Core & Main, Inc.

CNM Industrials Industrial Distribution

Core & Main, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended January 2026) was $7.6 billion, up 2.77% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+2.48%
EPS
+8.45%
Free cash flow
+83.3%
Total debt
+8.46%

Quarter to July 2026, against a year earlier

46.85 1.78 −3.66%
Market cap
$8.9B
P/E
19.3×
Fwd P/E
16.8×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
3.62
Beneish M
−2.65
Dividend safety
72/100

Core & Main, Inc. (CNM) Free cash flow margin

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Core & Main, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 8.16%, up 0.3 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (7.90%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from −1.02% (fiscal 2022) to 15.4% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 88% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 4.24% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.06%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 7.90% 0.02
FY2025 7.88% (7.49)
FY2024 15.4% 9.72
FY2023 5.65% 6.67
FY2022 −1.02% (6.57)
FY2021 5.55% 0.24
FY2020 5.31% 2.16
FY2019 3.15% —

Against its own ten years

Low −1.02% High 15.4%
Ten-year median 5.60%
Current reading's percentile 88

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 9.57%
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 8.96%
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 8.36%
CNM Core & Main, Inc. 8.16%
POOL Pool Corporation compare 8.11%
MSM MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. compare 5.64%
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 1.60%
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 1.43%
XMTR Xometry, Inc. compare −2.20%
Industrial Distribution industry median 4.24%
Industrials sector median 2.06%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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