WESCO International Becomes the Latest Industrial Company to Disappoint Investors

WESCO International (NYSE: WCC) became the latest industrial company to lower its full-year sales and earnings guidance amid talk of slowing spending and uncertainty among customers. In addition, gross margin was negatively impacted by the shift in sales from its higher-margin industrial business toward lower-margin utility sales.

It was a difficult quarter for the company. Let's take a closer look at the second quarter, and at how WESCO is positioned for the second half.

Here are the headline numbers from the quarter:

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