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Core & Main (CNM) Competitors

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$65.42 +1.44 (+2.25%)
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CNM vs. FERG, USFD, WSO.B, PFGC, SITE, REZI, INGM, AVT, GMS, and CENT

Should you be buying Core & Main stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Core & Main include Ferguson (FERG), US Foods (USFD), Watsco (WSO.B), Performance Food Group (PFGC), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Ingram Micro (INGM), Avnet (AVT), GMS (GMS), and Central Garden & Pet (CENT). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.

Core & Main vs. Its Competitors

Ferguson (NYSE:FERG) and Core & Main (NYSE:CNM) are both large-cap industrials companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.

Ferguson has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core & Main has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Core & Main has a net margin of 5.47% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 5.32%. Ferguson's return on equity of 34.02% beat Core & Main's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ferguson5.32% 34.02% 11.28%
Core & Main 5.47%23.55%6.80%

In the previous week, Core & Main had 11 more articles in the media than Ferguson. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Core & Main and 1 mentions for Ferguson. Core & Main's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Ferguson's score of 0.00 indicating that Core & Main is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ferguson
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Core & Main
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

82.0% of Ferguson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 94.2% of Core & Main shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ferguson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 3.5% of Core & Main shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Core & Main has a consensus price target of $60.00, suggesting a potential downside of 8.28%. Given Core & Main's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Core & Main is more favorable than Ferguson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ferguson
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Core & Main
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.45

Ferguson has higher revenue and earnings than Core & Main. Ferguson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Core & Main, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ferguson$29.64B1.55$1.74B$8.0229.10
Core & Main$7.44B1.73$411M$2.1530.43

Summary

Core & Main beats Ferguson on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding CNM and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CNM vs. The Competition

MetricCore & MainMACH TLS&RL PRD IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$12.61B$11.06B$7.65B$20.92B
Dividend YieldN/A2.29%4.56%3.58%
P/E Ratio30.4318.8926.1429.13
Price / Sales1.731.9099.6353.00
Price / Cash20.9114.6328.3923.54
Price / Book7.293.474.095.45
Net Income$411M$379.90M$796.69M$992.10M
7 Day Performance1.90%1.56%0.62%2.61%
1 Month Performance0.64%0.14%0.50%1.46%
1 Year Performance23.71%1.80%26.72%10.72%

Core & Main Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNM
Core & Main
2.2723 of 5 stars
$65.42
+2.2%
$60.00
-8.3%
+27.6%$12.61B$7.44B30.435,700News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
FERG
Ferguson
0.4718 of 5 stars
$233.35
+1.9%
N/AN/A$46.01B$30.21B29.1035,000Short Interest ↑
USFD
US Foods
4.5735 of 5 stars
$78.03
+0.8%
$80.55
+3.2%
+33.7%$17.57B$38.65B33.3530,000Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
WSO.B
Watsco
N/A$422.45
-3.4%
N/A-11.1%$17.13B$7.62B32.407,280Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PFGC
Performance Food Group
3.9388 of 5 stars
$101.80
+2.1%
$106.00
+4.1%
+38.2%$15.93B$63.30B46.9143,000Insider Trade
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
1.2168 of 5 stars
$147.20
+6.6%
$147.00
-0.1%
+7.2%$6.57B$4.62B53.728,760News Coverage
Positive News
REZI
Resideo Technologies
3.2706 of 5 stars
$34.00
+5.9%
$28.00
-17.6%
+77.4%$5.06B$6.76B-6.2314,600News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
INGM
Ingram Micro
4.1723 of 5 stars
$20.11
+4.7%
$25.79
+28.2%
N/A$4.72B$47.98B17.3423,500Ex-Dividend
AVT
Avnet
4.3088 of 5 stars
$55.57
+5.2%
$49.00
-11.8%
+2.0%$4.64B$22.20B20.3615,462Trending News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
GMS
GMS
2.7152 of 5 stars
$109.90
+0.1%
$101.11
-8.0%
+18.7%$4.18B$5.51B38.037,113Short Interest ↓
CENT
Central Garden & Pet
2.2775 of 5 stars
$36.63
+2.8%
$40.00
+9.2%
-5.2%$2.30B$3.20B16.656,450

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