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Core & Main CNM Price / earnings

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.9B-0.1%
Gross profit$520.0M+2.0%
Operating income$177.0M+3.5%
Net income$108.0M+8.0%
EPS (diluted)$0.57+9.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$150.0M+1,775%
Total debt$2.4B-3.4%
Total equity$2.0B+17.0%
Total assets$6.3B+0.7%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$82.0M+6.5%
CapEx$14.0M+7.7%
Free cash flow$68.0M+6.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$9.09B-4.9%
Enterprise value$11.39B-5.7%
P/S1.2×-0.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin27.1%+0.5pp
Operating margin9.5%0.0pp
Net margin5.9%+0.4pp
FCF margin8%+0.3pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity23.7%-1.4pp
Debt / equity1.2×-0.3×
Current ratio2.3×+0.4×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Core & Main’s reported figures.

Based on the most recent quarter.

The official record: Core & Main’s 10-Q, filed June 10, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Core & Main's price / earnings?
Core & Main (CNM) reported price / earnings of 21.1× in Q1 2026.
How has Core & Main's price / earnings changed year-over-year?
Core & Main's price / earnings decreased by 11.9% year-over-year, from 23.9× to 21.1×.
What is the long-term trend for Core & Main's price / earnings?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Core & Main's price / earnings has grown at a -5.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 28.2× to 22.8×.
What does price / earnings mean?
How many dollars investors pay for each dollar of the company's annual profit.
How do you interpret price / earnings?
Lower can mean cheaper — or that the market expects earnings to fall. High multiples embed growth expectations. Meaningless when earnings are negative, so it is suppressed there.
How does price / earnings compare across companies?
Compare against the company's own history and sector peers, not across sectors with different growth and risk profiles.