Avnet
Avnet's revenue rose 24.5% to $27.6 billion in fiscal 2026. Its operating margin was 2.6%, up from 2.3% a year earlier. Free cash flow was −$354 million, against $577 million a year earlier. It paid out $253 million in dividends and buybacks. The diluted share count fell 4.6%.
Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.
Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.
Revenue and margins
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2017 to 2026, earnings per share fell 0.2% a year and net income 4.9% a year, while buybacks cut the share count by 35%.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Avnet yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.
Discounted cash flow (DCF)
A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from Avnet's 10-K and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Avnet's 3-year average free cash flow of $229M, net cash of −$2.3B at June 27, 2026 and 83 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Avnet: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 1.4% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 11%: 9% for a business of moderate risk (Technology Distributors), plus 1 point as a smaller company, worth $7.5B, plus 1 point for unsteady results (revenue fell in two of the last five years); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target. A negative value means Avnet's net debt is larger than what that scenario's cash flows are worth today.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $89.65
- Value on these assumptions, against the last close
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- Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today
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- Everything after year 10, valued today
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- Plus net cash
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- Share of value from after year 10
How the value changes with two assumptions
Price-to-earnings (P/E) method
Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.
Value per share on three example scenarios, from Avnet's earnings per share of $4.01 (in fiscal 2026). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 22.4×, the middle of Avnet's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (Avnet's own P/E today) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 12%, 11% and 10%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $89.65
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- Avnet's P/E at the last close
- 22.4×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| FlexFLEX | $76.99 | $2.59 | 29.7× |
| AvnetAVT | $89.65 | $4.01 | 22.4× |
| CDWCDW | $163.23 | $8.32 | 19.6× |
| TD SynnexSNX | $250.48 | $16.40 | 15.3× |
| Arrow ElectronicsARW | $214.44 | $15.64 | 13.7× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 1.4 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 1.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.2x | 2.1x | 2.2x | 4.1x | 2.9x |
| Debt to equity | 0.3x | 0.6x | 0.5x | 0.5x | 0.5x |
| Interest coverage | 9.4x | 4.7x | 3.0x | 2.1x | 2.9x |
| Current ratio | 2.1x | 2.5x | 2.3x | 2.4x | 1.8x |
| Quick ratio | 1.1x | 1.2x | 1.1x | 1.2x | 1.0x |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, 1 insider bought $99,998 of Avnet shares on the open market, and 5 insiders sold $17.2 million.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 2026 | Michael Ryan McCoySVP, General Counsel | Sold | 32,052 | $91.10 | $2.9 million | Form 4 |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Philip R GallagherChief Executive Officer, Director | Sold | 51,900 | $98.46 | $5.1 million | Form 4 |
| May 22, 2026 | Kenneth A JacobsonChief Financial Officer | Sold | 12,000 | $85.26 | $1.0 million | Form 4 |
| May 5, 2026 | Philip R GallagherChief Executive Officer, Director | Sold | 23,920 | $82.92 | $2.0 million | Form 4 |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Philip R GallagherChief Executive Officer, Director | Sold | 46,068 | $67.42 | $3.1 million | Form 4 |
| Feb 17, 2026 | Michael Ryan McCoySVP, General Counsel | Sold | 36,292 | $65.48 | $2.4 million | Form 4 |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Jay David YoungbloodSVP, Chief Digital Officer | Sold | 987 | $66.27 | $65,408 | Form 4 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Leng Jin ChanSVP, CIO | Sold | 9,226 | $61.53 | $567,676 | Form 4 |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Kenneth A JacobsonChief Financial Officer | Bought | 2,139 | $46.75 | $99,998 | Form 4 |
Piotroski F-score
The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.
| Test | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Pass | Fail |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Pass |
| F-score | 5 of 9 | 5 of 9 | 5 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −1.6% | −4.0% | 4.5% |
Compare
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Similar companies
| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avnet | FY26 | 24.5% | 2.6% | −1.3% | 7.0% | 2.9x | 5 | |
| Arrow Electronics | FY25 | 10.5% | 2.7% | −0.1% | 7.3% | 2.9x | 6 | Compare |
| CDW | FY25 | 6.8% | 7.4% | 4.8% | 16.4% | 2.6x | 5 | Compare |
| TD Synnex | FY25 | 6.9% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 10.3% | 1.2x | 7 | Compare |
| Flex | FY26 | 8.1% | 4.9% | 3.8% | 16.3% | 0.7x | 9 | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 17.4 | 19.0 | 19.5 | 17.6 | 19.5 | 24.3 | 26.5 | 23.8 | 22.2 | 27.6 |
| Revenue growth | 4.2% | 9.2% | 2.5% | −9.7% | 10.8% | 24.4% | 9.2% | −10.5% | −6.5% | 24.5% |
| Gross profit | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.9 |
| Research and development | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | −0.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Net income | 0.5 | −0.2 | 0.2 | −0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 4.08 | −1.30 | 1.59 | −0.31 | 1.93 | 6.94 | 8.26 | 5.43 | 2.75 | 4.01 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 129 | 120 | 111 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 93 | 92 | 87 | 83 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | −0.4 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | −0.2 | −0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | −0.3 |
| Capital expenditure | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Free cash flow | −0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | −0.3 | −0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | −0.4 |
| Dividends paid | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Share buybacks | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Acquisitions | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| Total assets | 9.7 | 9.6 | 8.6 | 8.1 | 8.9 | 10.4 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 15.4 |
| Total liabilities | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 6.2 | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 10.4 |
| Shareholders' equity | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 13.6% | 13.3% | 12.7% | 11.7% | 11.5% | 12.2% | 12.0% | 11.6% | 10.7% | 10.4% |
| Operating margin | 2.5% | 1.1% | 1.9% | −0.0% | 1.4% | 3.9% | 4.5% | 3.5% | 2.3% | 2.6% |
| Net margin | 3.0% | −0.8% | 0.9% | −0.2% | 1.0% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Free cash flow margin | −2.8% | 0.5% | 2.1% | 3.7% | 0.2% | −1.1% | −3.4% | 1.9% | 2.6% | −1.3% |
| Return on capital | 6.8% | 1.8% | 5.2% | −0.1% | 5.8% | 14.8% | 14.4% | 9.2% | 6.8% | 7.0% |
| Return on equity | 10.6% | −3.2% | 4.0% | −0.8% | 4.9% | 16.7% | 17.2% | 10.3% | 4.8% | 6.7% |
| Return on assets | 5.0% | −1.6% | 1.9% | −0.4% | 2.3% | 7.2% | 6.7% | 4.0% | 2.0% | 2.4% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.5x | 1.9x | 1.6x | 5.3x | 2.4x | 1.2x | 2.1x | 2.2x | 4.1x | 2.9x |