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Ferguson (FERG) Competitors

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£176.10 +70.00 (+0.40%)
As of 12:26 PM Eastern

FERG vs. PLUS, MRC, TOT, ARW, GMS, SAG, JPEI, SNX, NAH, and ASH

Should you be buying Ferguson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ferguson include Plus500 (PLUS), The Mercantile Investment Trust (MRC), Total Produce (TOT), Arrow Global Group (ARW), Gulf Marine Services (GMS), Science Group (SAG), JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income (JPEI), Synectics (SNX), NAHL Group (NAH), and Ashley House plc (ASH.L) (ASH). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Ferguson vs. Its Competitors

Plus500 (LON:PLUS) and Ferguson (LON:FERG) are both wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership and risk.

Plus500 has a beta of 0.2, suggesting that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferguson has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

50.1% of Plus500 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Ferguson shares are owned by institutional investors. 49.7% of Plus500 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ferguson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Plus500 has a net margin of 36.45% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 5.68%. Plus500's return on equity of 39.06% beat Ferguson's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Plus50036.45% 39.06% 26.75%
Ferguson 5.68%30.36%10.15%

Plus500 pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.87 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ferguson pays an annual dividend of GBX 3.25 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Plus500 pays out 24.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ferguson pays out 40.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Plus500 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Plus500 currently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,304.67, suggesting a potential upside of 7.29%. Given Plus500's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Plus500 is more favorable than Ferguson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Plus500
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Ferguson
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Ferguson has higher revenue and earnings than Plus500. Plus500 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ferguson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Plus500£728M3.01£312.07M£3.60855.56
Ferguson£30.21B1.17£2.10B£8.012,198.50

In the previous week, Ferguson had 19 more articles in the media than Plus500. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Ferguson and 2 mentions for Plus500. Plus500's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Ferguson's score of -0.13 indicating that Plus500 is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Plus500
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Ferguson
2 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Plus500 beats Ferguson on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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FERG vs. The Competition

MetricFergusonIndustrial Distribution IndustryIndustrials SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£35.34B£4.22B£7.66B£2.56B
Dividend Yield1.45%4.52%4.56%5.31%
P/E Ratio2,198.50575.11312.795,361.46
Price / Sales1.1756.95216.0095,775.34
Price / Cash33.4860.3628.4827.93
Price / Book6.252.074.477.02
Net Income£2.10B£222.68M£798.54M£5.89B
7 Day Performance2.37%0.24%0.30%0.67%
1 Month Performance4.76%1.85%1.09%55.93%
1 Year Performance21.03%4.74%29.53%172.94%

Ferguson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FERG
Ferguson
0.3805 of 5 stars
£176.10
+0.4%
N/A+19.3%£35.34B£30.21B2,198.5036,000Trending News
High Trading Volume
PLUS
Plus500
1.5473 of 5 stars
GBX 3,098
+0.3%
GBX 3,304.67
+6.7%
+17.6%£2.86B£856.04M11.461,580
MRC
The Mercantile Investment Trust
N/AGBX 250
-1.2%
N/A-0.6%£1.86B£415.73M4.702,800News Coverage
Positive News
TOT
Total Produce
N/AN/AN/AN/A£641.85M£3.82B18.755,974
ARW
Arrow Global Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£544.66M£269.20M35.2922,300
GMS
Gulf Marine Services
N/AGBX 19
-0.8%
N/A+11.4%£254.99M£190.25M6.645,480
SAG
Science Group
2.6745 of 5 stars
GBX 560
flat
GBX 758
+35.4%
+14.7%£250.32M£108.81M42.28443News Coverage
Insider Trade
JPEI
JPMorgan Elect plc - Managed Income
N/AN/AN/AN/A£106.91MN/A133.33N/A
SNX
Synectics
N/AGBX 306.67
+2.5%
N/A+63.1%£50.37M£52.08M17.0723,500Gap Up
NAH
NAHL Group
N/AGBX 52
flat
N/A-14.5%£24.71M£41.04M30.39140Gap Up
ASH
Ashley House plc (ASH.L)
N/AN/AN/AN/A£729K£11.92M-0.243,900Gap Up

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This page (LON:FERG) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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