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) Operating margin

Ferguson plc's operating margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 9.73%, up 1.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (8.47%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 4.17% (fiscal 2015) to 9.87% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 8.06% and above the Industrials sector median of 5.15%.

Operating margin, annual

Annual

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 8.47% (0.48)
FY2024 8.95% 0.01
FY2023 8.94% (0.93)
FY2022 9.87% 1.31
FY2021 8.56% 1.29
FY2020 7.27% 0.90
FY2019 6.37% (0.18)
FY2018 6.55% (1.11)
FY2017 7.66% 2.34
FY2016 5.32% 1.15

Quarterly

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Jun 2026 10.2% 2.01
Mar 2026 8.19% (1.25)
Oct 2025 9.44% (1.45)
Jul 2025 10.9% 0.82
29 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 4.17% High 9.87%
Ten-year median 7.66%
Current reading's percentile 64

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
FAST Fastenal Company compare 20.3%
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare 14.6%
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare 11.1%
FERG Ferguson plc 9.73%
CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare 9.64%
WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare 9.40%
WSO Watsco, Inc. compare 9.40%
WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare 5.38%
QXO QXO, Inc. compare −3.40%
Industrial Distribution industry median 8.06%
Industrials sector median 5.15%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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