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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001856525-26-000091"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNM"
cik: "0001856525"
company_name: "Core & Main, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-09T11:29:28+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-09T11:30:07.161832+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Core & Main Q2 FY2026: Sales up 2.5% to $2.145B, adj EPS $0.94, reaffirms outlook

## Summary
- Net sales $2,145M (+2.5% YoY); gross profit $573M (+2.3%); net income $150M (+6.4%).
- Adjusted EBITDA $274M (+3.0%); adjusted diluted EPS $0.94 (+8.0%); diluted EPS $0.77 (+10%).
- Repurchased 3.7M shares for $169M in Q2; $11M more after quarter; YTD buybacks ~$270M.
- Reaffirmed full-year FY2026 outlook; opened 7 greenfield locations in FY2026.
- Fire protection and large capital projects (treatment plants, data centers) drove growth; municipal demand strong.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001856525-26-000091
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNM
- cik: 0001856525
- company_name: Core & Main, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-09T11:29:28+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856525/000185652526000091/0001856525-26-000091-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1856525/000185652526000091/cnm-20260909.htm

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