CNM

Core & Main, Inc.

HALAL — SCREEN DOES NOT PASSstock

Is CNM Halal?

Water, wastewater, drainage and fire-protection product distribution — generally permissible activity, but the current debt/assets screen fails.

What You Should Know

Core & Main's May 3, 2026 Form 10-Q reports assets of $6,324 million, long-term debt of $2,144 million, cash of $150 million, receivables of $1,259 million and quarterly net sales of $1,910 million. Debt/assets is 33.90%, above the examined FTSE, MSCI and Malaysia asset-based limits; liquidity/assets is 2.37% and receivables plus cash/assets is 22.28%. Gross interest income is not separately disclosed and no universal prohibited-revenue numerator is available.

⚠️ Concerns

  • Debt/assets is 33.90%, above examined 33% limits
  • Municipal, industrial and fire-protection end uses require qualitative review
  • Acquisition-related leverage and integration
  • Inventory and working-capital cycles
  • Gross interest income and prohibited-revenue allocation are unavailable

Current quantitative Sharia screen

Based on 10-Q figures for the period ended 2026-05-03; calculated 2026-07-15.

USD · millions
Interest-bearing debt / assets
33.90%Above limit
Below 33.333% under FTSE Yasaar

2,144 / 6,324

Cash + interest-bearing securities / assets
2.37%Within limit
Below 33.333% under FTSE Yasaar

150 / 6,324

Receivables + cash / assets
22.28%Within limit
Below 50% under FTSE Yasaar

1,409 / 6,324

FTSE Yasaar
v4.6, February 2026
Financial
Fails
Overall
Fails

Debt/assets is 33.90%, above the examined 33.333% limit; liquidity/assets is 2.37% and receivables-plus-cash/assets is 22.28%.

MSCI Islamic (total-assets series)
October 2024 methodology
Financial
Fails
Overall
Fails

Debt/assets is 33.90%, above the examined 33.33% limit; this is not an index-membership claim.

Malaysia SAC financial ratios
single 5% activity benchmark adopted November 2025
Financial
Fails
Overall
Fails

Debt/assets is 33.90%, above the examined 33% limit; this is a calculation against SAC ratios, not an official classification.

Market-cap denominator methods
MSCI M-Series, S&P and Dow Jones methods differ
Financial
Not calculated
Overall
Fails

A licensed historical market-cap series is not stored; asset-based financial screens already fail on debt.

Business-activity disclosure

Core & Main distributes water, wastewater, storm-drainage, fire-protection and related infrastructure products. This general-purpose distribution activity is generally permissible, but the filing does not provide a universal prohibited-revenue numerator for customer end uses.

Limitation: No universal prohibited-activity revenue numerator or scholar-specific purification percentage is disclosed; customer and project allocation remains qualitative.

Purification

The filing reports interest expense but does not separately disclose gross interest income; ZakatInvest does not infer a purification amount.

Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
  • Amounts are USD millions from Core & Main's May 3, 2026 Form 10-Q.
  • Debt is current and long-term debt of $24 million and $2,120 million; operating lease liabilities are excluded.
  • Cash is $150 million and net receivables are $1,259 million.
  • First-quarter net sales are $1,910 million. The filing reports interest expense but does not separately disclose gross interest income.
  • Pipes, valves, fittings, drainage, fire protection and smart-utility products are retained as qualitative analysis; no universal prohibited-revenue numerator is disclosed.

This is a reproducible financial screen, not a fatwa. A failed total-assets screen can coexist with a pass under a market-cap methodology. ZakatInvest keeps the qualitative assessment separate so numerical thresholds do not erase material context.

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