Ferguson Enterprises $FERG Read from its own SEC filings · nothing written, nothing inferred
🫧 Edgar looked up Ferguson Enterprises Inc. /DE/ ($FERG). Last filing: 8-K (8.01 Other Events), 2026-08-14. 9 event filings (8-K) in the past twelve months.
🔖 Exposure: revenue $30.8B (FY2025), total debt $4.2B. Experience: revenue up 3.8% on the year, up 2.5% a year over 3 years; operating margin 8.5%, down from 8.9%. Soundness: equity 32.9% of assets, return on equity 31.8%, payout 26.3% of profit, dividend per share up 1 year running. Credibility: four or more audited years, reasonable weight. Range: 80% of past cases like this landed between $28.5B and $33.0B next year (method v4.1: its own 3-year record of growth weighed at 40% against $10B+ filers; on a year the method never saw, 83.4% landed inside). In a shock year the stress range is $26.8B to $35.0B. A statistical range, not company guidance. Against peers (43 filers, $50M+ revenue, its industry group): operating margin 8.5% against a 5.0% median; growth 3.8% against 4.3%.
Gold paid out, navy kept. Kept share × return on equity = the growth it can fund itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.
Speed and cash · fiscal 2025
Both views must agree for a label · a description, not advice.
| Cash flow (op · inv · fin · free) | $1.9B · −$543M · −$1.3B · $1.6B |
| Investment book (cash · short · long) | $674M · — · — · current ratio 1.68 |
| Revenue swing · equity of assets | 2.4% · 34.2% |
Ferguson Enterprises is growing slower than its size class, with steadier revenue. Its own audited SEC figures.
The figures, as filed
| Fiscal year end | 2025-07-31 |
| Revenue | $30.8B |
| Revenue, on the year | 3.8% |
| Revenue, a year over the record | 2.5% |
| Operating margin | 8.5% |
| Operating margin, prior year | 8.9% |
| Net margin | 6.0% |
| Research and development | not filed separately |
| Total debt | $4.2B |
| Equity of assets | 32.9% |
| Return on equity | 31.8% |
| Payout of profit | 26.3% |
| Dividend per share | $3.28 · up 1 year running |
| Earnings per share | $9.33 |
| Book value per share | $29.28 |
| Revenue per share | $154.43 |
| Shares outstanding | 199,200,000 |
| Audited years read | 4 |
Peers: the median of 43 filers with $50M+ revenue in wholesale-hardware & plumbing & heating equipment & supplies.
Health HarborFerguson Enterprises sails as: New ship
Health watch · 12 monthsquiet · none of the watched events filed
Sailing speed follows growth: 2.5% a year crosses the harbor in 73 seconds.
🌊 Visit the Bay →No warning signs on the measures below.
Boat condition = number of warning signs: a serious warning filing in 12 months; liabilities over assets; slow and jumpy; negative operating cash; an 80% revenue range of ±25% or wider. A picture of the signs, not a rating and not investment advice.
- 8-K · 2026-08-14 · 8.01 Other Events; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 8-K · 2026-08-11 · 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement; 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 10-Q · 2026-08-10
- 8-K · 2026-08-10 · 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 8-K · 2026-07-13 · 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure; 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
- 10-Q · 2026-05-05
Figures are as filed in audited 10-K reports and can move with restatements, acquisitions, disposals or a change in fiscal year. A range set from how past company-years turned out is not a promise about the next one, and says nothing about the share price. Reporting, not investment advice. No price targets and no trading recommendations. Figures from the SEC’s own data · every filing · this page as JSON · ask about another company