Ferguson Enterprises key statistics and ratios
In fiscal 2025, Ferguson Enterprises had return on equity of 32.4% and a net margin of 6.0%. Each ratio below is calculated from the figures on its income statement, balance sheet and cash flow pages.
Financial ratios
| Fiscal year | 2020Jul 2020 | 2021Jul 2021 | 2022Jul 2022 | 2023Jul 2023 | 2024Jul 2024 | 2025Jul 2025 | LTMOct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 4.8% | 6.5% | 7.4% | 6.4% | 5.9% | 6.0% | 6.1% |
| Return on equity | 20.9% | 30.6% | 43.9% | 38.9% | 32.6% | 32.4% | 31.8% |
| Return on assets | — | 10.7% | 14.5% | 11.9% | 10.7% | 10.8% | 10.7% |
| Effective tax rate | 23.5% | 12.5% | 22.5% | 23.3% | 29.6% | 23.4% | 22.2% |
| SG&A as % of revenue | 21.7% | 20.8% | 19.7% | 19.9% | 20.4% | 20.7% | 20.7% |
| Dividends ÷ net income | 34.0% | 70.4% | 25.4% | 37.6% | 45.2% | 26.3% | 34.5% |
Financial health
- Short-term assets cover short-term liabilities $11.0bn of assets due within a year against $6.4bn of liabilities due within a year.
- Short-term assets cover long-term liabilities $11.0bn short-term assets against $6.7bn of longer-dated liabilities.
- More cash than debt $437m of cash against $4.9bn of debt.
- Debt below 40% of shareholders' equity Debt is 79% of equity.
- Debt burden no higher than five years ago Debt to equity moved from 52% to 79% over five years.
- A year's operating cash flow covers at least 20% of debt Cash flow or debt not reported. Not assessable.
- Operating profit covers interest at least five times over Interest not separately reported. Not assessable.
Moat
Not assessed: fewer than five years of comparable figures in the filings. AI disruption exposure for this industry: Medium.
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