AVT vs FERG
Avnet Inc. and Ferguson Enterprises Inc., side by side — 4 fiscal years reported in USD, drawn from SEC filings.
Most recent reported year
| Metric | AVT | FERG |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $27.6B | $30.8B |
| Net income | $334.4M | $1.9B |
| Gross margin | 10.4% | 30.7% |
| Net margin | 1.2% | 6.0% |
| Return on equity | 6.7% | 32.4% |
| Diluted EPS | $4.01 | $9.32 |
| Dividend / share | $1.40 | $3.28 |
| Payout ratio | 34.2% | 26.3% |
| Free cash flow | $-354.5M | $1.6B |
| Equity | $5.0B | $5.8B |
| Net debt / equity | 0.61× | 0.60× |
| Current ratio | 1.78× | 1.68× |
| Revenue CAGR 5y | · | · |
| Profit CAGR 5y | · | · |
AVT and FERG book revenue within 15% of each other, and FERG keeps more of each dollar of revenue as profit (6.0% against 1.2%).
The stronger figure of the pair is set in bold. That is arithmetic, not a recommendation — this page does not pick a winner. "·" marks a figure not available in our data.
4 years side by side
| Fiscal year | AVT | FERG |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $27.6B | $30.8B |
| FY2024 | $22.2B | $29.6B |
| FY2023 | $23.8B | $29.7B |
| FY2022 | $26.5B | $28.6B |
Bottom line
| Fiscal year | AVT | FERG |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $334.4M | $1.9B |
| FY2024 | $240.2M | $1.7B |
| FY2023 | $498.7M | $1.9B |
| FY2022 | $770.8M | $2.1B |
Standard deviation, each side
AVT's net margin has been more volatile than FERG's over the 4 comparable fiscal years — 0.7 percentage points of standard deviation against 0.6.
4 of 16 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.
Year by year
FERG led in net margin in every one of the 4 comparable fiscal years — a structural lead, not a recent swing.
4 of 16 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.
Standard deviation, each side
FERG's return on equity has been more volatile than AVT's over the 4 comparable fiscal years — 5.4 percentage points of standard deviation against 4.3.
4 of 17 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.
Year by year
FERG led in return on equity in every one of the 4 comparable fiscal years — a structural lead, not a recent swing.
4 of 17 comparable fiscal years — a year missing data on either side is not counted.