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$237.02 +1.42 (+0.60%)
Closing price 10/17/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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FERG vs. FBIN, TEL, USFD, WSO.B, PFGC, CNM, REZI, SITE, INGM, and AVT

Should you be buying Ferguson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ferguson include Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), TE Connectivity (TEL), US Foods (USFD), Watsco (WSO.B), Performance Food Group (PFGC), Core & Main (CNM), Resideo Technologies (REZI), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Ingram Micro (INGM), and Avnet (AVT).

Ferguson vs. Its Competitors

Ferguson (NYSE:FERG) and Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE:FBIN) are related companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and risk.

82.0% of Ferguson shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ferguson shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Ferguson pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Fortune Brands Innovations pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Ferguson pays out 35.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fortune Brands Innovations pays out 31.4% 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. Fortune Brands Innovations has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Fortune Brands Innovations is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Ferguson has higher revenue and earnings than Fortune Brands Innovations. Fortune Brands Innovations 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
Ferguson$30.76B1.51$700M$9.3425.38
Fortune Brands Innovations$4.50B1.33$471.90M$3.1815.71

Ferguson has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortune Brands Innovations has a beta of 1.33, meaning that its share price is 33% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Fortune Brands Innovations has a net margin of 8.75% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 6.03%. Ferguson's return on equity of 35.21% beat Fortune Brands Innovations' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ferguson6.03% 35.21% 11.59%
Fortune Brands Innovations 8.75%19.85%7.13%

In the previous week, Ferguson had 54 more articles in the media than Fortune Brands Innovations. MarketBeat recorded 59 mentions for Ferguson and 5 mentions for Fortune Brands Innovations. Fortune Brands Innovations' average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Ferguson's score of 0.44 indicating that Fortune Brands Innovations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ferguson
27 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Fortune Brands Innovations
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ferguson currently has a consensus price target of $237.14, suggesting a potential upside of 0.05%. Fortune Brands Innovations has a consensus price target of $71.90, suggesting a potential upside of 43.89%. Given Fortune Brands Innovations' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Fortune Brands Innovations is more favorable than Ferguson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ferguson
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Fortune Brands Innovations
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.36

Summary

Ferguson beats Fortune Brands Innovations on 11 of the 20 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

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MetricFergusonMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$46.17B$13.28B$7.86B$21.75B
Dividend Yield1.41%24.43%4.59%3.62%
P/E Ratio25.3821.62284.1632.43
Price / Sales1.516.931,248.9758.79
Price / Cash19.7417.5327.9124.38
Price / Book8.014.354.794.59
Net Income$700M$498.10M$790.12M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.41%2.36%0.11%1.31%
1 Month Performance3.32%1.32%1.44%-1.47%
1 Year PerformanceN/A20.86%26.53%9.54%

Ferguson Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FERG
Ferguson
2.988 of 5 stars		$237.02
+0.6%		$237.14
+0.1%		N/A$46.17B$30.76B25.3835,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.4972 of 5 stars		$48.20
-4.0%		$71.90
+49.2%		-43.8%$6.03B$4.61B15.1611,000Analyst Forecast
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.4419 of 5 stars		$214.55
-3.6%		$219.92
+2.5%		+51.0%$65.73B$15.85B44.4287,000Positive News
USFD
US Foods
4.3591 of 5 stars		$75.09
-0.2%		$81.27
+8.2%		+22.8%$16.95B$37.88B32.0930,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
WSO.B
Watsco
N/A$397.30
-8.6%		N/A-23.5%$16.32B$7.62B30.477,280News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PFGC
Performance Food Group
4.1864 of 5 stars		$99.80
-0.6%		$111.00
+11.2%		+21.7%$15.71B$63.30B45.9943,000News Coverage
Positive News
CNM
Core & Main
3.478 of 5 stars		$49.31
-3.3%		$60.27
+22.2%		+13.5%$10.07B$7.74B22.015,700News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
REZI
Resideo Technologies
3.6445 of 5 stars		$40.08
-4.9%		$34.67
-13.5%		+87.3%$6.27B$6.76B-7.3414,600Positive News
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
3.8557 of 5 stars		$117.12
-1.4%		$149.67
+27.8%		-17.9%$5.30B$4.54B42.748,760News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
INGM
Ingram Micro
3.7388 of 5 stars		$20.94
-3.5%		$25.79
+23.1%		N/A$5.09B$47.98B18.0523,500News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
AVT
Avnet
4.4356 of 5 stars		$49.52
-2.8%		$49.00
-1.1%		-6.1%$4.24B$22.20B18.1414,869Positive News

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This page (NYSE:FERG) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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