Ferguson is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. is engaged in providing knowledge, solutions, and products from infrastructure, plumbing and appliances to heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), fire, and fabrication. Co.'s U.S. segment operates under the Ferguson brand and provides knowledge, solutions, and products, from infrastructure, plumbing and appliances to HVAC, fire, and fabrication to residential and non-residential customers. Co.'s Canada segment operates under the Wolseley brand and supplies plumbing, HVAC and refrigeration products to residential and commercial contractors. The Canada segment also supplies water and wastewater treatment products. We show 4 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our FERG shares outstanding history coverage, used to compute FERG market cap on those dates.
Understanding the changing numbers of shares outstanding, the changing
share price, and the resulting changing FERG market cap history over the course of time is important for investors
interested in comparing FERG's market cap history versus its peers.
Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies,
and then calculating their respective market caps. Comparing the share price of FERG versus a peer is one thing; comparing
FERG market cap versus a peer is a completely different story.
Furthermore, via fluctuation both in per-share price and in the number of shares outstanding (via issuance of new shares over time, the repurchase of existing shares),
the market cap for a company like FERG can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching FERG by allowing them to research the FERG market cap history. |
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Video: The Importance of Market Cap
