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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
$56.15
-0.8%
$52.60
$45.21
$90.61
$2.57B0.49646,053 shs327,058 shs
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
$291.51
+0.6%
$293.07
$218.65
$309.35
$56.52B0.581.55 million shs1.12 million shs
Ferguson plc stock logo
FERG
Ferguson
$231.13
-1.3%
$224.35
$146.00
$238.16
$45.58B1.161.68 million shs1.27 million shs
Russel Metals Inc. stock logo
RUS
Russel Metals
C$41.60
+0.5%
C$43.13
C$34.62
C$46.87
C$2.38B1.52158,236 shs176,869 shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
+0.12%+5.07%+12.82%+14.44%-36.24%
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
-0.23%-4.39%+0.14%-0.50%+22.66%
Ferguson plc stock logo
FERG
Ferguson
-0.55%+2.12%+3.03%+28.24%+15.01%
Russel Metals Inc. stock logo
RUS
Russel Metals
-0.84%+0.68%-6.80%+0.29%+11.63%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
3.8658 of 5 stars
2.33.03.30.61.81.71.9
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
4.4908 of 5 stars
1.44.03.33.13.63.31.9
Ferguson plc stock logo
FERG
Ferguson
3.0551 of 5 stars
2.30.02.50.02.01.72.5
Russel Metals Inc. stock logo
RUS
Russel Metals
3.5558 of 5 stars
3.50.02.50.02.00.02.5
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
2.50
Moderate Buy$65.5016.65% Upside
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
2.75
Moderate Buy$311.256.77% Upside
Ferguson plc stock logo
FERG
Ferguson
2.63
Moderate Buy$220.64-4.54% Downside
Russel Metals Inc. stock logo
RUS
Russel Metals
3.00
BuyC$52.2025.48% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest ASH, COR, RUS, and FERG Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
8/26/2025
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
Argus
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$70.00 ➝ $65.00
8/13/2025
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
Wells Fargo & Company
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$337.00 ➝ $354.00
8/11/2025
Russel Metals Inc. stock logo
RUS
Russel Metals
TD Securities
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Lower Price TargetBuyC$52.00 ➝ C$50.00
8/11/2025
Russel Metals Inc. stock logo
RUS
Russel Metals
Stifel Nicolaus
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Lower Price TargetBuyC$54.50 ➝ C$49.00
8/7/2025
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
UBS Group
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$73.00 ➝ $64.00
7/31/2025
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
Wells Fargo & Company
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$50.00 ➝ $53.00
7/16/2025
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
Morgan Stanley
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Set Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$313.00 ➝ $330.00
7/9/2025
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
UBS Group
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$74.00 ➝ $73.00
7/8/2025
Ferguson plc stock logo
FERG
Ferguson
Wells Fargo & Company
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Boost Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$230.00 ➝ $250.00
6/30/2025
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
Jefferies Financial Group
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Boost Price TargetHold ➝ Hold$275.00 ➝ $300.00
6/18/2025
Ferguson plc stock logo
FERG
Ferguson
The Goldman Sachs Group
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Initiated CoverageBuy$280.00
(Data available from 8/29/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
$1.87B1.37$10.25 per share5.48$41.33 per share1.36
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
$293.96B0.19$19.94 per share14.62$11.40 per share25.57
Ferguson plc stock logo
FERG
Ferguson
$30.21B1.51$14.71 per share15.71$27.81 per share8.31
Russel Metals Inc. stock logo
RUS
Russel Metals
C$4.17B0.57C$4.69 per share8.88C$27.55 per share1.51
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
$169M-$18.73N/A10.614.05-46.01%6.82%3.26%11/5/2025 (Estimated)
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
$1.51B$9.7229.9917.271.380.60%267.36%4.31%11/5/2025 (Estimated)
Ferguson plc stock logo
FERG
Ferguson
$1.74B$8.0227.7521.761.695.68%34.63%11.73%N/A
Russel Metals Inc. stock logo
RUS
Russel Metals
C$178.38MC$3.1013.400.594.27%11.03%6.48%N/A

Latest ASH, COR, RUS, and FERG Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
8/6/2025Q3 2025
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
$3.79$4.00+$0.21$3.52$80.34 billion$80.66 billion
7/29/2025Q3 2025
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
$1.15$1.04-$0.11-$16.21$479.34 million$463.00 million
6/3/2025Q3
Ferguson plc stock logo
FERG
Ferguson
$2.06$2.50+$0.44N/AN/AN/A
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
$1.662.96%N/AN/A 16 Years
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
$2.200.75%N/A22.63%15 Years
Ferguson plc stock logo
FERG
Ferguson
$3.321.44%N/A41.40%N/A
Russel Metals Inc. stock logo
RUS
Russel Metals
C$1.684.04%N/A54.12%N/A

Latest ASH, COR, RUS, and FERG Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
8/8/2025
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
quarterly$0.41502.96%8/29/20259/1/20259/15/2025
8/28/2025
Russel Metals Inc. stock logo
RUS
Russel Metals
QuarterlyC$0.434.03%8/28/20259/15/20259/15/2025
8/6/2025
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
quarterly$0.550.75%8/15/20258/15/20259/3/2025
5/29/2025
Ferguson plc stock logo
FERG
Ferguson
quarterly$0.831.81%6/20/20256/20/20258/6/2025
5/29/2025
Russel Metals Inc. stock logo
RUS
Russel Metals
QuarterlyC$0.434.24%5/29/20256/16/20256/16/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
0.73
2.68
1.33
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
3.64
0.90
0.53
Ferguson plc stock logo
FERG
Ferguson
0.83
1.68
0.91
Russel Metals Inc. stock logo
RUS
Russel Metals
20.28
3.37
1.44

