---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000929008-23-000017"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WCC"
cik: "0000929008"
company_name: "WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T10:46:58.461717+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wesco Q2 sales record $5.7B but adjusted EPS down 11%; lowers FY guidance

## Summary
- Net sales record $5.7B (+5% YoY); organic sales +2.8%. Adjusted EPS $3.71 vs $4.19 prior year, down 11%.
- CSS +15.5% (record), UBS +9.2%, but EES declined 5.6% on supply chain rebalancing and weak construction.
- FY 2023 outlook lowered: sales growth 5-7% (prior 6-9%), adj. EBITDA ~$1.8B from ~$1.9B, EPS $15.00-$16.00.
- Raised cross-sell synergy target to $2.0B from $1.8B. $25M annualized cost cuts in EES implemented.
- Free cash flow $293M in Q2 (141% of adj. net income); leverage 2.8x, lowest since Anixter merger.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000929008-23-000017
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WCC
- cik: 0000929008
- company_name: WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-08-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929008/000092900823000017/0000929008-23-000017-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929008/000092900823000017/wcc-20230803.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929008-23-000017.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC reported second quarter of 2023 results: revenue $5.7 billion, EPS $3.41. Guidance lowered.
  - Period: second quarter of 2023
  - Revenue: $5.7 billion
  - EPS: $3.41
  - Guidance: lowered
  - Result: reported results
  source text: WESCO International, Inc. / 225 West Station Square Drive, Suite 700 / Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Wesco International Reports Record Second Quarter 2023 Results • Net sales a record $5.7 billion, up 5% YOY – Organic sales growth of 3% YOY • Operating profit of $364 million; operating margin of 6.3% – Adjusted EBITDA of $442 million, flat YOY; adjusted EBITDA margin of
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929008/000092900823000017/0000929008-23-000017-index.htm

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