As on Thursday, Ferguson Plc. (NYSE: FERG) started slowly as it slid -0.99% to $218.26, before settling in for the price of $220.45 at the close. Taking a more long-term approach, FERG posted a 52-week range of $125.76-$224.86.
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It was noted that the giant of the Industrials sector posted annual sales growth of 8.08% over the last 5 years. Meanwhile, its Annual Earning per share during the time was 22.02%. Nevertheless, stock’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) this year is -2.22%. This publicly-traded company’s shares outstanding now amounts to $204.00 million, simultaneously with a float of $200.65 million. The organization now has a market capitalization sitting at $44.27 billion. At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average stood at $207.60, while the 200-day Moving Average is $176.66.
Ferguson Plc. (FERG) Ownership Facts and Figures
Another important factor to analyze is how key investors are playing towards the stock of the Industrial Distribution industry. Ferguson Plc.’s current insider ownership accounts for 1.07%, in contrast to 84.46% institutional ownership. According to the most recent insider trade that took place on Oct 17 ’23, this organization’s Chief Executive Officer sold 641 shares at the rate of 164.94, making the entire transaction reach 105,769 in total value, affecting insider ownership by 123,469. Preceding that transaction, on Oct 17 ’23, Company’s Chief Legal Officer sold 387 for 164.95, making the whole transaction’s value amount to 63,858. This particular insider is now the holder of 5,854 in total.
Ferguson Plc. (FERG) Earnings and Revenue Records
If we go through the results of last quarter, which was made public on 1/30/2024, the company posted $1.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, coming under the agreed prediction (set at $1.84) by -$0.1. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 2.97 per share during the current fiscal year.
Ferguson Plc.’s EPS decrease for this current 12-month fiscal period is -2.22% and is forecasted to reach 10.74 in the upcoming year. Considering the longer run, market analysts have predicted that Company’s EPS will increase by 7.00% through the next 5 years, which can be compared against the 22.02% growth it accomplished over the previous five years trading on the market.
Ferguson Plc. (NYSE: FERG) Trading Performance Indicators
Let’s observe the current performance indicators for Ferguson Plc. (FERG). It’s Quick Ratio in the last reported quarter now stands at 0.97. The Stock has managed to achieve an average true range (ATR) of 3.87. Alongside those numbers, its PE Ratio stands at $25.40, and its Beta score is 1.21. Another valuable indicator worth pondering is a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for trailing twelve months, which is currently 1.51. Similarly, its price to free cash flow for trailing twelve months is now 20.95.
In the same vein, FERG’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) trailing twelve months is recorded 8.59, a figure that is expected to reach 2.31 in the next quarter, and analysts are predicting that it will be 10.74 at the market close of one year from today.
Technical Analysis of Ferguson Plc. (FERG)
Through scrutinizing the latest numbers posted by the [Ferguson Plc., FERG], it can be observed that its last 5-days Average volume of 1.32 million was better the volume of 1.14 million, it posted the year before. During the previous 9 days, stock’s Stochastic %D was recorded 54.52% While, its Average True Range was 3.85.
Raw Stochastic average of Ferguson Plc. (FERG) in the period of the previous 100 days is set at 89.33%, which indicates a major rise in contrast to 34.85% during the last 2-weeks. If we go through the volatility metrics of the stock, In the past 14-days, Company’s historic volatility was 12.47% that was lower than 22.57% volatility it exhibited in the past 100-days period.
