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

10 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ferguson in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 7 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" FERG shares.
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10 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Ferguson's shares. Their FERG share price targets range from $155.00 to $185.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $166.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.8%.
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Ferguson's stock was trading at $126.97 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, FERG stock has increased by 42.3% and is now trading at $180.65.
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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) released its earnings results on Tuesday, December, 5th. The company reported $2.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.61 by $0.04. The company had revenue of $7.71 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.59 billion. Ferguson had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 39.53% and a net margin of 6.14%. Ferguson's revenue was down 2.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.95 earnings per share.

Ferguson declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, January 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 15th will be given 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 1.75%. 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 1.66%. The dividend payout ratio is 34.01%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FERG will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.73% 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 updated 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 institutional and retail 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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