Wesco International (WCC) Q2 2026 Earnings: Data Center Surge Drives 15% EPS Beat
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on July 30, 2026.
Wesco crushed on a 15% EPS beat as data center sales surged 45% year over year to $1.5 billion, now accounting for over 20% of trailing revenue, prompting management to lift full-year adjusted EPS guidance to $16.00–$17.50 and organic growth to 9%–11%.
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Wesco International reported Q2 2026 earnings per share of $4.57, clearing the consensus estimate of $3.97 by roughly 15%. Revenue came in at $6.67 billion, about 3.7% ahead of the $6.43 billion analysts had penciled in. The results mark one of the company's strongest beats in recent quarters, continuing a trend of upside surprises that began in Q3 2024.
The standout driver was Wesco's data center business, which posted $1.5 billion in sales for the quarter — a 45% jump year over year — and now represents more than 20% of trailing revenue. That kind of concentration in a single, fast-growing vertical gives investors a clear line of sight into what is pulling the overall business forward and why the top-line beat was as wide as it was.
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Management responded to the momentum by raising full-year guidance, lifting the adjusted EPS range to $16.00–$17.50 and pushing the organic growth outlook to 9%–11%. Those revised targets will be the key benchmarks to watch in the back half of the year, particularly whether data center demand holds at the pace that made Q2 so exceptional.
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