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Ferguson Enterprises vs MSC Industrial Direct (FERG vs MSM)
The two stocks side by side, as of the latest close. Performance is rebased to 100 at the start of the window.
Over the past year Ferguson Enterprises (FERG) returned -6.1% and MSC Industrial Direct (MSM) +30.7%; so far this year the figures are +5.0% and +34.7%.
Ferguson Enterprises is the larger company by market value, about 7.1 times the size of MSC Industrial Direct.
On trailing earnings, FERG trades at 25.1 times and MSM at 28.4 times.
Revenue grew +3.8% at FERG and +6.4% at MSM over the last year.
FERG yields 1.52%. MSM yields 3.07%.
Data as of the latest close. Not investment advice.
Relative performance
| FERG | MSM | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $233.70 | $113.27 |
| 1-day | -0.83% | +2.09% |
| YTD | +4.97% | +34.68% |
| 1 year | -6.14% | +30.68% |
| 3 years | +52.16% | +18.71% |
| Market cap | $45.2B | $6.3B |
| P/E | 25.1 | 28.4 |
| P/S | 1.47 | 1.58 |
| P/B | 7.29 | 4.44 |
| Revenue growth | +3.80% | +6.40% |
| EPS growth | — | +11.80% |
| Gross margin % | 30.7 | 40.9 |
| Net margin % | 6.0 | 5.6 |
| ROE % | 29.9 | 15.6 |
| Debt / equity | 0.79 | 0.33 |
| FCF yield % | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| Dividend yield % | 1.52 | 3.07 |
| Beta | 1.12 | 0.78 |
| RSI (14) | 52.5 | 38.2 |
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