Core & Main Valuation

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

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • 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 CNM when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: CNM ($38.05) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($47.74)

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


Key Valuation Metric

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

Other financial metrics that can be useful for relative valuation.

CNM key valuation metrics and ratios. From Price to Earnings, Price to Sales and Price to Book to Price to Earnings Growth Ratio, Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
Key Statistics
Enterprise Value/Revenue1.4x
Enterprise Value/EBITDA11.4x
PEG Ratio1.3x

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

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

The above table shows the PE ratio for CNM vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average19.7x
AIT Applied Industrial Technologies
19.3x3.2%US$7.4b
WCC WESCO International
11.1x8.0%US$7.4b
SITE SiteOne Landscape Supply
39.6x15.3%US$6.1b
AL Air Lease
9.1x5.7%US$4.7b
CNM Core & Main
18.8x14.1%US$7.7b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: CNM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x) compared to the peer average (19.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

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

0 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Industry Avg.n/a8.5%
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No. of CompaniesPE048121620

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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: CNM is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x) compared to the US Trade Distributors industry average (13.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is CNM'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.

CNM PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio18.8x
Fair PE Ratio24.4x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: CNM is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (18.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (24.4x).


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 CNM forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$38.05
US$50.33
+32.3%
18.5%US$69.00US$34.00n/a12
Sep ’25US$48.03
US$58.92
+22.7%
15.2%US$72.00US$38.00n/a12
Aug ’25US$50.87
US$58.58
+15.2%
14.8%US$73.00US$38.00n/a12
Jul ’25US$48.42
US$58.58
+21.0%
14.8%US$73.00US$38.00n/a12
Jun ’25US$57.56
US$60.92
+5.8%
14.1%US$75.00US$38.00n/a12
May ’25US$57.04
US$60.67
+6.4%
14.0%US$75.00US$38.00n/a12
Apr ’25US$57.28
US$59.85
+4.5%
13.7%US$75.00US$38.00n/a13
Mar ’25US$48.97
US$46.62
-4.8%
20.5%US$69.00US$28.00n/a13
Feb ’25US$42.06
US$46.15
+9.7%
20.0%US$69.00US$28.00n/a13
Jan ’25US$40.41
US$43.62
+7.9%
21.8%US$69.00US$28.00n/a13
Dec ’24US$36.00
US$38.15
+6.0%
20.8%US$57.00US$25.00n/a13
Nov ’24US$31.16
US$37.46
+20.2%
20.9%US$57.00US$25.00n/a13
Oct ’24US$28.85
US$36.92
+28.0%
22.5%US$57.00US$25.00n/a12
Sep ’24US$32.96
US$35.54
+7.8%
22.6%US$57.00US$25.00US$48.0313
Aug ’24US$31.83
US$35.15
+10.4%
22.8%US$57.00US$25.00US$50.8713
Jul ’24US$31.34
US$34.46
+10.0%
23.9%US$57.00US$25.00US$48.4213
Jun ’24US$26.50
US$30.92
+16.7%
27.0%US$54.00US$24.00US$57.5612
May ’24US$26.24
US$30.92
+17.8%
27.0%US$54.00US$24.00US$57.0412
Apr ’24US$23.10
US$29.92
+29.5%
26.2%US$51.00US$22.00US$57.2812
Mar ’24US$23.58
US$29.25
+24.0%
27.4%US$51.00US$22.00US$48.9712
Feb ’24US$22.32
US$29.36
+31.6%
28.5%US$51.00US$22.00US$42.0611
Jan ’24US$19.31
US$30.27
+56.8%
27.4%US$51.00US$22.00US$40.4111
Dec ’23US$20.70
US$31.64
+52.8%
21.6%US$51.00US$26.00US$36.0011
Nov ’23US$23.00
US$31.64
+37.5%
21.6%US$51.00US$26.00US$31.1611
Oct ’23US$22.74
US$31.91
+40.3%
22.2%US$51.00US$26.00US$28.8511
Sep ’23US$23.29
US$29.58
+27.0%
25.6%US$51.00US$25.00US$32.9612

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price, but analysts are not within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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