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

45.87 1.08 −2.30%
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) Return on invested capital

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Core & Main, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 31 July 2026 was 10.9%, down 0.4 percentage points from fiscal 2026 (11.3%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.31% (fiscal 2021) to 13.6% (fiscal 2024); the current reading is higher than 71% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 7.52% and above the Industrials sector median of 1.86%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 11.3% 0.12
FY2025 11.2% (2.44)
FY2024 13.6% 0.48
FY2023 13.1% 5.07
FY2022 8.05% 3.74
FY2021 4.31% (0.62)
FY2020 4.93% —

Against its own ten years

Low 4.31% High 13.6%
Ten-year median 11.2%
Current reading's percentile 71

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 17.2%
POOL Pool Corporation compare 15.7%
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 14.6%
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 14.2%
CNM Core & Main, Inc. 10.9%
MSM MSC Industrial Direct Company, Inc. compare 10.9%
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 8.56%
QXO QXO, Inc. compare −1.53%
XMTR Xometry, Inc. compare −3.44%
Industrial Distribution industry median 7.52%
Industrials sector median 1.86%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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