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Ferguson Enterprises (LSE:FERG) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % : 4.48 (As of Apr. 12, 2025)


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What is Ferguson Enterprises 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %?

Ferguson Enterprises's yield on cost for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 4.48.


The historical rank and industry rank for Ferguson Enterprises's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:FERG' s 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.94   Med: 4.26   Max: 6.32
Current: 4.48


During the past 13 years, Ferguson Enterprises's highest Yield on Cost was 6.32. The lowest was 2.94. And the median was 4.26.


LSE:FERG's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % is ranked better than
52.38% of 105 companies
in the Industrial Distribution industry
Industry Median: 4.13 vs LSE:FERG: 4.48

Competitive Comparison of Ferguson Enterprises's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, Ferguson Enterprises's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost %, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Ferguson Enterprises's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, Ferguson Enterprises's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ferguson Enterprises's 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % falls into.


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Ferguson Enterprises 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Calculation

Dividend Yield % and dividend growth of a stock is an important factor for income investors. But if company A raises its dividend constantly faster than company B, company A's future dividend yield might be much higher than Company B's even if their yields are the same now and their stock prices do not change.

Yield on Cost assumes that you buy and the stock today, and hold it for 5 years. If the company raises it dividends at the same rate as it did over the past 5 years, the dividends investors receive annually in 5 years relative to the stock price today.

Therefore, Yield-on-Cost of Ferguson Enterprises is calculated as

Yield-on-Cost=Dividend Yield %*(1+Dividend Growth Rate)^5

Ferguson Enterprises  (LSE:FERG) 5-Year Yield-on-Cost % Explanation

Of course the risk here is that the company may not raise its dividends as it did before. The key is to select the companies that can consistently raise its dividends. Usually companies with long history of raising dividends tend to do so.


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Ferguson Enterprises Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
751 Lakefront Commons, Newport News, VA, USA, 23606
Ferguson distributes plumbing and HVAC products to North American repair, maintenance and improvement, new construction, and civil infrastructure markets. It serves over 1 million customers and sources products from 36,000 suppliers. Ferguson engages customers through approximately 1,800 North American branches, over the phone, online, and in residential showrooms. According to Modern Distribution Management, Ferguson is the largest plumbing distributor and second-largest HVAC distributor (next to Watsco) in North America. The firm sold its UK business in 2021 and is now solely focused on the North American market.