Core & Main (CNM) EBT Margin (2020 - 2026)
Core & Main (CNM) reported EBT Margin of 9.00% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Aug 2, 2026), up 0.30 percentage points from 8.70% a year earlier and up 1.14 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Core & Main (CNM) EBT Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Aug 2, 2026, Core & Main's EBT Margin came in at 8.14%, up 0.42 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Feb 1, 2026), it was 7.94%, up 0.18 percentage points from FY2025.
- EBT Margin has a five-year change of +6.67 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, EBT Margin came in at 7.75% in FY2025 (-2.08 pp), 9.83% in FY2024 (-0.83 pp), 10.66% in FY2023 (+5.14 pp) and 5.52% in FY2022 (+4.25 pp).
- Five-year quarterly EBT Margin spans a low of 5.18% in fiscal Q4 2025 and a high of 11.99% in fiscal Q3 2023.
- Year over year, EBT Margin has now increased in each of the last five quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.19 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year EBT Margin in five years was fiscal Q2 2023 (a gain of 10.82 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q1 2025 (a drop of 2.72 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 came in at 7.85% (Q1 2027), 5.95% (Q4 2026) and 9.21% (Q3 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBT Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W.W. Grainger | 59.11 Bn | 57.09 Bn | 1.98 Bn | 15.89% |
| 2 | Fastenal | 57.94 Bn | 56.86 Bn | 1.06 Bn | 21.04% |
| 3 | Ferguson Enterprises | 44.13 Bn | 41.35 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 7.49% |
| 4 | Sunbelt Rentals Holdings | 30.69 Bn | 30.57 Bn | 1.25 Bn | 18.97% |
| 5 | Reliance | 20.00 Bn | 19.04 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 9.28% |
| 6 | Wesco International | 17.78 Bn | 15.09 Bn | 1.46 Bn | 4.08% |
| 7 | Applied Industrial Technologies | 12.42 Bn | 12.29 Bn | 411.22 Mn | 11.66% |
| 8 | Watsco | 11.14 Bn | 9.30 Bn | 578.93 Mn | 11.49% |
| 9 | Avantor | 10.34 Bn | 9.14 Bn | 537.00 Mn | 4.80% |
| 10 | Core & Main | 7.82 Bn | 7.12 Bn | 573.00 Mn | 9.00% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2026 | 9.00% |
| May 3, 2026 | 7.85% |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 5.95% |
| Nov 2, 2025 | 9.21% |
| Aug 3, 2025 | 8.70% |
| May 4, 2025 | 7.38% |
| Feb 2, 2025 | 5.18% |
| Oct 27, 2024 | 9.18% |
| Jul 28, 2024 | 8.55% |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 7.70% |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 6.53% |
| Oct 29, 2023 | 10.78% |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 10.96% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 10.42% |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 7.57% |
| Oct 30, 2022 | 11.99% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 11.82% |
| May 1, 2022 | 10.45% |
| Jan 30, 2022 | 7.70% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 9.54% |
API Access
Core & Main EBT Margin API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=CNM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ebt-margin", "ticker": "CNM", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ebt-margin&ticker=CNM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();