Core & Main (CNM) Payout Ratio (2020 - 2026)
Core & Main's (CNM) quarterly Payout Ratio came in at 0.01 in Q3 2026, down 17.25% year-over-year from 0.02 in Q3 2025, and down 1.88% on a QoQ basis from 0.01 in Q2 2026.
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Core & Main (CNM) Payout Ratio (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Core & Main (CNM) has 6 years of Payout Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.01 in Q3 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Payout Ratio fell 17.25% year-over-year to 0.01 in Q3 2026; TTM through Aug 2026 was 0.01, a 17.25% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at 0.02, down 40.22% from the prior year.
- Payout Ratio for Q3 2026 stood at 0.01, down from 0.01 in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Payout Ratio topped out at 0.22 in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 0.01 in Q3 2026.
- Historically, Payout Ratio has averaged 0.07 across 5 years, with a median of 0.07 in 2024.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Payout Ratio tumbled 80.25%; it then gained 23.4% in 2023.
- Year by year, Payout Ratio stood at 0.1 in 2022, then retreated by 7.12% to 0.09 in 2023, then slumped by 59.44% to 0.04 in 2024, then plunged by 60.0% to 0.02 in 2025, then declined by 4.8% to 0.01 in 2026.
- Per Business Quant data, the three most recent Payout Ratio figures were 0.01 in Q3 2026, 0.01 in Q2 2026, and 0.02 in Q1 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | W.W. Grainger | 59.74 Bn | 59.53 Bn | 1.98 Bn |
| 2 | Fastenal | 57.47 Bn | 57.26 Bn | 1.06 Bn |
| 3 | Ferguson Enterprises | 42.93 Bn | 42.11 Bn | 2.32 Bn |
| 4 | Sunbelt Rentals Holdings | 31.01 Bn | 30.98 Bn | 1.25 Bn |
| 5 | Reliance | 19.76 Bn | 19.53 Bn | 1.30 Bn |
| 6 | Wesco International | 17.65 Bn | 16.83 Bn | 1.46 Bn |
| 7 | Applied Industrial Technologies | 12.14 Bn | 12.02 Bn | 411.22 Mn |
| 8 | Watsco | 11.58 Bn | 11.60 Bn | 578.93 Mn |
| 9 | Avantor | 10.11 Bn | 9.80 Bn | 537.00 Mn |
| 10 | Core & Main | 7.93 Bn | 7.69 Bn | 573.00 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2026 | 0.01 |
| May 3, 2026 | 0.02 |
| Feb 1, 2026 | 0.03 |
| Nov 2, 2025 | 0.01 |
| Aug 3, 2025 | 0.01 |
| May 4, 2025 | 0.02 |
| Feb 2, 2025 | 0.03 |
| Oct 27, 2024 | 0.01 |
| Jul 28, 2024 | 0.02 |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 0.04 |
| Jan 28, 2024 | 0.11 |
| Oct 29, 2023 | 0.05 |
| Jul 30, 2023 | 0.09 |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 0.08 |
| Jan 29, 2023 | 0.21 |
| Oct 30, 2022 | 0.12 |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 0.07 |
| May 1, 2022 | 0.04 |
| Jan 30, 2022 | 0.23 |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 0.10 |
API Access
Core & Main Payout Ratio 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=payout-ratio&ticker=CNM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "payout-ratio", "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=payout-ratio&ticker=CNM&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();