---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000929008-22-000011"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WCC"
cik: "0000929008"
company_name: "WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T00:16:21.113449+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wesco Q1 record sales $4.9B (+22% YoY); adj. EPS $3.63, up 154%; raises FY2022 adj. EPS outlook to $14-15

## Summary
- Net sales $4.9B, +22% YoY; organic growth 21.2%; record backlog up >90% YoY and 25% sequentially.
- Adjusted EPS $3.63, up 154% YoY; GAAP EPS $3.19. Adjusted EBITDA $364M, margin 7.4% (+200 bps).
- Raising FY2022 outlook: adj. EPS $14.00-$15.00, sales growth 12%-15%, adj. EBITDA margin 7.3%-7.6%.
- All three segments (EES, CSS, UBS) delivered double-digit sales and profit growth; EES sales +21.5%, UBS +31.6%.
- Leverage improved to 3.6x adjusted EBITDA, down from 5.7x at Anixter close; free cash flow guidance set at 80% of adj. net income.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000929008-22-000011
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WCC
- cik: 0000929008
- company_name: WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2022-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929008/000092900822000011/0000929008-22-000011-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929008/000092900822000011/wcc-20220505.htm

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