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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Ferguson beats Fortune Brands Innovations on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:FERG) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff