“We define EBITDA as net income, or net income attributable to Core & Main, Inc., as applicable, adjusted for non-controlling interests, depreciation and amortization, provision for income taxes and interest expense.”10-Q · Sep 9, 2026 ↗
Core & Main, Inc.
CNM
Market read
Core & Main, Inc.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 41 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue decreased 0.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- CNM's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if CNM's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 0 of 41 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 3 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
- Revenue decreased 0.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- CNM's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Capital investment and capacity has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 6 filings.
- P/E is 18% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 35% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 9, 2026
41.60Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
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Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 1.1× · EV/sales 1.3×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 10 Sept, 15:35 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for CNM. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
The latest filing shows material pressure
10-Q filed 2026-06-10 against the comparable filing from 2025-06-10.
What improved
No thresholded improvement was identified.
What weakened
- Revenue decreased 0.1% versus the comparable filing period.
Filing receipts
“The increase was primarily attributable to higher distribution costs and investments to support long-term growth, including greenfield expansion and sales initiatives, partially offset by the benefits of recent cost actions.”
“The $5 million increase was due to an increase in net income and lower investment in working capital in the three months ended May 3, 2026 partially offset by the timing of certain interest payments.”
“Net sales were essentially flat primarily due to decreased volume that was offset by acquisitions.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind CNM
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
DANDana IncorporateddistributorMar 24, 2026 ▾
“Dana Kepner has twenty-one locations and is a distributor of water, wastewater and storm drainage products.”
DANDana IncorporatedinvesteeDec 9, 2025 ▾
“On March 7, 2024, the Company acquired all of the membership interests of DKC Group Holdings, LLC, and associated entities (collectively, “Dana Kepner”).”
CHCOCity Holding CompanylenderDec 9, 2025 ▾
“The 2028 Senior Term Loan bears interest at a rate equal to (i) term secured overnight financing rate (“Term SOFR”) plus, in each case, an effective applicable margin of 2.00 % or (ii) the base rate, which will be the highest of (x) the corporate base rate es…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
CNM is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Residential Construction. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.