FERG vs. TEL, WSO.B, USFD, 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), Watsco (WSO.B), US Foods (USFD), 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.
TE Connectivity (NYSE:TEL) and Ferguson (NASDAQ:FERG) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
TE Connectivity presently has a consensus target price of $167.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.06%. Ferguson has a consensus target price of $217.73, indicating a potential upside of 23.78%. Given Ferguson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ferguson is more favorable than TE Connectivity.
TE Connectivity pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Ferguson pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. TE Connectivity pays out 41.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ferguson pays out 39.9% 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 11 consecutive years. Ferguson is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
91.4% of TE Connectivity shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.0% of Ferguson shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.9% of TE Connectivity shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ferguson shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
TE Connectivity has a net margin of 12.10% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 5.68%. Ferguson's return on equity of 34.63% beat TE Connectivity's return on equity.
In the previous week, TE Connectivity had 14 more articles in the media than Ferguson. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for TE Connectivity and 19 mentions for Ferguson. TE Connectivity's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Ferguson's score of 1.00 indicating that TE Connectivity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 received 591 more outperform votes than Ferguson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.46% of users gave TE Connectivity an outperform vote while only 46.72% of users gave Ferguson an outperform vote.
TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferguson has a beta of 1.24, indicating that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TE Connectivity beats Ferguson on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FERG) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
