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) Operating margin

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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 5.13%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

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 newest first

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
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Against its own ten years

Low 4.17% High 9.87%
Ten-year median 7.66%
Current reading's percentile 87

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
FAST Fastenal Company compare 20.5%
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 Watsco, Inc. compare 9.40%
WSO.B 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 5.13%
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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