Ferguson Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:FERG)

11 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ferguson in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" FERG shares.
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11 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Ferguson's shares. Their FERG share price targets range from $155.00 to $208.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $172.25 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.3%.
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Ferguson's stock was trading at $126.97 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, FERG shares have increased by 38.8% and is now trading at $176.23.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, March 5th 2024.
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Ferguson plc (NASDAQ:FERG) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, December, 5th. The company reported $2.65 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.61 by $0.04. The firm earned $7.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.59 billion. Ferguson had a net margin of 6.35% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 41.58%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 2.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.95 EPS.

Ferguson declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 5th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.79 per share on Tuesday, February 6th. This represents a $3.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.79%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 14th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.75.
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Ferguson (NASDAQ:FERG) pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.74%. The dividend payout ratio is 32.89%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FERG will have a dividend payout ratio of 28.04% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Ferguson (NASDAQ:FERG) stock in their portfolio include Global X Clean Water ETF (AQWA), Invesco Water Resources ETF (PHO), Ecofin Global Water ESG Fund (EBLU), Davis Select International ETF (DINT), Harbor International Compounders ETF (OSEA), TCW Transform Supply Chain ETF (SUPP), Nuveen ESG Mid-Cap Value ETF (NUMV) and OneAscent International Equity ETF (OAIM).

Ferguson issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, September, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $29.73 billion-$29.73 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $29.41 billion.

Ferguson's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include FMR LLC (3.55%), Invesco Ltd. (3.15%), Trian Fund Management L.P. (2.65%), Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (1.05%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (1.01%) and WCM Investment Management LLC (0.91%). Insiders that own company stock include Garland Williams, Kevin Michael Murphy, Michael Jacobs, Richard Winckler and William T Thees Jr.
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