FERG vs. TEL, WSO.B, USFD, PFGC, CNM, SITE, INGM, AVT, REZI, and GMS
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), Resideo Technologies (REZI), and GMS (GMS). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and media sentiment.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Ferguson shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TE Connectivity received 589 more outperform votes than Ferguson when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.70% of users gave TE Connectivity an outperform vote while only 46.27% of users gave Ferguson an outperform vote.
TE Connectivity has a net margin of 20.15% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 5.68%. Ferguson's return on equity of 34.63% beat TE Connectivity's return on equity.
TE Connectivity has a beta of 1.32, suggesting that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ferguson has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ferguson had 9 more articles in the media than TE Connectivity. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Ferguson and 17 mentions for TE Connectivity. TE Connectivity's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Ferguson's score of -0.06 indicating that TE Connectivity is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TE Connectivity pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Ferguson pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. TE Connectivity pays out 25.3% 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.
TE Connectivity presently has a consensus price target of $160.70, indicating a potential upside of 9.85%. Ferguson has a consensus price target of $220.10, indicating a potential upside of 24.00%. Given Ferguson's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ferguson is more favorable than TE Connectivity.
TE Connectivity has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Ferguson. TE Connectivity is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ferguson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
