FERG vs. TEL, USFD, PFGC, WSO.B, CNM, SITE, REZI, INGM, AVT, and GMS
Should you be buying Ferguson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ferguson include TE Connectivity (TEL), US Foods (USFD), Performance Food Group (PFGC), Watsco (WSO.B), Core & Main (CNM), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Resideo Technologies (REZI), Ingram Micro (INGM), Avnet (AVT), and GMS (GMS). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
Ferguson vs. Its Competitors
TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) and Ferguson (NYSE:FERG) are both large-cap wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and risk.
91.4% of TE Connectivity shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Ferguson shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of TE Connectivity shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ferguson shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% 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.
In the previous week, TE Connectivity had 18 more articles in the media than Ferguson. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for TE Connectivity and 5 mentions for Ferguson. TE Connectivity's average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Ferguson's score of 1.22 indicating that TE Connectivity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TE Connectivity presently has a consensus target price of $199.55, indicating a potential downside of 7.67%. Given TE Connectivity's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe TE Connectivity is more favorable than Ferguson.
TE Connectivity has a net margin of 8.78% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 6.03%. Ferguson's return on equity of 35.64% beat TE Connectivity's return on equity.
TE Connectivity has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ferguson. Ferguson is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TE Connectivity, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
TE Connectivity pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Ferguson pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. TE Connectivity pays out 58.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ferguson pays out 35.5% 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. TE Connectivity has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years. Ferguson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
TE Connectivity beats Ferguson on 13 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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This page (NYSE:FERG) was last updated on 9/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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