---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000929008-24-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WCC"
cik: "0000929008"
company_name: "WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T01:41:30.260082+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wesco Q1 net sales $5.4B (-3% YoY); operating profit $263M (-24%); free cash flow $731M record

## Summary
- Net sales $5.4B, down 3.1% YoY; organic sales -3.2%; diluted EPS $1.95 vs $3.48; adjusted EPS $2.30 vs $3.75.
- Operating profit $263M, down 24.1%; adjusted EBITDA margin 6.4% vs 7.6% YoY, down 120 bps.
- Record free cash flow $731M in Q1, $1.4B TTM; financial leverage 2.6x vs 2.8x sequentially.
- Full-year FCF guidance raised to $800M-$1B; maintained sales, margin and adjusted EPS outlook; $300M divestiture proceeds for share repurchases.
- Backlog -10% YoY but +1% sequentially; gross margin 21.3% vs 21.9% YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000929008-24-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WCC
- cik: 0000929008
- company_name: WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+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/929008/000092900824000010/0000929008-24-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929008/000092900824000010/wcc-20240502.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000929008-24-000010.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  WESCO INTERNATIONAL INC reported the first quarter of 2024 results: revenue $5.4 billion. Guidance reaffirmed.
  - Period: the first quarter of 2024
  - Revenue: $5.4 billion
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: unique global capabilities and scale.” The following are results for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2023: • Net sales were $5.4 billion for the first quarter of 2024 compared to $5.5 billion for the first quarter of 2023, a decrease of 3.1%. Organic sales for the first quarter of 2024 declined by 3.2%, as
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929008/000092900824000010/0000929008-24-000010-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.