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Company snapshot — WESCO International Inc

WCC in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelook stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
WESCO distributes electrical, communications and utility supplies and provides the logistics that get those products to job sites and networks. It runs three segments: Electrical & Electronic Solutions for wiring, automation and safety gear; Communications & Security Solutions for data-centre, network and security equipment; and Utility & Broadband Solutions for power and fibre infrastructure sold to utilities and broadband operators. It is headquartered in Pittsburgh and serves contractors, industrial firms, utilities and network operators across North America and beyond.
Where it sits in the stack
WESCO carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits only in our broader universe, in the Industrials sector under Industrial Distribution. Its Communications & Security segment sells data-centre and network gear, which puts it near the edge of AI-related demand without giving it a place inside the index itself.
Who it is priced against
Closelook has not assigned WESCO to a peer group; the comparison the market most often draws is with Fastenal, another industrial distributor selling into similar contractor and MRO channels.
Why Closelook tracks it
WESCO holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but has no Rubin seat, no Closelook score yet and no recorded quotes across our editions, so its coverage in the diary is still limited.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether demand for data-centre and network products in its Communications & Security segment picks up as AI infrastructure spending spreads beyond chipmakers and into distributors.

WESCO International Inc (WCC) trades on US exchanges.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelook’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

Signals for this name

Every Closelook reading that exists for WCC, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Who it is priced against Industrial Distribution · United States · 7 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Industrial Distribution · United States

This name carries no Closelook score, so its cohort ranks on trend state — distance to the 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score it does not have.

Compared against WCC on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelook scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 0.58%, quarterly · last 0.50 USD on 2026-09-11

Dividends and capital return

What WCC pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 1.95 USD per share · a 0.58% yield on the 2026-09-17 close 4 distributions, paid quarterly 2026-09-17
  • Change on the year +10.1% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.78 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.50 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-11
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.38 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.65 USD · 2025: 1.82 USD · 2026: 1.50 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-14

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 55/100 · S&P 500 fund at 58, above its 50- and 200-day averagesEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-17
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 94th percentile of the window, +2.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-17
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.00 · down 0.41 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-17

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-18

Quick answers

What is WESCO International Inc (WCC)?

WESCO International Inc trades as WCC on the US exchange (United States) in the Closelook research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-18.

Is WCC in a Closelook index?

Not currently — WESCO International Inc is tracked in the Closelook research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelook functional index as of 2026-09-18.

Where does WCC trade against its moving averages?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack: Trades -1.4% vs the 50-day and +8.4% vs the 200-day average, 11.9% below the 52-week high and +67.4% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-17 — a technical state from the nightly Closelook bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does WESCO International Inc do?

WESCO distributes electrical, communications and utility supplies and provides the logistics that get those products to job sites and networks. It runs three segments: Electrical & Electronic Solutions for wiring, automation and safety gear; Communications & Security Solutions for data-centre, network and security equipment; and Utility & Broadband Solutions for power and fibre infrastructure sold to utilities and broadband operators. It is headquartered in Pittsburgh and serves contractors, industrial firms, utilities and network operators across North America and beyond. Closelook has not assigned WESCO to a peer group; the comparison the market most often draws is with Fastenal, another industrial distributor selling into similar contractor and MRO channels.

Where does WESCO International Inc sit in the AI build-out?

WESCO carries no seat in Rubin, our AI build-out index, so it sits only in our broader universe, in the Industrials sector under Industrial Distribution. Its Communications & Security segment sells data-centre and network gear, which puts it near the edge of AI-related demand without giving it a place inside the index itself. WESCO holds a seat in the Russell 1000 but has no Rubin seat, no Closelook score yet and no recorded quotes across our editions, so its coverage in the diary is still limited.

Does WESCO International Inc pay a dividend?

WESCO International Inc has paid 1.95 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid quarterly, a trailing yield of 0.58% on the 2026-09-17 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.50 USD on 2026-09-11. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for WCC, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelook structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

Related in the Closelook universe

then Industrial Distribution, then Industrials. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.