Is FERG halal?
Ferguson Enterprises Inc.
Halal
Ferguson Enterprises Inc. passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 14 October 2026
Exchange
NYSE
Price
231.61
Day
+1.25%
Market cap
$42.28B
Industry
Industrial Distribution
Sector
Industrials
What the company does
Ferguson is North America's largest distributor of plumbing, heating and building supplies to professional plumbers and contractors (1,700+ branches). Its money comes from product sales.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $4.90B ÷ 36-month average market cap $40.74B = 12.0%
12.0%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $437.00M ÷ 36-month average market cap $40.74B = 1.1%
1.1%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
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No data
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $42.28B.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- 0.07% weight · #248 of 503
- Among halal stocks
- 0.06% · #185 of 1454
- Held by funds
- SPUS 0.11% · HLAL 0.10%
- Dividend
- 1.91% · no purification data
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 9 superinvestors · Average reported price: $192.46
- Henry EllenbogenDurable Capital Partners$707.2M6.9%
- Seth KlarmanBaupost Group$344K6.4%
- William Von MuefflingCantillon Capital Management$19.1M2.9%
- First Pacific Advisors$186.7M2.3%
- John ArmitageEgerton Capital$238.8M2.3%
- Francois RochonGiverny Capital$8.9M0.3%
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