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Core & Main, Inc.
1W: +1.9% 1M: -0.1% 3M: -0.0% YTD: -20.7% 1Y: -22.5% 3Y: +41.4% 5Y: +74.3%
$42.35
-0.03 (-0.07%)
 
Weekly Expected Move ±3.0%
$39 $41 $42 $43 $44
NYSE · Industrials · Industrial - Distribution · Tech Score Buy · Power 59 · $7.8B mcap · 184M float · 1.22% daily turnover · Short 58% of daily vol
Credit Risk of going bust: lower than 67% of companies Debt: 26.0% of company value Bonds: $77.2M held by 180 funds, 145 bp over Treasuries → details ▾
Of US companies ranked in the safest four tenths, about 1 in 3,500 filed for bankruptcy within a year (2020-2025).
If the stock fell to about $0.88 (down 98%), Core & Main, Inc. would be worth roughly what it owes.
Total debt $2.75B against a stock market value of $7.81B.
Distance to default 7.11 (Merton model): prices to 2026-10-27, balance sheet 2026-08-02, debt counted $1.23B (short-term plus half of long-term), stock volatility 32.2%; Altman Z'' 3.32. A ranking and a back-test, not a forecast.
Bond figures are fund-reported marks (SEC N-PORT) as of Jul 2026. How these are computed.

Cash Flow Trends

Operating Cash Flow
$650M +4.7% ▲
5Y CAGR: +24.9%
Capital Expenditures
$46M -31.4% ▼
5Y CAGR: +31.1%
Free Cash Flow
$604M +3.1% ▲
5Y CAGR: +24.5%
Dividends Paid
$0 +0.0% ▲
Buybacks
$155M +11.9% ▲
Net Change in Cash
$212M +2928.6% ▲

Cash Flow Composition

Year-over-Year Growth

View Full Cash Flow Statement
Line ItemFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
— Operating Activities —
Net Income$225M$581M$371M$434M$441M
Depreciation & Amort.$150M$148M$154M$194M$192M
Stock-Based Comp.$25M$11M$10M$14M$17M
Change in Working Capital-$466M-$339M$367M-$42M-$49M
Other Non-Cash Items$35M$857M$167M$8M$21M
Operating Cash Flow-$31M$401M$1.1B$621M$650M
— Investing Activities —
Capital Expenditures-$20M-$25M-$39M-$35M-$46M
Acquisitions (Net)-$179M-$128M-$231M-$741M-$61M
Investment Purchases-$5M$0$0$0$0
Investment Sales$0$0$0$0$0
Other Investing$1M$1M$0-$12M-$38M
Investing Cash Flow-$203M-$152M-$270M-$788M-$145M
— Financing Activities —
Net Debt Issuance-$850M-$17M$415M$391M-$117M
Stock Repurchased$0$0-$1.3B-$176M-$155M
Dividends Paid$0$0$0$0$0
Other Financing$40M-$57M-$46M-$41M-$21M
Financing Cash Flow-$146M-$73M-$975M$174M-$293M
Net Change in Cash-$380M$176M-$176M$7M$212M
Cash End of Period$1M$177M$1M$8M$220M
Free Cash Flow-$51M$376M$1.0B$586M$604M

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