Ferguson Enterprises Inc [FERG] stock is trading at $176.15, up 3.37%. An important factor to consider is whether the stock is rising or falling in short-term value. The FERG shares have gain 1.13% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -9.05%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Ferguson Enterprises Inc [NYSE: FERG] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 08, 2025, when BofA Securities upgraded its rating to a Buy and also boosted its price target to $225 from $185. Previously, UBS downgraded its rating to Neutral on January 08, 2025, and dropped its price target to $193. On October 23, 2024, Oppenheimer initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned a price target of $234 on the stock. Raymond James downgraded its rating to a Mkt Perform. Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to a Overweight and raised its price target to $210 on January 04, 2024. BofA Securities downgraded its rating to Underperform for this stock on October 31, 2023, and downed its price target to $138. In a note dated October 17, 2023, Wells Fargo initiated an Equal Weight rating and provided a target price of $175 on this stock.
Ferguson Enterprises Inc [FERG] stock has fluctuated between $167.27 and $225.62 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $224.86 within the next 12 months. Ferguson Enterprises Inc [NYSE: FERG] shares were valued at $176.15 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 27.65% based on the average FERG price forecast.
Analyzing the FERG fundamentals
Ferguson Enterprises Inc [NYSE:FERG] reported sales of 29.70B for the trailing twelve months, which represents a growth of 0.83%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.3% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.09%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.08%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.06%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.1, Equity is 0.3 and Total Capital is 0.23. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.83.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 174.19 points at the first support level, and at 172.23 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 177.34, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 178.53.
Ratios To Look Out For
For context, Ferguson Enterprises Inc’s Current Ratio is 1.68. On the other hand, the Quick Ratio is 0.91, and the Cash Ratio is 0.1. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 1.19, the price to book ratio is 6.24 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 21.16.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Morrissey Victoria, Chief Marketing Officer, that happened on Jan 06 ’25 when 2000.0 shares were sold. Officer, Morrissey Victoria completed a deal on Jan 06 ’25 to buy 2000.0 shares. Meanwhile, Director May Brian bought 686.0 shares on Dec 18 ’24.
