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Core & Main, Inc. (CNM)

As-reported financials and SEC filings for Core & Main, Inc. The latest annual period is FY2023. The latest reported quarter is Q1 FY2024. Financial statements come straight from the company’s EDGAR filings; valuation figures such as P/E and market cap use market data.

About Core & Main, Inc.

Core & Main, Inc. is a specialty distributor of water, wastewater, storm drainage, and fire protection products and related services. It serves municipalities, private water companies, and professional contractors across municipal, non-residential, and residential markets in the U.S. and Canada. The company operates over 370 branch locations and offers a portfolio of more than 225,000 products used in infrastructure maintenance, repair, replacement, and new construction.

Snapshot

Revenue
$7.65B
Revenue growth (YoY)
2.8%
Net income
$441.0M
Diluted EPS
$2.31
Gross margin
26.9%
Operating margin
9.4%
Net margin
5.8%
FCF margin
7.9%
ROE
21.3%
net income / fiscal-year-end equity
P/E
18.2×
trailing when available, otherwise FY EPS
Market cap
$8.14B
Long-term debt / equity
1.02×
non-current term debt only

Fundamentals are from SEC filings for FY2023, the latest annual period (ended February 1, 2026). P/E and market cap are derived from stored market prices, last retrieved on a rolling basis and typically within the past week.

What changed at Core & Main

  • Revenue grew 2.8% to $7.6B in FY2023, slower than the 11.0% the year before.
  • Operating margin is 9.4% in FY2023, +0.9 pp against 8.5% in FY2019.
  • Most recent quarter Q1 FY2024: revenue $1.9B, down 0.1% from Q1 FY2023.
  • Free cash flow was $604M in FY2023, 7.9% of revenue.
  • Net income rose 7.3% to $441M in FY2023.

Computed from the as-reported figures in the statements below. A change we cannot state from filed figures is left out rather than estimated.

Peer comparison

Where Core & Main’s fundamentals sit among the 684 Industrials companies. Each figure is ranked only against peers that report it, from lowest (left) to highest (right).

Gross margin26.9%
48th percentile of 466
Operating margin9.4%
65th percentile of 605
Net margin5.8%
61st percentile of 645
FCF margin7.9%
63rd percentile of 562
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.8%
43rd percentile of 668
ROE21.3%
84th percentile of 600
P/E18.2×
34th percentile of 434
Long-term debt / equity1.02×
77th percentile of 409
Short interest6.03d
84th percentile of 676

1 reported insider purchase (code P) totaling $95,111 in the last 90 days. For context, about 15% of companies in the universe saw any reported insider purchase (code P) in the same window. Browse insider activity →

Percentiles describe where a figure sits among sector peers reporting it (100th = highest). They are position within a peer group, not a rating, and not investment advice. Short interest ranking uses days to cover from FINRA Consolidated Short Interest data; FINRA is the owner and source of that data, included at no additional charge.

Institutional ownership

Held by 3 of the superinvestors we track (plus 7 quant / multi-strat books), based on each investor’s most recent 13F; periods vary by investor (newest: Q2 2026).

Conviction investors
3
+7 quant / multi-strat
Initiated / added
8
2 new, 6 added
Reduced / exited
2
2 trimmed, 0 exited
Combined position
$538.7M
reported long value
InvestorAs ofPosition valueSharesChange
D. E. ShawquantQ2 2026$220.9M4.6MAdded
Point72 Asset ManagementquantQ2 2026$148.6M3.1MAdded
Renaissance TechnologiesquantQ2 2026$68.0M1.4MAdded
Citadel AdvisorsquantQ2 2026$47.6M985.7KAdded
AQR Capital ManagementquantQ2 2026$20.0M419.1KReduced
Gotham Asset ManagementQ2 2026$13.0M269.5KAdded
Soros Fund ManagementQ2 2026$11.4M236.4KAdded
Millennium ManagementquantQ2 2026$6.3M130.4KReduced
Two Sigma InvestmentsquantQ2 2026$1.6M34.0KNew
Bridgewater AssociatesQ2 2026$1.4M29.4KNew

From quarterly Form 13F filings, which can be up to 45 days delayed. Long US-listed positions only: excludes short positions, options, cash, bonds, and non-US holdings, so this is not a manager’s complete portfolio. Counts are of the investors we track, not all institutions. Not investment advice.

