Apogee Enterprises
Apogee Enterprises' revenue rose 3.2% to $1.4 billion in fiscal 2026. Its operating margin was 6.0%, down from 8.7% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $95 million, up 6.2%. It paid out $37 million in dividends and buybacks, 39% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 1.7%.
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.
What Apogee Enterprises does
Apogee Enterprises makes architectural building products and coated materials. Most of what it sells goes into non-residential buildings: aluminum window, curtainwall, storefront and entrance systems, fabricated glass, and installed building facades. It also makes coated materials used in wall decor, museums, digital displays and industrial flooring.
It reports four segments. Architectural Metals is about 36% of net sales, Architectural Services about 31%, Architectural Glass about 19% and Performance Surfaces about 14%. Its brands include Tubelite, EFCO, Wausau, Linetec, Alumicor and Harmon.
In its fiscal year ended February 2026 the company cut costs and changed its manufacturing footprint under a program called Project Fortify Phase 2, partly to offset the cost of tariffs. It had about 4,100 employees on February 28, 2026.
Its biggest risks, as it describes them
- Changes in trade policies that raise its costs.
- Shortages or higher costs of float glass, a key input for two of its segments.
- Project management and installation problems on building jobs.
- Difficulty finding enough workers or keeping key staff.
- Charges if goodwill and other acquired assets lose value.
Income statement
From fiscal 2017 to 2026, earnings per share fell 1.8% a year and net income 5.0% a year, while buybacks cut the share count by 26%.
Returns on capital
Balance sheet
Five years at a glance
| Fiscal year end | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 38 | 20 | 37 | 46 | 46 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 163 | 170 | 62 | 285 | 232 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 125 | 150 | 25 | 239 | 187 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.7x | 0.9x | 0.1x | 1.5x | 1.4x |
| Debt to equity | 0.4x | 0.4x | 0.1x | 0.6x | 0.5x |
| Interest coverage | 4.8x | 16.4x | 20.1x | 19.2x | 6.0x |
| Current ratio | 1.4x | 1.6x | 1.5x | 1.6x | 1.6x |
| Quick ratio | 1.1x | 1.3x | 1.2x | 1.2x | 1.3x |
Cash flow
Projections
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What Apogee Enterprises says to expect
- Fiscal 2027: net sales and adjusted diluted EPS
The Company now expects net sales in the range of $1.46 billion to $1.50 billion, compared with its previous range of $1.38 billion to $1.43 billion, and adjusted diluted EPS in the range of $3.00 to $3.40, compared with its previous range of $2.70 to $3.25. The Company’s outlook also assumes interest expense of approximately $15 million, an adjusted effective tax rate of approximately 26%, and capital expenditures between $35 million and $40 million.
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between November 7, 2025 and November 6, 2026, 1 insider bought $2,416 of Apogee Enterprises shares on the open market, and none sold any.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 2026 | Christina M AlvordDirector | Bought | 52 | $46.47 | $2,416 | Form 4 |
Indicators
Four widely used measures, worked out from the company's filings. The cutoffs are the ones their authors or users go by, not a verdict of ours.
| Indicator | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piotroski F-score | 6 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
| Rule of 40 | 9.7% | 2.6% | 10.0% |
| Altman Z'' | 4.32 | 3.29 | 3.49 |
| Accruals ratio | −11.6% | −3.9% | −6.0% |
The nine F-score tests
| Test | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Fail | Pass | Pass |
| Share count didn't rise | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Gross margin rose | Pass | Pass | Fail |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | Fail | Fail | Fail |
| F-score | 6 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
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| Apogee Enterprises | FY26 | 3.2% | 6.0% | 6.8% | 8.3% | 1.4x | 6 | |
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10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 | FY26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 1,114 | 1,326 | 1,403 | 1,387 | 1,231 | 1,314 | 1,441 | 1,417 | 1,361 | 1,405 |
| Revenue growth | 1,301.9% | 19.0% | 5.8% | −1.1% | −11.3% | 6.8% | 9.6% | −1.6% | −4.0% | 3.2% |
| Gross profit | 292 | 334 | 294 | 319 | 276 | 274 | 335 | 367 | 360 | 320 |
| Research and development | 9 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 11 |
| Operating income | 122 | 114 | 67 | 88 | 26 | 22 | 126 | 134 | 118 | 84 |
| Net income | 86 | 80 | 46 | 62 | 15 | 4 | 104 | 100 | 85 | 54 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 2.97 | 2.76 | 1.63 | 2.32 | 0.59 | 0.14 | 4.64 | 4.51 | 3.89 | 2.52 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 124 | 128 | 96 | 107 | 142 | 100 | 103 | 204 | 125 | 122 |
| Capital expenditure | 68 | 53 | 61 | 51 | 26 | 22 | 45 | 43 | 36 | 27 |
| Free cash flow | 56 | 74 | 36 | 56 | 116 | 79 | 58 | 161 | 90 | 95 |
| Dividends paid | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 |
| Share buybacks | 11 | 34 | 43 | 25 | 33 | 100 | 74 | 12 | 45 | 15 |
| Acquisitions | 138 | 183 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 20 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 47 | 38 | 20 | 37 | 46 | 46 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 65 | 216 | 246 | 218 | 165 | 163 | 170 | 62 | 285 | 232 |
| Total assets | 785 | 1,022 | 1,068 | 1,129 | 1,015 | 888 | 915 | 884 | 1,175 | 1,122 |
| Total liabilities | 314 | 511 | 572 | 612 | 522 | 502 | 519 | 413 | 687 | 611 |
| Shareholders' equity | 471 | 511 | 496 | 517 | 493 | 386 | 396 | 471 | 488 | 512 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 26.2% | 25.1% | 20.9% | 23.0% | 22.4% | 20.9% | 23.3% | 25.9% | 26.4% | 22.7% |
| Operating margin | 11.0% | 8.6% | 4.8% | 6.3% | 2.1% | 1.7% | 8.7% | 9.4% | 8.7% | 6.0% |
| Net margin | 7.7% | 6.0% | 3.3% | 4.5% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 7.2% | 7.0% | 6.2% | 3.9% |
| Free cash flow margin | 5.0% | 5.6% | 2.5% | 4.0% | 9.4% | 6.0% | 4.0% | 11.4% | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| Rule of 40 (growth + FCF margin) | 1,307.0% | 24.6% | 8.3% | 2.9% | −1.9% | 12.7% | 13.6% | 9.7% | 2.6% | 10.0% |
| Return on capital | 20.1% | 13.5% | 7.3% | 9.4% | 2.6% | 2.0% | 21.2% | 19.8% | 14.6% | 8.3% |
| Return on equity | 19.6% | 16.2% | 9.1% | 12.2% | 3.1% | 0.8% | 26.6% | 23.0% | 17.7% | 10.8% |
| Return on assets | 11.9% | 8.8% | 4.4% | 5.6% | 1.4% | 0.4% | 11.6% | 11.1% | 8.3% | 4.7% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 0.3x | 1.2x | 1.9x | 1.5x | 1.5x | 1.7x | 0.9x | 0.1x | 1.5x | 1.4x |