---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001856525-26-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNM"
cik: "0001856525"
company_name: "Core & Main, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-10T11:26:53+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T11:30:04.844274+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Core & Main Q1 net sales flat at $1,910M; EPS up 9.6% to $0.57; repurchases $88M in shares

## Summary
- Net sales $1,910M vs $1,911M YoY; gross profit +2% to $520M; margin +50 bps to 27.2%.
- Diluted EPS $0.57 (+9.6% YoY); adjusted diluted EPS $0.72 (+5.9%).
- Repurchased 1.8M shares for $88M in Q; additional $37M/0.8M shares after quarter end.
- Opened five new greenfield locations; municipal demand healthy; reaffirms full-year fiscal 2026 guidance.
- Adjusted EBITDA $226M (+0.9% YoY); margin 11.8% (+10 bps).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001856525-26-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNM
- cik: 0001856525
- company_name: Core & Main, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-10T11:26:53+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856525/000185652526000053/0001856525-26-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856525/000185652526000053/cnm-20260610.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001856525-26-000053
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001856525-26-000053.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001856525-26-000053.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Core & Main, Inc. updated its the first quarter ended May 3, 2026 guidance (reaffirmed).
  - Period: the first quarter ended May 3, 2026
  - Guidance: reaffirmed
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On June 10, 2026, Core & Main, Inc. ("Core & Main" or the "Company") issued a press release announcing its results of operations for the fiscal first quarter ended May 3, 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856525/000185652526000053/0001856525-26-000053-index.htm

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