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) 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

Low 10.1% High 22.5%
Ten-year median 16.8%
Current reading's percentile 64

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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