What Our Analysts Know About Ferguson (FERG)

By Scott Lee • Wednesday, January 11 15:01 • Permanent Link

Ferguson logged a -2.5% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $135.96 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. FERG's trading volume is 1,402,422 compared to the stock's average volume of 2,802,648.

Ferguson trades -3.82% away from its average analyst target price of $141.36 per share. The 12 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $106 to $191, and on average have given Ferguson a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying FERG should be aware of the facts below:

Ferguson's current price is 129.6% above its Graham number of $59.21, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Ferguson has moved -19.8% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -17.1%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 10.03, Ferguson has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 13.6 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
FERG has a forward P/E ratio of 14.6 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $9.3 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of -5.12 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Ferguson is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 5.5 compared to its sector average of 3.7
Ferguson plc distributes plumbing and heating products in the United States and Canada.
Based in Wokingham, UK the company has 36,000 full time employees and a market cap of $28,175,673,344. Ferguson currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.5%.

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