Ferguson plc

FERG Industrials Industrial Distribution

Ferguson plc’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended July 2025) was $30.8 billion, up 3.80% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 4.64%, EPS grew 7.04%, free cash flow fell 143.5% and total debt rose 30.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; dividend growth for three consecutive years.

231.63 2.87 +1.25%
Market cap
$44.3B
P/E
52.7×
Fwd P/E
21.2×
Dividend yield
1.54%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
25.44
Beneish M
−2.42
Dividend safety
81/100

Ferguson plc (FERG) Debt to equity

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Ferguson plc's debt to equity at the end of the quarter to 30 June 2026 was 0.8×, up 0.1× from fiscal 2025 (0.7×). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 0.5× (fiscal 2018) to 0.8× (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 45% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 0.5× and above the Industrials sector median of 0.3×.

Debt to equity, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
FY2025 0.7× 1.89%
FY2024 0.7× (6.55%)
FY2023 0.7× (11.22%)
FY2022 0.8× 13.75%
FY2021 0.7× 2.22%
FY2020 0.7× 34.18%
FY2019 0.5× 14.78%
FY2018 0.5× (34.36%)
FY2017 0.7× 9.22%
FY2016 0.7× (11.80%)

Quarterly newest first

Period Debt to equity Change
Jun 2026 0.8× 12.55%
Mar 2026 0.7× (0.27%)
Dec 2025 0.7× 3.45%
Oct 2025 0.7× 5.86%
55 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 0.5× High 0.8×
Ten-year median 0.7×
Current reading's percentile 45

Debt to equity against peers

Company Debt to equity
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 0.0×
FAST Fastenal Company compare 0.0×
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 0.0×
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 0.1×
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare 0.5×
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 0.6×
FERG Ferguson plc 0.8×
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 1.1×
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 1.2×
Industrial Distribution industry median 0.5×
Industrials sector median 0.3×
Market median 0.1×

What Debt to equity is

Debt to Equity Ratio shows how much a company relies on borrowed money compared with the money its shareholders have in the business.

(Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt) ÷ Shareholders Equity (Total)

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