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Equity
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Equity [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure
Share Repurchases
On May 31, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted a resolution authorizing the repurchase of up to $1 billion of the Company’s common stock and Series A Preferred Stock. The share repurchase authorization has no expiration date and may be modified, suspended, or terminated at any time without prior notice.
During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company entered into spot repurchase transactions through a broker to purchase 153,228 shares of its common stock in the open market for cash totaling $25.3 million, including excise taxes. Wesco funded the repurchases with available cash and borrowings under its accounts receivable securitization and revolving credit facilities. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, the Company entered into spot repurchase transactions through a broker to purchase 343,147 shares of its common stock in the open market for cash totaling $50.5 million, including excise taxes. Wesco funded the repurchases with available cash and borrowings under its revolving credit facility.
Dividends
The Company’s dividends on common stock are declared at the discretion of the Board of Directors. The following table is a summary of cash dividends declared and paid on the Company’s common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2025:
Date DeclaredRecord DatePayment Date
Amount Per Share
Dividend Payment
February 27, 2025
March 14, 2025
March 31, 2025
$0.454 $22.1 million
The following table is a summary of cash dividends declared and paid on the Company’s common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2024:
Date DeclaredRecord DatePayment Date
Amount Per Share
Dividend Payment
February 29, 2024
March 15, 2024
March 29, 2024
$0.413 $20.9 million
During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company's Board of Directors also declared and the Company paid quarterly cash dividends of $0.664 per depositary share relating to its Series A Preferred Stock totaling $14.4 million each quarter.