Core & Main (CNM) FCF Margin (2020 - 2026)
Core & Main (CNM) reported FCF Margin of 2.05% for fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Aug 2, 2026), up 0.90 percentage points from 1.15% a year earlier but down 1.51 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Core & Main (CNM) FCF Margin (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Aug 2, 2026, Core & Main's FCF Margin came in at 8.16%, up 0.87 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Feb 1, 2026), it was 7.90%, up 0.02 percentage points from FY2025.
- FCF Margin has a five-year change of +2.35 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- By fiscal year, FCF Margin came in at 7.88% in FY2025 (-7.49 pp), 15.37% in FY2024 (+9.72 pp), 5.65% in FY2023 (+6.67 pp) and -1.02% in FY2022 (-6.57 pp).
- Five-year quarterly FCF Margin spans a low of -2.69% in fiscal Q1 2023 and a high of 21.98% in fiscal Q4 2023.
- Year over year, FCF Margin has now increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -1.39 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year FCF Margin in five years was fiscal Q4 2023 (a gain of 19.81 percentage points); the low point was fiscal Q2 2025 (a drop of 12.90 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 came in at 3.56% (Q1 2027), 16.00% (Q4 2026) and 12.75% (Q3 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | FCF Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W.W. Grainger | 58.68 Bn | 56.66 Bn | 1.98 Bn | 6.63% |
| 2 | Fastenal | 56.84 Bn | 55.76 Bn | 1.06 Bn | 8.45% |
| 3 | Ferguson Enterprises | 43.23 Bn | 40.45 Bn | 2.32 Bn | 9.10% |
| 4 | Sunbelt Rentals Holdings | 30.01 Bn | 29.89 Bn | 1.25 Bn | -0.48% |
| 5 | Reliance | 19.64 Bn | 18.69 Bn | 1.30 Bn | 1.49% |
| 6 | Wesco International | 17.52 Bn | 14.83 Bn | 1.46 Bn | 0.38% |
| 7 | Applied Industrial Technologies | 12.22 Bn | 12.09 Bn | 411.22 Mn | 11.81% |
| 8 | Watsco | 10.77 Bn | 8.93 Bn | 578.93 Mn | -0.55% |
| 9 | Avantor | 10.19 Bn | 8.98 Bn | 537.00 Mn | 8.31% |
| 10 | Core & Main | 7.65 Bn | 6.95 Bn | 573.00 Mn | 2.05% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2026 | 2.05% |
| May 3, 2026 | 3.56% |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 16.00% |
| Nov 2, 2025 | 12.75% |
| Aug 3, 2025 | 1.15% |
| May 4, 2025 | 3.35% |
| Feb 2, 2025 | 13.19% |
| Oct 27, 2024 | 12.37% |
| Jul 28, 2024 | 1.99% |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 4.08% |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 20.07% |
| Oct 29, 2023 | 19.38% |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 14.88% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 6.99% |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 21.98% |
| Oct 30, 2022 | 8.20% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | -1.72% |
| May 1, 2022 | -2.69% |
| Jan 30, 2022 | 2.17% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 2.06% |
Core & Main FCF 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=fcf-margin&ticker=CNM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "fcf-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=fcf-margin&ticker=CNM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();