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Ferguson (FERG) Competitors

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$223.80 -0.96 (-0.43%)
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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

TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) and Ferguson (NYSE:FERG) are both large-cap wholesale companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership and valuation.

TE Connectivity has a net margin of 8.78% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 5.32%. Ferguson's return on equity of 34.02% beat TE Connectivity's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
TE Connectivity8.78% 20.22% 10.61%
Ferguson 5.32%34.02%11.28%

TE Connectivity pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Ferguson pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. TE Connectivity pays out 58.8% 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. 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.

In the previous week, TE Connectivity had 21 more articles in the media than Ferguson. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for TE Connectivity and 0 mentions for Ferguson. TE Connectivity's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Ferguson's score of 0.00 indicating that TE Connectivity is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
TE Connectivity Very Positive
Ferguson Neutral

TE Connectivity presently has a consensus target price of $194.80, indicating a potential downside of 3.73%. Given TE Connectivity's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe TE Connectivity is more favorable than Ferguson.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
TE Connectivity
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77
Ferguson
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferguson has a beta of 1.16, meaning that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
TE Connectivity$15.85B3.77$3.19B$4.8341.90
Ferguson$29.64B1.49$1.74B$8.0227.91

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ferguson shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

TE Connectivity beats Ferguson on 12 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

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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FERG vs. The Competition

MetricFergusonMACH IndustryIndustrials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$44.13B$12.93B$7.62B$20.70B
Dividend Yield1.49%23.77%4.57%3.69%
P/E Ratio27.9121.3524.9428.60
Price / Sales1.494.1899.2766.95
Price / Cash19.5116.6728.0723.59
Price / Book8.053.954.294.31
Net Income$1.74B$524.02M$795.91M$995.66M
7 Day Performance0.80%1.22%0.93%2.05%
1 Month Performance0.47%2.61%1.78%-0.43%
1 Year PerformanceN/A38.93%33.82%14.85%

Ferguson Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FERG
Ferguson
0.9651 of 5 stars
$223.80
-0.4%
N/AN/A$44.13B$29.64B27.9135,000
TEL
TE Connectivity
4.7034 of 5 stars
$201.65
-2.0%
$194.80
-3.4%
+40.9%$60.80B$15.85B41.7587,000Positive News
USFD
US Foods
4.1958 of 5 stars
$83.28
-0.1%
$78.42
-5.8%
+57.0%$19.28B$37.88B38.2030,000Trending News
Analyst Forecast
WSO.B
Watsco
N/A$434.94
-0.6%
N/A-8.9%$17.60B$7.62B33.357,280Gap Down
High Trading Volume
PFGC
Performance Food Group
3.8739 of 5 stars
$100.46
+0.1%
$100.31
-0.2%
+52.2%$15.69B$61.55B41.8637,000Upcoming Earnings
CNM
Core & Main
2.2038 of 5 stars
$62.66
-1.5%
$60.00
-4.2%
+35.9%$12.55B$7.44B29.145,700
SITE
SiteOne Landscape Supply
1.4349 of 5 stars
$136.41
-1.0%
$147.00
+7.8%
+3.2%$6.15B$4.54B49.788,760
INGM
Ingram Micro
4.0266 of 5 stars
$19.46
-1.3%
$25.93
+33.2%
N/A$4.63B$48.93B0.0023,500Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
AVT
Avnet
4.0621 of 5 stars
$51.87
-2.0%
$49.00
-5.5%
+2.6%$4.44B$23.76B14.5315,462News Coverage
Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
GMS
GMS
1.8841 of 5 stars
$109.63
0.0%
$101.11
-7.8%
+27.9%$4.17B$5.51B37.937,113
REZI
Resideo Technologies
2.9567 of 5 stars
$25.43
-6.8%
$23.00
-9.6%
+42.8%$4.05B$6.76B79.4714,600Earnings Report

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This page (NYSE:FERG) was last updated on 8/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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