certain non-cash items also offset the decrease in operating cash flows.
Net cash provided by operating activities for the first six months of 2026 totaled $275.1 million, compared to $135.8 million for the first six months of 2025. The $139.3 million increase is driven by a $170.4 million impact from changes in other current and noncurrent liabilities, primarily due to increases in deferred revenue. Accounts payable additionally contributed to the increase, with a $151.3 million impact driven by increased inventory purchases, as well as the timing of inventory purchases and payments to suppliers as compared to the prior year. An increase in net income as adjusted for certain non-cash items also contributed to the increase in operating cash flows. These increases were partially offset by a $209.8 million impact from changes in trade accounts receivable and a $168.1 million impact from changes in other current and noncurrent assets. The impact from trade accounts receivable was primarily due to sales growth in all three segments, as well as the timing of receipts from customers as compared to the prior year, and the impact from other current and noncurrent assets was primarily due to increases in supplier prepayments.

Webcast and Teleconference Access

Wesco will conduct a webcast and teleconference to discuss the second quarter of 2026 earnings as described in this News Release on Thursday, July 30, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. E.T. The call will be broadcast live over the internet and can be accessed from the Investor Relations page of the Company's website at https://investors.wesco.com. The call will be archived on this internet site for seven days.

Wesco International (NYSE: WCC) builds, connects, powers and protects the world. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Wesco is a FORTUNE 500® company with approximately $24 billion in annual sales in 2025 and a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions. Wesco offers a best-in-class product and services portfolio of Electrical and Electronic Solutions, Communications and Security Solutions, and Utility and Broadband Solutions. The Company employs approximately 21,000 people, partners with the industry's premier suppliers, and serves thousands of customers around the world. With millions of products, end-to-end supply chain services, and significant digital capabilities, Wesco provides innovative solutions to meet customer needs across commercial and industrial businesses, technology companies, telecommunications providers, and utilities. Wesco operates more than 700 sites, including distribution centers, fulfillment centers, and sales offices in approximately 50 countries, providing a local presence for customers and a global network to serve multi-location businesses and global corporations.

Forward-Looking Statements

All statements made herein that are not historical facts should be considered as "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding business strategy, growth strategy, competitive strengths, productivity and profitability enhancement, competition, new product and service introductions, and liquidity and capital resources. Such statements can generally be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "plan," "believe," "estimate," "intend," "expect," "project," and similar words, phrases or expressions or future or conditional verbs such as "could," "may," "should," "will," and "would," although not all forward-looking statements contain such words. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and beliefs of Wesco's management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, Wesco's management, current market trends and market conditions and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are outside of Wesco's and Wesco's management's control, and which may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on such statements.

Important factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those presented or implied in the forward-looking statements include, among others, the failure to achieve the anticipated benefits of, and other risks associated with, acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures and other corporate transactions; the inability to successfully integrate acquired businesses; the impact of increased interest rates or borrowing costs; fluctuations in currency exchange rates; evolving impacts from tariffs or other trade tensions between the U.S. and other countries (including implementation of new tariffs and retaliatory measures); failure to adequately protect Wesco's intellectual property or successfully defend against infringement claims; the inability to successfully deploy new technologies, digital products and information systems or to otherwise adapt to emerging technologies in the marketplace, such as those incorporating artificial intelligence (AI); risks relating to our use or reliance on AI; failure to execute on our efforts and programs related to environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters; unanticipated expenditures or other adverse developments related to compliance with new or stricter government policies, laws or regulations, including those relating to data privacy, cybersecurity, competition, sustainability and environmental protection; the inability to successfully develop, manage or implement new technology initiatives or business strategies, including with respect to the expansion of e-commerce or AI capabilities and other digital solutions and digitalization initiatives; disruption of information technology systems or operations; natural disasters (including as a result of climate change), health epidemics, pandemics and other outbreaks; supply chain disruptions; geopolitical conflicts and issues, such as the ongoing Middle East and Russia/Ukraine conflicts; the impact of changing and expanding export controls, sanctions, and data localization rules; the failure to manage the increased risks and impacts of cyber incidents or data breaches; and exacerbation of key materials shortages, inflationary cost pressures, material cost increases, demand volatility, and logistics and capacity constraints, any of which may have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, results of operations and financial condition. All such factors are difficult to predict and are beyond the Company's control. Additional factors that could cause results to differ materially from those described above can be found in Wesco's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

In addition to the results provided in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("U.S. GAAP") above, this earnings release includes certain non-GAAP financial measures. These financial measures include organic sales growth, gross profit, gross margin, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA margin, financial leverage, free cash flow, adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses, adjusted income from operations, adjusted operating margin, adjusted other non-operating (income) expense, adjusted provision for income taxes, adjusted income before income taxes, adjusted net income, adjusted net income attributable to WESCO International, Inc., adjusted net income attributable to common stockholders, and adjusted earnings per diluted share. The Company believes that these non-GAAP measures are useful to investors as they provide a better understanding of our financial condition and results of operations on a comparable basis. Additionally, certain non-GAAP measures either focus on or exclude items impacting comparability of results such as digital transformation costs, restructuring costs, cloud computing arrangement amortization, and the related income tax effects, allowing investors to more easily compare the Company's financial performance from period to period. Management does not use these non-GAAP financial measures for any purpose other than the reasons stated above.