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
93.95%
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
97.52%
Ferguson plc stock logo
FERG
Ferguson
81.98%
Russel Metals Inc. stock logo
RUS
Russel Metals
26.88%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
1.02%
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
10.80%
Ferguson plc stock logo
FERG
Ferguson
0.16%
Russel Metals Inc. stock logo
RUS
Russel Metals
0.85%
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
Ashland Inc. stock logo
ASH
Ashland
3,20045.71 million45.24 millionOptionable
Cencora, Inc. stock logo
COR
Cencora
46,000193.88 million172.94 millionOptionable
Ferguson plc stock logo
FERG
Ferguson
35,000197.18 million199.63 millionNot Optionable
Russel Metals Inc. stock logo
RUS
Russel Metals
3,50057.30 millionN/ANot Optionable

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Ashland stock logo

Ashland NYSE:ASH

$56.15 -0.45 (-0.80%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$56.14 0.00 (-0.01%)
As of 04:20 PM Eastern
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Ashland Inc. provides additives and specialty ingredients in the North and Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through Life Sciences, Personal Care, Specialty Additives, and Intermediates segments. The Life Sciences segment offers pharmaceutical solutions, including controlled release polymers, disintegrants, tablet coatings, thickeners, solubilizers, and tablet binders; nutrition solutions, such as thickeners, stabilizers, emulsifiers, and additives; and nutraceutical solutions comprising products for weight management, joint comfort, stomach and intestinal health, sports nutrition, and general wellness, as well as custom formulation, toll processing, and particle engineering solutions. Its Personal Care segment provides a range of nature-based, biodegradable, and performance ingredients; solutions for toothpastes, mouth washes and rinses, denture cleaning, and care for teeth; and household supplies nature-derived rheology ingredients, biodegradable surface wetting agents, performance encapsulates, and specialty polymers. The Specialty Additives segment offers rheology modifiers, foam control agents, surfactants and wetting agents, pH neutralizers, advanced ceramics used in catalytic converters, environmental filters, ingredients for the manufacturing of ceramic capacitors, plasma display panels and solar cells, ingredients for textile printing, thermoplastic metals, and alloys for welding. Its Intermediates segment produces 1,4 butanediol and related derivatives, including n-methylpyrrolidone. It offers its products to customers in a range of consumer and industrial markets, such as architectural coatings, construction, energy, food and beverage, nutraceuticals, personal care, and pharmaceutical. The company was formerly known as Ashland Global Holdings Inc. and changed its name to Ashland Inc. in August 2022. Ashland Inc. was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.

Cencora stock logo

Cencora NYSE:COR

$291.51 +1.62 (+0.56%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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$290.00 -1.51 (-0.52%)
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Cencora, Inc. sources and distributes pharmaceutical products. The company's U.S. Healthcare Solutions segment distributes pharmaceuticals, over-the-counter healthcare products, home healthcare supplies and equipment, and related services to acute care hospitals and health systems, independent and chain retail pharmacies, mail order pharmacies, medical clinics, long-term care and alternate site pharmacies, and other customers; provides pharmacy management, staffing, and other consulting services; supply management software to retail and institutional healthcare providers; packaging solutions to various institutional and retail healthcare providers; clinical trial support, product post-approval, and commercialization support services; data analytics, outcomes research, and additional services for biotechnology and pharmaceutical manufacturers; pharmaceuticals, vaccines, parasiticides, diagnostics, micro feed ingredients, and other products to the companion animal and production animal markets; and sales force services to manufacturers. This segment also distributes plasma and other blood products, injectable pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and other specialty products; and provides other services to physicians who specialize in various disease states, such as oncology, as well as to other healthcare providers, including hospitals and dialysis clinics. Its International Healthcare Solutions segment offers international pharmaceutical wholesale and related service, and global commercialization services; distributes pharmaceuticals, other healthcare products, and related services to pharmacies, doctors, health centers, and hospitals primarily in Europe; and provides specialty transportation and logistics services for the biopharmaceutical industry. The company was formerly known as AmerisourceBergen Corporation and changed its name to Cencora, Inc. in August 2023. Cencora, Inc. was incorporated in 2001 and is headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.

Ferguson stock logo

Ferguson NASDAQ:FERG

$231.13 -3.11 (-1.33%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
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Ferguson plc distributes plumbing and heating products in the United States and Canada. It offers plumbing and heating solutions to customers in the residential, commercial, civil/infrastructure, and industrial end markets. The company also provides expertise, solutions, and products, including infrastructure, plumbing, appliances, fire, fabrication, and others, as well as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning products under the Ferguson brand name. In addition, it supplies pipes, valves, fittings, plumbing supplies, water and wastewater treatment products, and refrigeration products under Wolseley brand name. Further, the company provides after-sales support comprising warranty, credit, project-based billing, returns, maintenance, repair, and operations support. It sells its products through wholesale distributors, supply houses, retail enterprises, and online. Ferguson plc was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Wokingham, the United Kingdom.

Russel Metals stock logo

Russel Metals TSE:RUS

C$41.60 +0.22 (+0.53%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

Russel Metals Inc is a Canada-based metal distribution company. The company conducts business primarily through three metals distribution segments: metals service centers; energy products; and steel distributors. The metal service centers provide processing and distribution services to a broad base of end-users. The energy products segment distributes oil country tubular goods, line pipe, tubes, valves, and fittings, primarily to the energy industry in Western Canada and the U.S. The steel distributors segment acts as master distributors selling steel in large volumes to other steel service centers and equipment manufacturers mainly on an as is basis. The company generates all of its revenue from the North American market.