Core & Main (CNM) Inventory Average (2021 - 2026)

Core & Main (CNM) posted quarterly Inventory Average of $1.0 billion for Q2 2026, up 5.67% year-over-year from $988.5 million in Q2 2025, and up 4.35% quarter-over-quarter from $1.0 billion in Q1 2026.

Core & Main (CNM) Inventory Average (2021 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Core & Main's Inventory Average history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.0 billion for Q2 2026.

  • In Q2 2026, Inventory Average rose 5.67% year-over-year to $1.0 billion; the TTM figure through May 2026 stood at $1.0 billion (up 5.67% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was $947.0 million, up 13.14% from the prior year.
  • Inventory Average for Q2 2026 stood at $1.0 billion, up from $1.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Inventory Average was $1.2 billion in Q4 2022, with the low at $788.6 million in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Inventory Average is $975.8 million (2023), against an average of $977.6 million.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Inventory Average soared 76.05% in 2022, then dropped 27.56% in 2024.
  • Core & Main's Inventory Average stood at $1.2 billion in 2022, then fell by 25.67% to $860.0 million in 2023, then gained by 10.99% to $954.5 million in 2024, then gained by 8.54% to $1.0 billion in 2025, then advanced by 0.82% to $1.0 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CNM's Inventory Average at $1.0 billion in Q2 2026, $1.0 billion in Q1 2026, and $1.0 billion in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Inventory Avg. (Qtr)
1 W.W. Grainger 62.04 Bn 61.46 Bn 1.98 Bn 2.38 Bn
2 Fastenal 59.03 Bn 58.83 Bn 1.06 Bn 1.71 Bn
3 Ferguson Enterprises 47.99 Bn 47.17 Bn 2.32 Bn 4.64 Bn
4 Wesco International 17.78 Bn 16.97 Bn 1.46 Bn 4.32 Bn
5 Applied Industrial Technologies 13.25 Bn 13.08 Bn 380.80 Mn 527.66 Mn
6 Watsco 11.97 Bn 11.50 Bn 578.93 Mn 1.80 Bn
7 Core & Main 8.70 Bn 8.55 Bn 520.00 Mn 1.04 Bn
8 Pool 7.21 Bn 7.18 Bn 540.76 Mn 1.52 Bn
9 Msc Industrial Direct 6.76 Bn 6.69 Bn 430.41 Mn 680.75 Mn
10 Xometry 5.15 Bn 4.63 Bn 87.15 Mn 3.74 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
May 3, 2026 1.04 Bn
Feb 1, 2026 1.00 Bn
Nov 2, 2025 1.04 Bn
Aug 3, 2025 1.06 Bn
May 4, 2025 988.50 Mn
Feb 2, 2025 929.00 Mn
Oct 27, 2024 954.50 Mn
Jul 28, 2024 952.00 Mn
Apr 28, 2024 855.50 Mn
Jan 28, 2024 795.00 Mn
Oct 29, 2023 860.00 Mn
Jul 30, 2023 963.00 Mn
Apr 30, 2023 1.04 Bn
Jan 29, 2023 1.10 Bn
Oct 30, 2022 1.16 Bn
Jul 31, 2022 1.11 Bn
May 1, 2022 959.50 Mn
Jan 30, 2022 788.60 Mn
Oct 31, 2021 657.20 Mn