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Core & Main, Inc.

CNM

Industrials · 40.70 -7.7% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 10 Sept, 15:35 GMT-4

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.

What changed
  • Revenue decreased 0.1% versus the comparable filing period.
Company-7.7% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 41 activeResidential Construction · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 3 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • 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.

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Research brief

The story so far

Industrials · Industrial Distribution

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.

Evidence that supports

No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.

Evidence that challenges
  • Revenue decreased 0.1% versus the comparable filing period.
What would clarify the read
  • CNM's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 10, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods7
Price observations326
Usable filing statements172
Verified relationships4
Evidence supporting the case
  • Capital investment and capacity has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
  • Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 6 filings.
Questions before a position
  • 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.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 9, 2026

41.60
6m-15.8%12m-37.5%24m
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2022-01-30$5.0B+37.4%$0.55
2023-01-29$6.7B+32.9%$2.13+0.7%
2024-01-28$6.7B+0.8%$2.15-7.5%
2025-02-02$7.4B+11.0%$2.13-11.6%
2026-02-01$7.6B+2.8%$2.31-1.8%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Credit and interest ratesnegative · 6 filings
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
Capital investment and capacitymixed · 4 filings
Investing Activities Net cash used in investing activities increased by $28 million to $56 million for the six months ended August 2, 2026 compared with $28 million for the six months ended August 3, 2025, primarily attributable to $17 million of investments…
10-Q · Sep 9, 2026
Demand and volumepositive · 4 filings
Net sales of smart utility products increased due to higher volumes and higher selling prices.
10-Q · Sep 9, 2026
Macroeconomic conditionsmixed · 3 filings
The increase was primarily attributable to higher acquisition-related costs, higher personnel expenses, including higher variable compensation costs, higher employee benefits costs and increases in other distribution-related expenses driven by inflation and i…
10-Q · Dec 9, 2025

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 1.1× · EV/sales 1.3×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

40.70-7.7% today

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.

cautious
OperationscautiousEvidence score -2
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationmixed

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.