Ferguson Enterprises Inc. vs TE CONNECTIVITY PLC, two Distribution stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FERG and TEL diverge most: on revenue growth, FERG reads +5.0% and TEL reads +16.7%; on net margin, FERG reads 6.6% and TEL reads 15.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's FERG price has a different growth bar priced in than TEL (+9.6% implied for FERG vs +15.3% for TEL); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What TEL's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | FERG | TEL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $234.31 | $205.66 |
| Market cap | $45.6B | $60.3B |
| Sector | Distribution | Distribution |
| Stage | Mature | Growth |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +9.6% | +15.3% |
| P/E | 22.0 | 20.1 |
| P/B | 7.77 | 4.55 |
| P/S | 1.44 | 3.12 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.8 | 14.5 |
| Revenue growth | +5.0% | +16.7% |
| Gross margin | 31.0% | 35.6% |
| Operating margin | 8.2% | 19.0% |
| Net margin | 6.6% | 15.6% |
| Return on equity | 35.6% | 22.8% |
| Return on assets | 11.8% | 11.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 21.5% | 15.6% |
| FCF yield | 4.5% | 5.5% |
| Dividend yield | 1.4% | 1.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.70 | 0.43 |
| Current ratio | 1.78 | 1.88 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 5.08 | 4.68 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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