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Core & Main CNM Return on equity

Return on equity at other companies

Ferguson Enterprises logo
Ferguson EnterprisesFERG
34.1%+1.6pp
Watts Water Technologies, Inc. logo
Watts Water Technologies, Inc.WTS
18.9%+1.3pp
Advanced Drainage Systems logo
Advanced Drainage SystemsWMS
25.2%-8.4pp
Xylem logo
XylemXYL
9%+0.4pp
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions logo
Zurn Elkay Water SolutionsZWS
13.5%+2.8pp
Flowserve logo
FlowserveFLS
17.8%+3.8pp

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/E20.3×-2.7×
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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Debt / equity1.2×-0.3×
Current ratio2.3×+0.4×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Core & Main’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

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 return on equity?
Core & Main (CNM) reported return on equity of 23.7% in Q1 2026.
How has Core & Main's return on equity changed year-over-year?
Core & Main's return on equity decreased by 5.5% year-over-year, from 25.1% to 23.7%.
What is the long-term trend for Core & Main's return on equity?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Core & Main's return on equity has grown at a 4.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 19.8% to 23.9%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.