Ferguson (FERG) Competitors

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FERG vs. FBIN, ITT, TEL, WSO.B, USFD, PFGC, CNM, SITE, INGM, and AVT

Should you be buying Ferguson stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ferguson include Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN), ITT (ITT), TE Connectivity (TEL), Watsco (WSO.B), US Foods (USFD), Performance Food Group (PFGC), Core & Main (CNM), SiteOne Landscape Supply (SITE), Ingram Micro (INGM), and Avnet (AVT).

Ferguson vs. Its Competitors

Ferguson (NASDAQ:FERG) and Fortune Brands Innovations (NYSE:FBIN) are related companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.

: Ferguson presently has a consensus target price of $221.27, indicating a potential downside of 0.85%. Fortune Brands Innovations has a consensus target price of $77.17, indicating a potential upside of 44.37%. Given Fortune Brands Innovations' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Fortune Brands Innovations is more favorable than Ferguson.
Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ferguson
0 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)

11 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.65
Fortune Brands Innovations
0 Sell rating(s)

7 Hold rating(s)

5 Buy rating(s)

0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.42
: Ferguson pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Fortune Brands Innovations pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Ferguson pays out 41.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Fortune Brands Innovations pays out 29.3% 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. Fortune Brands Innovations has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Fortune Brands Innovations is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
: 82.0% of Ferguson shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.6% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ferguson shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Fortune Brands Innovations shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
: Fortune Brands Innovations has a net margin of 9.42% compared to Ferguson's net margin of 5.68%. Ferguson's return on equity of 34.63% beat Fortune Brands Innovations' return on equity.
Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ferguson 5.68% 34.63% 11.73%
Fortune Brands Innovations 9.42% 20.96% 7.50%
: In the previous week, Ferguson had 26 more articles in the media than Fortune Brands Innovations. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Ferguson and 7 mentions for Fortune Brands Innovations. Fortune Brands Innovations' average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Ferguson's score of 0.51 indicating that Fortune Brands Innovations is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ferguson
16 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Fortune Brands Innovations
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
: Ferguson has higher revenue and earnings than Fortune Brands Innovations. Fortune Brands Innovations is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ferguson, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Company Gross Revenue Price/Sales Ratio Net Income Earnings Per Share Price/Earnings Ratio
Ferguson $30.21B 1.46 $1.74B $8.02 27.82
Fortune Brands Innovations $4.61B 1.39 $471.90M $3.41 15.67
: Ferguson has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its stock price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortune Brands Innovations has a beta of 1.36, meaning that its stock price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ferguson	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.65
Fortune Brands Innovations	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.42

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ferguson	5.68%	34.63%	11.73%
Fortune Brands Innovations	9.42%	20.96%	7.50%

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ferguson	16 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fortune Brands Innovations	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ferguson	$30.21B	1.46	$1.74B	$8.02	27.82
Fortune Brands Innovations	$4.61B	1.39	$471.90M	$3.41	15.67

Summary

Ferguson beats Fortune Brands Innovations on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FERG and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.

Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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.

FERG vs. The Competition

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Metric	Ferguson	Hardware, & plumbing & heating equipment & supplies Industry	Industrials Sector	NASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap	$44.00B	$22.00B	$7.53B	$9.04B
Dividend Yield	1.50%	1.50%	4.53%	4.00%
P/E Ratio	26.79	13.39	25.01	20.24
Price / Sales	1.46	1.46	118.55	117.30
Price / Cash	15.71	15.71	27.44	58.10
Price / Book	8.02	8.02	4.36	5.67
Net Income	$1.74B	$1.74B	$791.63M	$249.21M
7 Day Performance	2.52%	1.26%	2.17%	3.28%
1 Month Performance	5.48%	2.74%	5.03%	3.95%
1 Year Performance	16.95%	8.47%	31.99%	20.98%

Ferguson Competitors List

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Company	MarketRank	Share Price	Analysts' Price Target	1Y Price Performance	Market Cap	Revenue	P/E Ratio	Employee Count	Indicator(s)
FERG Ferguson	2.5379 of 5 stars	$223.16 +0.8%	$221.27 -0.8%	+17.0%	$44.00B	$30.21B	26.79	35,000	Trending News
FBIN Fortune Brands Innovations	4.4888 of 5 stars	$51.52 +0.4%	$77.17 +49.8%	-14.7%	$6.20B	$4.61B	15.11	11,000
ITT ITT	4.1413 of 5 stars	$156.93 -0.6%	$165.50 +5.5%	+27.2%	$12.35B	$3.63B	24.95	11,700	Analyst Revision
TEL TE Connectivity	4.383 of 5 stars	$168.87 +1.2%	$162.50 -3.8%	+16.7%	$50.08B	$16.03B	37.11	87,000	News Coverage Positive News Analyst Forecast
WSO.B Watsco	N/A	$450.71 +0.2%	N/A	+2.9%	$18.26B	$7.62B	34.64	7,280	Positive News Gap Up
USFD US Foods	4.5004 of 5 stars	$76.98 -0.4%	$77.00 +0.0%	+50.7%	$17.81B	$38.28B	35.31	30,000	Positive News
PFGC Performance Food Group	4.6345 of 5 stars	$87.38 -0.1%	$100.08 +14.5%	+39.4%	$13.64B	$58.28B	36.41	37,000	News Coverage
CNM Core & Main	2.6337 of 5 stars	$60.24 -0.2%	$59.55 -1.2%	+28.9%	$11.88B	$7.44B	28.02	5,700	Positive News Insider Trade
SITE SiteOne Landscape Supply	2.0153 of 5 stars	$120.90 +0.3%	$145.70 +20.5%	+11.4%	$5.42B	$4.58B	48.17	8,760	News Coverage Insider Trade
INGM Ingram Micro	2.1075 of 5 stars	$20.84 +1.2%	$25.71 +23.4%	N/A	$4.89B	$47.98B	0.00	23,500	News Coverage
AVT Avnet	3.8174 of 5 stars	$53.08 +0.8%	$49.00 -7.7%	+11.3%	$4.45B	$23.76B	14.87	15,462	News Coverage Analyst Revision

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Ferguson (FERG) Competitors

FERG vs. FBIN, ITT, TEL, WSO.B, USFD, PFGC, CNM, SITE, INGM, and AVT

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Ferguson (FERG) Competitors

FERG vs. FBIN, ITT, TEL, WSO.B, USFD, PFGC, CNM, SITE, INGM, and AVT

Ferguson vs. Its Competitors

Summary

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

Media Sentiment Over Time

FERG vs. The Competition

Ferguson Competitors List

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