Ferguson
FERG
215.06
-8.27
-3.70%
Ferguson
US · FERG
#520 by market cap
Listed 1970
215.06
-8.27
-3.70%
Live - 5344 symbols - heartbeat 117s ago
· 2026-10-08 06:33
Pre-market
213.90
-0.54%
After-hours
215.06
0.00%
Overnight
214.50
-0.26%
- Market cap
- 41.60B
- P/E (TTM)i
- 46.45
- P/Bi
- 6.71
- EPSi
- 4.01
- Div yieldi
- 1.57%
- 52W posi
- 5%
Reader sentiment
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✦ Quant Financial Health how this is computed
Good
- Altman Z-Score is 4.06, above the 3.0 "safe zone" threshold.
- Most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies; less meaningful for banks, insurers and other financials.
Revenue annual, last 8 years
Latest year -56.70% YoY
Margins
- Gross margin
- 31.00%
- Operating margin
- 9.14%
- Net margin
- 6.41%
Key ratios & quality
- Enterprise valuei
- 45.63B
- Altman Z-Scorei
- 4.06
Altman Z-Score below ~1.8 suggests financial distress risk, above ~3.0 suggests low risk; the model is most reliable for industrial/manufacturing companies and less meaningful for banks and other financial firms.
Income statement
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 20.75B | 22.01B | 19.94B | 22.79B | 28.57B | 29.73B | 29.64B | 12.83B |
| Gross profit | 6.04B | 6.46B | 5.98B | 6.98B | 8.76B | 9.03B | 9.05B | 3.93B |
| Selling & admin expenses | -- | -- | 4.33B | 4.73B | 5.64B | 5.92B | 6.04B | 2.68B |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 1.36B | 1.50B | 1.37B | 1.95B | 2.82B | 2.78B | 2.68B | 1.10B |
| Pretax profit | 1.19B | 1.32B | 1.27B | 1.86B | 2.71B | 2.46B | 2.46B | 1.00B |
| Tax | 346.00M | 263.00M | 299.00M | 232.00M | 609.00M | 575.00M | 729.00M | 217.00M |
| Net profit | 1.27B | 1.11B | 961.00M | 1.47B | 2.12B | 1.89B | 1.74B | 786.00M |
| Basic EPS | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 |
| Diluted EPS | 5.12 | 4.78 | 4.24 | 6.55 | 9.69 | 9.12 | 8.53 | 4.01 |
| Line item | 2025-01 | 2025-04 | 2025-07 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 6.87B | 7.62B | -- | 7.50B | 7.47B | 8.75B |
| Gross profit | 2.04B | 2.36B | -- | 2.30B | 2.32B | 2.71B |
| Selling & admin expenses | 1.54B | 1.59B | -- | 1.61B | 1.61B | 1.72B |
| Research & development | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Operating profit | 410.00M | 676.00M | -- | 591.00M | 614.00M | 895.00M |
| Pretax profit | 370.00M | 557.00M | -- | 534.00M | 560.00M | 846.00M |
| Tax | 94.00M | 147.00M | -- | 145.00M | 146.00M | 180.00M |
| Net profit | 276.00M | 410.00M | -- | 389.00M | 414.00M | 666.00M |
| Basic EPS | 1 | 2 | -- | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Diluted EPS | 1.38 | 2.07 | -- | 1.99 | 2.13 | 3.43 |
Balance sheet
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 6.60B | 7.20B | 8.08B | 8.13B | 9.55B | 9.08B | 9.41B | 9.54B |
| Cash & ST investments | 747.00M | 1.06B | 2.03B | 1.34B | 771.00M | 601.00M | 571.00M | 557.00M |
| Inventory | 2.52B | 2.82B | 2.88B | 3.27B | 4.33B | 3.90B | 4.19B | 4.59B |
| Total assets | 10.15B | 11.39B | 13.46B | 13.71B | 15.66B | 15.99B | 16.57B | 17.15B |
| Total current liabilities | 4.02B | 4.18B | 4.75B | 4.74B | 5.80B | 5.43B | 5.22B | 5.13B |
| Short-term debt | 386.00M | 54.00M | 812.00M | 263.00M | 571.00M | 421.00M | 545.00M | 603.00M |
| Long-term debt | 1.52B | 2.29B | 2.64B | 2.51B | 3.68B | 3.71B | 3.77B | 3.98B |
| Total liabilities | 6,092,000,000.00 | 7,036,000,000.00 | 9,085,000,000.00 | 8,706,000,000.00 | 10,996,000,000.00 | 10,957,000,000.00 | 10,956,000,000.00 | 11,295,000,000.00 |
| Total equity | 4.06B | 4.35B | 4.37B | 5.00B | 4.67B | 5.04B | 5.62B | 5.86B |
| Retained earnings | -- | 5.32B | 5.55B | 6.05B | 7.59B | 8.56B | 9.59B | 7.17B |
| Line item | 2025-01 | 2025-04 | 2025-07 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total current assets | 9.23B | 9.78B | -- | 9.54B | 10.17B | 11.03B |
| Cash & ST investments | 764.00M | 519.00M | -- | 557.00M | 820.00M | 437.00M |
| Inventory | 4.27B | 4.55B | -- | 4.59B | 4.68B | 5.10B |
| Total assets | 16.53B | 17.27B | -- | 17.15B | 17.79B | 19.30B |
| Total current liabilities | 5.06B | 5.97B | -- | 5.13B | 5.70B | 6.38B |
