FERG vs. TEL, USFD, WSO.B, PFGC, CNM, SITE, INGM, AVT, GMS, and REZI
Should you be buying Ferguson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ferguson include TE Connectivity (TEL), US Foods (USFD), Watsco (WSO.B), Performance Food Group (PFGC), Core & Main (CNM), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Ingram Micro (INGM), Avnet (AVT), GMS (GMS), and Resideo Technologies (REZI). These companies are all part of the "wholesale" industry.
Ferguson vs. Its Competitors
Ferguson (NYSE:FERG) and TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) are both large-cap wholesale companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
Ferguson pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. TE Connectivity pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Ferguson pays out 41.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TE Connectivity pays out 62.4% 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. TE Connectivity has raised its dividend for 12 consecutive years. TE Connectivity is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Ferguson has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
TE Connectivity has a consensus price target of $177.10, indicating a potential downside of 1.08%. Given TE Connectivity's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe TE Connectivity is more favorable than Ferguson.
82.0% of Ferguson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.4% of TE Connectivity shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ferguson shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of TE Connectivity shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
TE Connectivity has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.
In the previous week, TE Connectivity had 18 more articles in the media than Ferguson. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for TE Connectivity and 1 mentions for Ferguson. TE Connectivity's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Ferguson's score of 0.58 indicating that TE Connectivity is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
TE Connectivity has a net margin of 8.67% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 5.32%. Ferguson's return on equity of 34.02% beat TE Connectivity's return on equity.
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 7/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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