CNM
Core & Main Inc. Class A Common StockConsumer Discretionary · ·
$45.49
▼ $1.04 (-2.2%)
Market Cap
—
Day Range
$45.46 - $46.63
52-Week Range
$41.88 - $67.18
Beta
—
Next Earnings
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CNM is a stock from the Consumer Cyclical sector — Retail, automotive, and leisure — demand rises and falls with economic sentiment and consumers' disposable income.
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This score and all analysis on this page are for informational and educational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. Read the full disclaimer
Weighted: Technical 25% · Fundamental 20% · Growth 15% · Valuation 15% · News 10% · Quality 10% · Risk 5%
🔍 Cross-Check
Overall Score
🟡 Mixed
Technical Trend
🟢 Bullish
Insiders
🟡 Mixed
✅ Why is the score relatively high?
- 🟢 SMA 50 recently crossed above SMA 200
- 🟢 Operating margin is stable or improving over time
- 🟢 Return on equity (ROE): 22.1% — strong
- 🟢 Current ratio: 2.63
- 🟢 MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
⚠️ What's concerning?
- 🔴 Price is below the 50-day average
- 🔴 Price is below the 200-day average
- 🔴 -15.0% over the last 3 months relative to the index
- 🔴 Operating margin: 9.4% — weak
🚦 Quality & Risk Checks
📰 News Trend
Based on real financial news (Finnhub)Everyone's writing about Core & Main Inc. Class A Common Stock. News trend score: 44. Reason: 2 of the last 7 articles are negative, versus 1 positive.
News trend analysis is based on article sentiment only, and is not investment advice or financial counsel. Read the full disclaimer
📈 Technical Analysis
Based on the last 251 trading days, calculated from real price data. Click an indicator for details and a chart.
🟢 Most indicators support an uptrend (6 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 neutral)
Conclusions
- 🔴Price vs. SMA 50 — Price is below the 50-day average
- 🔴Price vs. SMA 200 — Price is below the 200-day average
- 🟢Golden Cross — SMA 50 recently crossed above SMA 200
- 🟢MACD — MACD histogram is positive — rising momentum
- 🟢RSI — RSI 51.0 — healthy positive momentum
- 🟡Stochastic — %K 75.5 — neutral range
- 🟡ADX (trend strength) — ADX 16.6 — weak trend/choppy
- 🔴Relative strength vs. S&P 500 — -15.0% over the last 3 months relative to the index
- 🟢Bollinger Bands — Price is in the upper third of the Bollinger Bands (71%B) — strong momentum (risk of a pullback)
- 🟢ROC (rate of change) — ROC 12 days: 4.9%
- 🟢Parabolic SAR — Price is above the SAR point — uptrend
- 🟡CMF (money flow) — CMF 20 days: -0.03
Wyckoff Method Analysis
A market-structure read based purely on real price and volume data — not full classic Wyckoff schematic identification (Phase A-E), but a quantitative analysis of what can reliably be computed: trading ranges, "effort vs. result", volume within the range, and Spring/Upthrust detection.
The stock is in a clear downtrend with no defined trading range in the period examined.
High confidence
Evidence Behind This Read
- 🔴Falling price trend — A -7.5% change over the last 50 days, with no defined trading range.
The Wyckoff Method, developed by Richard Wyckoff in the early 20th century, reads the balance of supply and demand through price and volume, based on the premise that large investors ("smart money") quietly accumulate shares before rallies and quietly distribute them before declines. The read here is based solely on real price and volume data — full, precise identification of classic Wyckoff patterns (such as Phases A-E) requires human chart-reading experience and judgment, so this is an approximate algorithmic read, not a substitute for professional analysis. This should not be considered investment advice.
🎯 Trade Planning (M.A.E.E Framework)
Based on a mechanical trading method: market structure → value zone → ATR-based exit point. Not investment advice — a calculation tool only.
1️⃣ Market Structure
🔴 Downtrend
The price is below the 200-day average — an environment that mainly favors looking for selling (Short) opportunities, not buying.
2️⃣ Value Zone
🟡 Price far from value zone
The price is currently far from the 50-day average — the method recommends waiting for a "pullback" before entering, rather than chasing prices.
3️⃣ Suggested Exit Point (ATR-based)
Method formula: Stop-loss = resistance plusone ATR margin — this way the stop adapts to the stock's actual volatility, rather than an arbitrary number.
Entry
$45.49
Stop-Loss
$55.26
Risk per Share
$9.77
Direction
Short
Profit Targets by Risk/Reward Ratio (R)
1:2 R
$25.95
1:3 R
$16.18
1:5 R
-$3.36
💰 Position Size Calculator
A core principle of the method: never risk a fixed dollar amount — risk a fixed percentage of equity, and let the position size vary according to the risk per share.
Suggested Position Size
10 sh.
