Core & Main price to free cash flow CNM

Market value divided by free cash flow over the last twelve months, since 2022.

Today, Oct 23, 2026: 12.7×
4-year median: 15.2×
Against its 4-year history: 35th; percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
4-year range: 7.6× to 59.0×
Peer median: 24.0×

Core & Main's price to free cash flow is 12.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its 4-year median of 15.2×, lower than on 65% of days in the last 4 years.

Over that time it ranged from 7.6× in Sep 2023 to 59.0× in Mar 2023.

The median for 10 industrial distribution stocks of a similar size is 24.0×.

Price to free cash flow over time

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Year by year

Year	End of year	Low	High
2026 so far	12.7×	12.2×	19.9×
2025	18.4×	14.6×	22.8×
2024	15.6×	8.2×	16.4×
2023	8.4×	7.6×	59.0×
2022	46.9×	46.6×	48.3×

Against its peers

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

Company	Price to free cash flow
CNMCore & Main	12.7×
POOLPool	24.0×
MSMMSC Industrial Direct	28.9×
AITApplied Industrial Technologies	25.3×
WSOWatsco	19.1×
SITESiteOne Landscape Supply	17.4×
LKQLKQ	7.1×
WCCWESCO International	99.9×
BCCBOISE CASCADE	26.3×
REZIResideo Technologies	n/m
DXPEDXP Enterprises	20.4×
Peer median	24.0×

What the price to free cash flow tells you

Market value divided by free cash flow: the cash left after running the business and paying for equipment. Cash is harder to manage than accounting earnings, so many investors trust this more than PE.

Lumpy: a big year of building factories drops cash flow and inflates the ratio without the business getting worse.

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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.