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Ferguson
We have no price for Ferguson since 17 July 2026. It may have been taken over, merged or renamed, so the figures below are from then.
£173.50-0.17% today
-0.6% since Oct 12, 25
1-year low £163.301-year high £196.20
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay £18.24 for every £1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Ferguson sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from £28.6 billion in 2022 to £30.8 billion in 2025, with £1.86 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Ferguson handed back 90% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks £948M£489M
Free cash flow 2025£1.6B
Bought back its own shares£948M
Paid as dividends£489M
Cash vs. debt£674M vs. £6.0B
Ferguson vs. similar companies
Ferguson grows the slowest of these 5 and is the cheapest for its profits.
| Company | Profit from £100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per £1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferguson | 18.2× · Fair price | ||
 Fastenal | 50.3× · Expensive | ||
 WESCO International | 24.5× · Fair price | ||
 QXO | No profit yet | ||
 Watsco | 25.7× · Fair price |
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Ferguson's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28,566 | 29,734 | 29,635 | 30,762 | |
| 8,756 | 9,025 | 9,053 | 9,435 | |
| 2,820 | 2,784 | 2,680 | 2,686 | |
| 3,120 | 2,969 | 2,978 | 2,986 | |
| 2,122 | 1,889 | 1,735 | 1,856 | |
| – | 9.12 | 8.53 | 9.32 | |
| 30.7% | 30.4% | 30.5% | 30.7% | |
| 9.9% | 9.4% | 9.0% | 8.7% | |
| 7.4% | 6.4% | 5.9% | 6.0% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 15,661 | 15,994 | 16,572 | 17,729 |
| Cash | 771 | 601 | 571 | 674 |
| Total debt | 5,128 | 5,258 | 5,517 | 5,966 |
| Total liabilities | 10,996 | 10,957 | 10,956 | 11,897 |
| 4,665 | 5,037 | 5,616 | 5,832 | |
| – | 207 | 204 | 199 | |
| 21.6% | 19.3% | 17.8% | 16.6% | |
| 45.5% | 37.5% | 30.9% | 31.8% |
Cash flow
| In millions of GBP | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,149 | 2,723 | 1,873 | 1,908 | |
| 290 | 441 | 372 | 305 | |
| 859 | 2,282 | 1,501 | 1,603 | |
| Dividends paid | 538 | 711 | 784 | 489 |
| 1,545 | 908 | 634 | 948 | |
| 57 | 51 | 49 | 28 |
Valuation
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- 4.7%
- 5.5%
- 1.4%
Profitability
- 30.7%
- 8.7%
- 6.0%
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Growth
- +2.5%
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How it ranks in Industrials
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 49%of 984
Top 38%of 866
Bottom 24%of 985
Top 40%of 987
1.4%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$14a year at today's yield, before tax
–per share
Raised–not every year
How safe it looks
26.3% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 30.5%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
1/7Passes 1 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
51No pass
Benjamin Graham
66Pass
Philip Fisher
28No pass
Peter Lynch
49No pass
Joel Greenblatt
37No pass
Charlie Munger
48No pass
Terry Smith
41No pass
Questions about Ferguson
Is Ferguson a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 1 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Ferguson AI analysis
What does Ferguson do?
Operating primarily in the United States and Canada, Ferguson plc is a leading distributor of plumbing and heating products. The company provides a wide array of solutions to residential, commercial, civil infrastructure, and industrial markets. It is in Industrial - Distribution, based in Newport News, VA, United States, with 35,000 employees.
Does Ferguson pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 1.4% a year, about 26% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out £489 million in dividends.
Who are Ferguson's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Fastenal, WESCO International, QXO and Watsco. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Ferguson's.
Prices: daily closes to Jul 17, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.