Ferguson (FERG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Ferguson in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" FERG shares.
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8 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Ferguson's shares. Their FERG share price targets range from $155.00 to $185.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $166.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 22.6%.
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Ferguson's stock was trading at $193.07 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, FERG shares have increased by 11.4% and is now trading at $215.00.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, June 4th 2024.
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Ferguson plc (NASDAQ:FERG) announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March, 5th. The company reported $1.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.82 by $0.08. The company earned $6.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.72 billion. Ferguson had a net margin of 6.00% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 37.99%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 2.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.91 earnings per share.

Ferguson declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 5th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.79 per share on Tuesday, May 7th. This represents a $3.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 14th.
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Ferguson (NASDAQ:FERG) pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.46%. The company does not yet have a strong track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio is 36.74%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, FERG will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.73% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Ferguson issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, March, 6th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $29.7 billion-$29.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $29.9 billion.

Ferguson's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Perpetual Ltd (0.03%), Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (0.01%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.01%), Timber Creek Capital Management LLC (0.01%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.01%) and FCF Advisors LLC (0.01%). Insiders that own company stock include Garland Williams, Kevin Michael Murphy, Michael Jacobs, Richard Winckler and William T Thees Jr.
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Shares of FERG stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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