Both in Wholesale Trade

Ferguson Enterprises vs W.W. Grainger

Over the past year FERG returned +1.5% and GWW returned +55.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.39.

FERG +1.5% GWW +55.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFERGGWW
Price$248.53$1,489.39
Market cap$48.08B$70.15B
Today+2.70%+6.54%
1 month+11.3%+16.8%
6 months−1.5%+27.3%
Year to date+11.6%+47.6%
1 year+0.4%+54.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.6%+10.3%
Gross margin31.0%39.5%
Net margin7.6%11.4%
P/E (TTM)—37.5×
Price / sales—3.7×
Net cash-$4.47B-$1.82B
Dividend yield1.43%0.67%
Volatility (60d)24.0%22.1%
Short % of float3.3%2.8%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).