Ferguson plc FERG

222.74 2.57 1.17% as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$42.6B
P/E
50.7×
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Ferguson plc (FERG) Free cash flow margin

Ferguson plc's free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 3.85%, down 1.4 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (5.21%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 3.01% (fiscal 2022) to 7.92% (fiscal 2020); the current reading is higher than 82% of that period. That is below the Industrial Distribution industry median of 4.67% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.43%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 5.21% 0.15
FY2024 5.06% (2.61)
FY2023 7.67% 4.66
FY2022 3.01% (1.68)
FY2021 4.69% (3.23)
FY2020 7.92% 3.58
FY2019 4.34% 0.21
FY2018 4.13% 0.24
FY2017 3.89% (0.44)
FY2016 4.33% 0.78

Against its own ten years

Low 3.01% High 7.92%
Ten-year median 4.34%
Current reading's percentile 82

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
FAST Fastenal Company compare 13.4%
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 9.57%
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 9.57%
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 9.29%
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare 8.17%
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 8.16%
FERG Ferguson plc 3.85%
QXO QXO, Inc. compare 1.43%
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 0.62%
Industrial Distribution industry median 4.67%
Industrials sector median 2.43%
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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