💰 Financial Health
Profitability
Gross Margin
26.9%
Operating Margin
9.4%
Net Margin
5.8%
EBITDA Margin
12.0%
Efficiency
ROE
22.1%
ROA
7.2%
ROIC
—
EPS
$2.32
Balance Sheet
Cash
$220.00M
Total Debt
$2.15B
Current Ratio
2.63
Debt/Equity
1.08
Conclusions
- 🟡Gross margin — Gross margin: 26.9% — reasonable
- 🔴Operating margin — Operating margin: 9.4% — weak
- 🟡Net margin — Net margin: 5.8% — reasonable
- 🟢Return on equity (ROE) — Return on equity (ROE): 22.1% — strong
- 🟡Return on assets (ROA) — Return on assets (ROA): 7.2% — reasonable
- 🟢Current ratio (liquidity) — Current ratio: 2.63
- 🟡Debt-to-equity — Debt/equity: 1.08
🚀 Growth
Revenue
Earnings per Share (EPS)
Net Income
Free Cash Flow (FCF)
אין נתונים היסטוריים זמינים.
Conclusions
- 🟡Revenue growth (last year) — Revenue growth (last year): 2.8%
- 🟡Earnings per share (EPS) growth — Earnings per share (EPS) growth: 8.5%
- 🟡Net income growth — Net income growth: 7.3%
💎 Fair Value (Valuation)
Not enough cash-flow data to calculate a DCF model for this stock.
Book Value per Share
$10.09
Tangible Book Value per Share (Tangible NAV)
-$3.77
Conclusions
- 🟡Tangible Net Asset Value (NAV) — NAV per share: -$3.77
- 🟡P/E — P/E: 19.7
🕴️ Insider Trading
Real transactions by officers and insiders, as reported to the SEC on Form 4 — 2 purchases and 2 sales out of the last 25 filings.
| Name | Transaction Type | Date | Shares | Change | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harper Carla D | Tax Withholding in Shares | 4.8.2026 | 13,064 | -242 | $46.32 |
| HUEBERT MICHAEL G. | Tax Withholding in Shares | 22.7.2026 | 24,036 | -1,301 | $43.75 |
| Hope James D | Open Market Purchase | 6.7.2026 | 11,805 | +2,067 | $46.01 |
| MAZZARELLA KATHLEEN M | Grant/Award from Employer | 23.6.2026 | 16,757 | +2,799 | — |
| Hope James D | Grant/Award from Employer | 23.6.2026 | 9,738 | +2,799 | — |
| NEWMAN MARGARET | Grant/Award from Employer | 23.6.2026 | 16,757 | +2,799 | — |
| Hardwick M Susan | Grant/Award from Employer | 23.6.2026 | 3,379 | +2,799 | — |
| Buck Robert M | Grant/Award from Employer | 23.6.2026 | 15,849 | +2,799 | — |
| Amirthalingam Bhavani | Grant/Award from Employer | 23.6.2026 | 17,955 | +2,799 | — |
| Kimbrough Orvin T | Grant/Award from Employer | 23.6.2026 | 16,757 | +2,799 | — |
| Gipson Dennis G | Grant/Award from Employer | 23.6.2026 | 16,757 | +2,799 | — |
| Castellano James G | Grant/Award from Employer | 23.6.2026 | 7,437 | +2,799 | — |
| Harper Carla D | Tax Withholding in Shares | 22.6.2026 | 13,306 | -568 | $47.25 |
| Bradbury Robyn L | Conversion of Derivative Security | 17.4.2026 | 17,500 | +5,000 | — |
| Bradbury Robyn L | Open Market Sale | 17.4.2026 | 15,853 | -1,647 | $51.94 |
| Bradbury Robyn L | Open Market Sale | 17.4.2026 | 12,500 | -3,353 | $52.84 |
| Bradbury Robyn L | Other Transaction | 17.4.2026 | 152,447 | -5,000 | — |
| Bradbury Robyn L | Other Transaction | 17.4.2026 | 5,000 | +5,000 | — |
| Bradbury Robyn L | Conversion of Derivative Security | 17.4.2026 | 0 | -5,000 | — |
| Hope James D | Open Market Purchase | 7.4.2026 | 6,939 | +1,972 | $50.70 |
| Hardwick M Susan | Grant/Award from Employer | 1.4.2026 | 580 | +580 | — |
| HUEBERT MICHAEL G. | Grant/Award from Employer | 12.3.2026 | 25,337 | +10,500 | — |
| HUEBERT MICHAEL G. | Grant/Award from Employer | 12.3.2026 | 37,539 | +37,539 | — |
| Harper Carla D | Grant/Award from Employer | 12.3.2026 | 13,874 | +2,463 | — |
| Harper Carla D | Grant/Award from Employer | 12.3.2026 | 17,598 | +17,598 | — |
📉 Short Interest
Official FINRA data — the number of shares open in short positions, plus daily short-sale activity.
Monthly Trend — Open Short Interest
10,350,272 shares short as of 2026-07-15 · vs. 9,449,427 on 2026-06-30
Official biweekly report (FINRA Rule 4560) — no real higher-frequency data exists for this metric.
Weekly Trend — Daily Short-Sale Activity
46.9% of trading volume this week was short selling, vs. 53.9% the prior week
Based on daily short-sale volume (Reg SHO) — a different metric from the open short interest above: this is daily trading volume, not an open position, so it updates weekly rather than biweekly.
📰 News & Sentiment
Sentiment based on basic keywords (not AI) — 1 positive, 4 neutral, 2 negative out of the last 7 articles.
Yahoo · 4.8.2026
Yahoo · 31.7.2026
Yahoo · 29.7.2026
Yahoo · 29.7.2026
Fintel · 23.7.2026
Benzinga · 23.7.2026
Yahoo · 22.7.2026