Ferguson plc FERG
- Market cap
- $42.6B
- P/E
- 50.7×
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Ferguson plc (FERG) Return on invested capital
Ferguson plc's return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 18.8%, up 1.3 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (17.5%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 10.1% (fiscal 2015) to 22.5% (fiscal 2022); the current reading is higher than 64% of that period. That is above the Industrial Distribution industry median of 8.13% and above the Industrials sector median of 2.44%.
Return on invested capital, annual
Annual
| Period | Return on invested capital | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 17.5% | (0.99) |
| FY2024 | 18.5% | (1.78) |
| FY2023 | 20.3% | (2.27) |
| FY2022 | 22.5% | 6.00 |
| FY2021 | 16.5% | (0.23) |
| FY2020 | 16.8% | 0.95 |
| FY2019 | 15.8% | (0.75) |
| FY2018 | 16.6% | (1.00) |
| FY2017 | 17.6% | 5.12 |
| FY2016 | 12.4% | 2.31 |
Against its own ten years
Return on invested capital against peers
| Company | Return on invested capital |
|---|---|
| FAST Fastenal Company compare | 27.9% |
| GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. compare | 27.1% |
| FERG Ferguson plc | 18.8% |
| AIT Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. compare | 17.2% |
| WSO.B Watsco, Inc. compare | 14.2% |
| WSO Watsco, Inc. compare | 13.6% |
| CNM Core & Main, Inc. compare | 10.9% |
| WCC WESCO International, Inc. compare | 8.13% |
| QXO QXO, Inc. compare | −1.53% |
| Industrial Distribution industry median | 8.13% |
| Industrials sector median | 2.44% |
| 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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