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$214.38 +2.77 (+1.31%)
Closing price 09/15/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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FERG vs. FBIN, ITT, TEL, USFD, WSO.B, PFGC, CNM, SITE, REZI, and INGM

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

Ferguson vs. Its Competitors

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

Fortune Brands Innovations presently has a consensus target price of $75.45, suggesting a potential upside of 28.86%. Ferguson has a consensus target price of $221.00, suggesting a potential upside of 3.09%. Given Fortune Brands Innovations' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fortune Brands Innovations is more favorable than Ferguson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fortune Brands Innovations
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45
Ferguson
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63

Fortune Brands Innovations pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ferguson pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Fortune Brands Innovations pays out 31.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ferguson pays out 41.4% 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 increased 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.

Fortune Brands Innovations has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferguson has a beta of 1.15, indicating that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

87.6% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Ferguson shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ferguson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Fortune Brands Innovations has a net margin of 8.75% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 5.68%. Ferguson's return on equity of 34.63% beat Fortune Brands Innovations' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fortune Brands Innovations8.75% 19.85% 7.13%
Ferguson 5.68%34.63%11.73%

In the previous week, Ferguson had 37 more articles in the media than Fortune Brands Innovations. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for Ferguson and 8 mentions for Fortune Brands Innovations. Fortune Brands Innovations' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Ferguson's score of 0.66 indicating that Fortune Brands Innovations is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Fortune Brands Innovations
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ferguson
19 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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
Fortune Brands Innovations$4.61B1.53$471.90M$3.1818.41
Ferguson$30.21B1.40$1.74B$8.0226.73

Summary

Fortune Brands Innovations beats Ferguson on 10 of the 19 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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MetricFergusonHardware, & plumbing & heating equipment & supplies IndustryIndustrials SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$42.27B$21.14B$7.79B$10.16B
Dividend Yield1.47%1.47%4.56%4.60%
P/E Ratio25.7412.87310.3026.40
Price / Sales1.401.40210.97174.59
Price / Cash15.7115.7127.9029.91
Price / Book7.717.714.606.28
Net Income$1.74B$1.74B$798.53M$270.38M
7 Day Performance-6.21%-3.11%1.18%1.89%
1 Month Performance-7.48%-3.74%1.61%6.01%
1 Year Performance8.70%4.35%27.21%25.26%

Ferguson Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FERG
Ferguson
3.2237 of 5 stars		$214.38
+1.3%		$221.00
+3.1%		+11.0%$42.27B$30.21B25.7435,000Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
FBIN
Fortune Brands Innovations
4.5011 of 5 stars		$60.64
-0.3%		$75.45
+24.4%		-29.6%$7.28B$4.50B19.0711,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
ITT
ITT
4.3383 of 5 stars		$173.12
+1.3%		$182.78
+5.6%		+32.8%$13.50B$3.63B27.2211,700Positive News
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.4679 of 5 stars		$207.60
-0.5%		$199.55
-3.9%		+44.7%$61.34B$15.85B42.9887,000Positive News
Dividend Announcement
USFD
US Foods
4.1805 of 5 stars		$78.24
+0.4%		$81.27
+3.9%		+32.8%$17.62B$37.88B33.4430,000Positive News
Short Interest ↑
WSO.B
Watsco
N/A$415.63
-5.0%		N/A-18.3%$16.85B$7.62B31.877,280Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PFGC
Performance Food Group
4.274 of 5 stars		$105.09
-0.3%		$109.67
+4.4%		+41.6%$16.45B$63.30B48.4343,000Positive News
CNM
Core & Main
3.6626 of 5 stars		$66.49
-0.7%		$63.40
-4.6%		+21.8%$13.11B$7.44B30.925,700Earnings Report
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
1.9938 of 5 stars		$151.98
-0.7%		$147.00
-3.3%		-1.8%$6.78B$4.54B55.478,760
REZI
Resideo Technologies
3.8114 of 5 stars		$36.24
+1.4%		$28.00
-22.7%		+105.2%$5.39B$6.76B-6.6414,600Positive News
INGM
Ingram Micro
3.726 of 5 stars		$20.42
+2.0%		$25.79
+26.3%		N/A$4.80B$47.98B17.6123,500

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This page (NASDAQ:FERG) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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