Ferguson Enterprises Inc.

LSE:FERG Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£27.8b

Ferguson Enterprises Valuation

Is FERG undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

5/6

Valuation Score 5/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of FERG when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: FERG (£139.7) is trading below our estimate of fair value (£212.02)

Significantly Below Fair Value: FERG is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for FERG?

Key metric: As FERG is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for FERG. This is calculated by dividing FERG's market cap by their current earnings.
What is FERG's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio20.7x
EarningsUS$1.69b
Market CapUS$34.94b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does FERG's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for FERG vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average25.4x
AHT Ashtead Group
17.9x1.8%UK£22.0b
BNZL Bunzl
22.2x7.1%UK£10.8b
HWDN Howden Joinery Group
17.1x6.0%UK£4.3b
DPLM Diploma
44.6x14.7%UK£5.8b
FERG Ferguson Enterprises
20.7x9.7%UK£34.9b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FERG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.7x) compared to the peer average (25.4x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FERG's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Trade Distributors Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FERG 20.7xIndustry Avg. 13.8xNo. of Companies10PE01020304050+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FERG is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.7x) compared to the European Trade Distributors industry average (13.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FERG's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

FERG PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio20.7x
Fair PE Ratio25.3x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: FERG is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.7x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (25.3x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst FERG forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUK£139.70
UK£176.03
+26.0%
9.1%UK£203.65UK£132.61n/a17
Dec ’25UK£169.30
UK£173.72
+2.6%
9.4%UK£198.73UK£128.64n/a17
Nov ’25UK£153.80
UK£174.07
+13.2%
9.4%UK£199.49UK£129.13n/a17
Oct ’25UK£148.40
UK£167.90
+13.1%
9.8%UK£194.25UK£125.73n/a16
Sep ’25UK£155.00
UK£173.78
+12.1%
12.2%UK£205.32UK£121.79n/a17
Aug ’25UK£169.20
UK£175.65
+3.8%
12.3%UK£206.40UK£122.43n/a16
Jul ’25UK£149.95
UK£170.35
+13.6%
17.0%UK£206.74UK£83.72n/a18
Jun ’25UK£159.00
UK£170.21
+7.1%
17.8%UK£208.63UK£83.85n/a18
May ’25UK£168.90
UK£169.71
+0.5%
17.2%UK£208.10UK£84.27n/a18
Apr ’25UK£173.25
UK£169.71
-2.0%
17.2%UK£208.10UK£84.27n/a18
Mar ’25UK£169.05
UK£151.04
-10.7%
16.8%UK£186.16UK£83.97n/a16
Feb ’25UK£149.05
UK£148.82
-0.2%
16.1%UK£177.54UK£83.64n/a16
Jan ’25UK£150.85
UK£143.65
-4.8%
14.5%UK£175.81UK£83.95n/a17
Dec ’24UK£135.55
UK£137.64
+1.5%
12.8%UK£153.95UK£84.55UK£169.3017
Nov ’24UK£123.95
UK£141.60
+14.2%
13.2%UK£158.81UK£87.22UK£153.8016
Oct ’24UK£135.65
UK£140.37
+3.5%
12.6%UK£158.21UK£86.89UK£148.4015
Sep ’24UK£128.50
UK£130.87
+1.8%
13.1%UK£149.38UK£84.22UK£155.0014
Aug ’24UK£126.30
UK£125.45
-0.7%
13.5%UK£144.70UK£81.58UK£169.2013
Jul ’24UK£124.10
UK£126.94
+2.3%
13.2%UK£147.10UK£82.94UK£149.9513
Jun ’24UK£115.80
UK£126.72
+9.4%
14.5%UK£156.95UK£84.95UK£159.0011
May ’24UK£111.95
UK£121.60
+8.6%
14.2%UK£157.25UK£85.11UK£168.9010
Apr ’24UK£106.50
UK£121.60
+14.2%
14.2%UK£157.25UK£85.11UK£173.2510
Mar ’24UK£119.20
UK£123.95
+4.0%
15.0%UK£158.59UK£88.84UK£169.0510
Feb ’24UK£114.80
UK£117.07
+2.0%
15.6%UK£153.86UK£86.19UK£149.059
Jan ’24UK£104.40
UK£116.74
+11.8%
15.9%UK£153.74UK£85.32UK£150.859
Dec ’23UK£96.56
UK£116.09
+20.2%
15.8%UK£159.86UK£87.88UK£135.559

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/20 13:45
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/10/31
Annual Earnings2024/07/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Ferguson Enterprises Inc. is covered by 57 analysts. 21 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Pierre-Yves GauthierAlphaValue
David MantheyBaird
Paul Daniel SullivanBarclays