Recent insider activity

Non-derivative buys and sells (codes P/S) reported by officers, directors and 10% owners on SEC Form 4.

Buys (90d)
1
1 insider
Bought (90d)
$95K
code P value
Sells (90d)
0
Reported activity
Net buying
by $ value, 90d
Trade dateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-07-06
filed 2026-07-08
Hope James DDirectorBuy2.1K$46.01$95K
2026-04-17
filed 2026-04-21
Bradbury Robyn LChief Financial OfficerSell3.4K$52.84$177K
2026-04-17
filed 2026-04-21
Bradbury Robyn LChief Financial OfficerSell1.6K$51.94$86K

Reported non-derivative purchases and sales (codes P/S) — which may be open-market or private; excludes option exercises, grants, and shares withheld for taxes. Dates shown are the trade date; a Form 4 can be filed days to years later. A sale can be routine (e.g. a pre-set 10b5-1 plan), so read individual transactions in context. From SEC Form 4. Not investment advice.

Short interest

Total shares sold short as of each twice-monthly FINRA settlement. Rising short interest means more investors are positioned against the stock; days to cover estimates how many trading days of average volume that position represents.

Shares short
10.8M
settled 2026-08-14
Change vs prior
-4.5%
vs previous settlement
Days to cover
6.03
at avg daily volume
Avg daily volume
1.8M
FINRA reported
SettlementShares shortChangeDays to cover
2026-08-1410.8M-4.5%6.03
2026-07-3111.3M+8.9%6.07
2026-07-1510.4M+9.5%4.41
2026-06-309.4M+8.4%2.92
2026-06-158.7M-5.9%3.08
2026-05-299.3M+2.5%4.85
2026-05-159.0M+14.4%4.30
2026-04-307.9M+0.3%2.49

Source: FINRA Consolidated Short Interest. FINRA is the owner and source of the FINRA-supplied data, which is included at no additional charge for your own personal or professional use; republishing or redistributing it is not permitted. Settlement dates are shown; FINRA publishes each settlement about nine business days later, so the latest figure can be two to four weeks old. Not presented as a percentage of float. No FINRA endorsement of this product is implied. Not investment advice.

Income statement (as reported)

 FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Revenue$7.65B$7.44B$6.70B$6.65B$5.00B
Gross profit$2.06B$1.98B$1.82B$1.79B$1.28B
Operating income$722.0M$719.0M$740.0M$775.0M$425.0M
Net income$441.0M$411.0M$371.0M$366.0M$166.0M
Diluted EPS$2.31$2.13$2.15$2.13$0.55

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Balance sheet (as reported)

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Cash flow (as reported)

 FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019
Operating cash flow$650.0M$621.0M$1.07B$401.0M$-31.0M
Capital expenditure$46.0M$35.0M$39.0M$25.0M$20.0M
Free cash flow$604.0M$586.0M$1.03B$376.0M$-51.0M

Figures as reported to the SEC. Underlined values link to the filing they came from; dotted values are calculated by us from reported figures; “adj” means restated for a stock split (hover to see the figure as filed). Full details: where the numbers come from.

Quarterly trend (as reported)

QuarterRevenueRevenue YoYNet incomeDiluted EPS
Q1 FY2024$1.91B-0.1%$108.0M$0.57
Q4 FY2023$1.58B-6.9%$70.0M$0.36
Q3 FY2023$2.06B1.2%$137.0M$0.72
Q2 FY2023$2.09B6.6%$134.0M$0.70
Q1 FY2023$1.91B9.8%$100.0M$0.52
Q4 FY2022$1.70B17.9%$64.0M$0.32
Q3 FY2022$2.04B11.5%$133.0M$0.69
Q2 FY2022$1.96B5.5%$119.0M$0.61

Latest 8 reported quarters, from company XBRL filings on SEC EDGAR.

Company facts

ExchangeNYSE
SectorIndustrials
SIC industryWholesale-Durable Goods, NEC
Latest annual periodFY2023 (ended February 1, 2026)
Latest reported quarterQ1 FY2024 (ended May 3, 2026)
Oldest indexed filing2021
SEC CIK1856525

Selected SEC filings

10-K2026-03-24
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10-Q2026-06-10
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8-K2026-07-02
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8-K2026-06-25
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8-K2026-06-23
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8-K2026-06-22
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Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Figures are as-reported and may be unaudited or restated; verify against the source filing before relying on them. Informational only. Not investment advice.