Is the price fair?
What CNM's price assumes
Core & Main, Inc. trades at 18.4× earnings against 27.2× for the median Industrial Distribution name, cheaper than its own group.
18.4
Trailing P/E · Industrial Distribution median 27.2 · cheaper than the typical name in its group
- Price / sales
- 1.25
Price / sales · as of 2026-Q2
- Free cash flow yield
- 6.5%
Free cash flow yield · Industrial Distribution median 3.5%
- Growth the price implies
- +2.2%
Growth the price implies · The price pays for +2.2% free cash flow growth a year for a decade; the business has delivered +4.8% a year over the last three.
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- Price / book2026-Q2
- 4.70
- EV / EBIT2026-Q2
- 15.9
- EV / sales2026-Q2
- 1.51
- Industrials median P/E346 names
- 29.9
- Industrial Distribution median P/E17 names
- 27.2
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $608M
- Market capitalisation
- $9.40B
- 3-year revenue growth
- +4.9%
- 3-year free cash flow growth
- +4.8%
| Method | Per share |
|---|---|
| Its own P/E history, lower quartile | $34.63 |
| Its own P/E history, median | $53.39 |
| Its own P/E history, upper quartile | $58.07 |
| 52-week range | $43.11 – $66.98 |
| Today | $43.37 |
Multiples from SEC filings and end-of-day closes; implied growth from a reverse discounted cash flow. Group medians across the names Ryufin tracks.
Industrial Distribution
Ranks #4 of 17 by Smart Score