Core & Main PE ratio CNM

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months, since 2022.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 17.3×
5-year median: 22.1×
Against its 5-year history: 28th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
5-year range: 9.5× to 39.5×
Peer median: 26.9×

Core & Main's PE ratio is 17.3× as of Oct 23, 2026: a share price of $41.97 against $2.42 of earnings per share over the last twelve months.

That is below its 5-year median of 22.1×, lower than on 72% of days in the last 5 years.

Over that time it ranged from 9.5× in Dec 2022 to 39.5× in May 2022.

The median for 10 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 26.9×.

PE ratio over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	17.3×	16.7×	25.9×
2025	23.9×	20.5×	31.3×
2024	24.5×	18.7×	28.6×
2023	19.9×	10.3×	19.9×
2022	9.6×	9.5×	39.5×

Against its peers

Companies in Industrial - Distribution nearest Core & Main's size, closest first, today.

Company	PE ratio
CNMCore & Main	17.3×
POOLPool	18.3×
MSMMSC Industrial Direct	27.5×
AITApplied Industrial Technologies	28.9×
WSOWatsco	27.8×
SITESiteOne Landscape Supply	28.3×
LKQLKQ	9.7×
WCCWESCO International	22.0×
BCCBOISE CASCADE	26.4×
REZIResideo Technologies	7.5×
DXPEDXP Enterprises	27.5×
Peer median	26.9×

Where Core & Main ranks

What the PE ratio tells you

Share price divided by earnings per share over the last twelve months. It is the price tag on a dollar of profit: 20× means you pay $20 for $1 of yearly earnings.

Blank while earnings are negative. A very low PE can mean the market expects profits to fall, so read it with growth and the company's own history.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of Oct 23, 2026. Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.