| Short-term debt | 816.00M | 828.00M | -- | -- | 613.00M | 925.00M |
| Long-term debt | 3.95B | 3.70B | -- | 3.98B | 3.98B | 4.46B |
| Total liabilities | 11,041,000,000.00 | 11,734,000,000.00 | -- | 11,295,000,000.00 | 11,915,000,000.00 | 13,102,000,000.00 |
| Total equity | 5.49B | 5.53B | -- | 5.86B | 5.87B | 6.20B |
| Retained earnings | 6.00B | 6.24B | -- | -- | 7.40B | 7.89B |
Cash flow
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 1.04B | 1.29B | 1.55B | 1.38B | 1.15B | 2.72B | 1.87B | 859.00M |
| Depreciation & amortization | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Free cash flow | 737.00M | 872.00M | 1.26B | 1.14B | 859.00M | 2.28B | 1.50B | 674.00M |
| Dividends paid | -1.36B | -445.00M | -327.00M | -1.04B | -538.00M | -711.00M | -784.00M | -326.00M |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -692.00M | -176.00M | -466.00M | -382.00M | -1.62B | -891.00M | -617.00M | -407.00M |
| Ending cash balance | 458.00M | 1.09B | 2.13B | 1.34B | 785.00M | 669.00M | 625.00M | 581.00M |
| Line item | 2025-01 | 2025-04 | 2025-07 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | 340.00M | 682.00M | 541.00M | -- | 772.00M | -56.00M |
| Depreciation & amortization | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Free cash flow | 259.00M | 605.00M | 471.00M | -- | 680.00M | -198.00M |
| Dividends paid | -- | -166.00M | -165.00M | -- | -174.00M | -173.00M |
| Stock buybacks / issuance | -252.00M | -251.00M | -189.00M | -- | -236.00M | -202.00M |
| Ending cash balance | 815.00M | 556.00M | 707.00M | -- | 844.00M | 475.00M |
Returns & efficiency
| Line item | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 29.55 | 26.36 | 22.04 | 32.85 | 44.79 | 38.94 | 32.57 | -- |
| ROA %i | 11.19 | 10.29 | 7.74 | 11.19 | 14.56 | 11.93 | 10.66 | -- |
| ROIC %i | 19.15 | 18.50 | 13.79 | 18.67 | 24.00 | 20.21 | 17.37 | -- |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | 19.76 | 21.46 | 24.38 | 26.24 | 30.63 | 32.53 | 33.77 | 35.85 |
| EBIT margin %i | 6.04 | 6.46 | 6.52 | 8.93 | 9.87 | 8.91 | 8.92 | 8.86 |
| FCF / sales %i | 3.55 | 3.96 | 7.18 | 5.68 | 3.01 | 7.67 | 5.07 | 5.83 |
| Current ratioi | 1.64 | 1.72 | 1.70 | 1.72 | 1.65 | 1.67 | 1.80 | 1.86 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.87 | 0.94 | 1.00 | 0.87 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 0.80 | 0.75 |
| Debt / assetsi | 18.83 | 20.64 | 33.60 | 26.27 | 32.74 | 32.87 | 33.29 | 31.56 |
| LT debt / equityi | 37.58 | 52.78 | 84.85 | 66.74 | 97.68 | 96.03 | 88.53 | 92.44 |
| Interest coveragei | 18.72 | 14.65 | 8.83 | 14.04 | 25.40 | 14.39 | 14.77 | 14.60 |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | -0.08 | 9.90 | 1.12 | 3.17 | 9.08 | 14.25 | 9.15 | 2.50 |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | 56.22 | 8.36 | 1.46 | 5.13 | 24.18 | 25.27 | 5.63 | -4.37 |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | 1.41 | 5.07 | 20.24 | 15.68 | -0.50 | 21.83 | 9.57 | 23.12 |
| Line item | 2025-01 | 2025-04 | 2025-07 | 2025-12 | 2026-03 | 2026-06 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROE %i | 30.07 | 29.08 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| ROA %i | 10.18 | 9.53 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| ROIC %i | 15.93 | 15.73 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 5-year avg ROE %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| EBIT margin %i | 8.42 | 8.27 | -- | 8.86 | -- | -- |
| FCF / sales %i | 4.54 | 4.60 | -- | 5.83 | -- | -- |
| Current ratioi | 1.82 | 1.64 | -- | 1.86 | 1.78 | 1.73 |
| Quick ratioi | 0.78 | 0.71 | -- | 0.75 | 0.79 | 0.74 |
| Debt / assetsi | 36.42 | 33.78 | -- | 31.56 | 34.20 | 35.68 |
| LT debt / equityi | 94.83 | 90.47 | -- | 92.44 | 93.12 | 96.15 |
| Interest coveragei | 13.68 | 13.35 | -- | 14.60 | -- | -- |
| Revenue CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Net income CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| FCF CAGR (3Y) %i | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
Revenue breakdown most recent period
Business
Single segment100.00%
Quote time 2026-10-08 06:33:31 · For reference only, not investment advice and not tailored to your situation.