Fortune Brands Innovations
Fortune Brands Innovations' revenue fell 3.2% to $4.5 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 11.6%, down from 16.0% a year earlier. Free cash flow was $367 million, down 22.7%. It paid out $368 million in dividends and buybacks, 100% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 3.6%.
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 2016 to 2025, earnings per share fell 0.7% a year and net income 3.5% a year, while buybacks cut the share count by 23%.
Returns on capital
Cash flow
Payouts and share count
Valuation
Two ways to value Fortune Brands Innovations 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 Fortune Brands Innovations' 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) 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 Fortune Brands Innovations' fiscal 2025 free cash flow of $367M, net cash of −$2.3B at December 27, 2025 and 121 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to Fortune Brands Innovations: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, -1.9% a year, kept between 0% and 20%; 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 (Building Products), plus 1 point as a smaller company, worth $5.1B, 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.
- Last close, October 26, 2026
- $43.03
- 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 Fortune Brands Innovations' earnings per share of $1.24 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 26.7×, the middle of Fortune Brands Innovations' own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (the Industrials median) 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
- $43.03
- Value at this multiple, against the last close
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- Fortune Brands Innovations' P/E at the last close
- 34.7×
| Company | Last close | Earnings per share | P/E today |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Hardie IndustriesJHX | $26.02 | $0.19 | 136.9× |
| Fortune Brands InnovationsFBIN | $43.03 | $1.24 | 34.7× |
| AllegionALLE | $178.22 | $8.04 | 22.2× |
| A. O. SmithAOS | $61.91 | $3.60 | 17.2× |
| Lennox InternationalLII | $365.64 | $22.51 | 16.2× |
Balance sheet
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | 426 | 642 | 366 | 381 | 264 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 3,110 | 3,273 | 2,670 | 3,173 | 2,545 |
| Net debt (negative means net cash) | 2,684 | 2,630 | 2,304 | 2,792 | 2,281 |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 2.7x | 2.8x | 2.9x | 3.0x | 3.2x |
| Debt to equity | 1.0x | 1.6x | 1.2x | 1.3x | 1.1x |
| Interest coverage | 9.6x | 6.5x | 5.3x | 6.1x | 4.5x |
| Current ratio | 1.4x | 1.6x | 1.7x | 1.2x | 1.8x |
| Quick ratio | 0.9x | 0.9x | 0.9x | 0.7x | 0.9x |
Insider trades
Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, 2 insiders bought $30.7 million of Fortune Brands Innovations shares on the open market, and 1 insider sold $30,678.
| Date | Insider | Trade | Shares | Price | Value | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2026 | Jesse G SinghChief Executive Officer, Director | Bought | 19,560 | $50.93 | $996,191 | Form 4 |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Matthew Edward NovakEVP, Chief Supply Chain | Sold | 600 | $51.13 | $30,678 | Form 4 |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Jesse G SinghChief Executive Officer, Director | Bought | 19,725 | $51.67 | $1.0 million | Form 4 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | Edward P GardenDirector | Bought | 320,067 | $40.60 | $13.0 million | Form 4 |
| May 20, 2026 | Edward P GardenDirector | Bought | 57,400 | $34.89 | $2.0 million | Form 4 |
| May 20, 2026 | Edward P GardenDirector | Bought | 5,900 | $33.28 | $196,352 | Form 4 |
| May 19, 2026 | Edward P GardenDirector | Bought | 403,000 | $33.40 | $13.5 million | 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 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Cash from operations is positive | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Return on assets rose | Fail | Pass | Fail |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | Pass | Pass | Pass |
| Debt fell relative to assets | Pass | Fail | Pass |
| Current ratio rose | Pass | Fail | 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 | 7 of 9 | 6 of 9 | 6 of 9 |
| Accruals ratio | −10.3% | −3.0% | −2.8% |
Compare
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| Company | Year | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Free cash flow margin | Return on capital | Net debt to EBITDA | F-score | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortune Brands Innovations | FY25 | −3.2% | 11.6% | 8.2% | 7.7% | 3.2x | 6 | |
| James Hardie Industries | FY26 | 24.7% | 9.3% | 4.3% | 3.3% | 4.6x | 4 | Compare |
| Allegion | FY25 | 7.8% | 21.1% | 16.9% | 21.5% | 1.6x | 8 | Compare |
| Lennox International | FY25 | −2.7% | 20.1% | 12.3% | 40.0% | 1.2x | 5 | Compare |
| A. O. Smith | FY25 | 0.3% | 19.0% | 14.3% | 30.7% | −0.1x | 7 | Compare |
10 years of figures
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | 4,985 | 5,283 | 5,485 | 5,765 | 3,621 | 4,801 | 4,723 | 4,626 | 4,609 | 4,463 |
| Revenue growth | 8.8% | 6.0% | 3.8% | 5.1% | −37.2% | 32.6% | −1.6% | −2.0% | −0.4% | −3.2% |
| Gross profit | 1,805 | 1,925 | 1,959 | 2,052 | 2,164 | 1,960 | 1,933 | 1,911 | 2,066 | 1,989 |
| Research and development | 53 | 51 | 50 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operating income | 619 | 682 | 595 | 698 | 568 | 811 | 774 | 615 | 738 | 516 |
| Net income | 413 | 473 | 390 | 432 | 553 | 772 | 687 | 404 | 472 | 299 |
| Diluted EPS (US$) | 2.62 | 3.03 | 2.66 | 3.06 | 3.94 | 5.54 | 5.23 | 3.17 | 3.75 | 2.47 |
| Diluted shares (millions) | 158 | 156 | 146 | 141 | 140 | 140 | 131 | 128 | 126 | 121 |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | 650 | 600 | 604 | 637 | 826 | 689 | 566 | 1,056 | 668 | 479 |
| Capital expenditure | 149 | 165 | 150 | 132 | 150 | 214 | 246 | 256 | 193 | 112 |
| Free cash flow | 501 | 435 | 454 | 505 | 675 | 474 | 320 | 799 | 474 | 367 |
| Dividends paid | 98 | 110 | 115 | 123 | 133 | 143 | 146 | 117 | 120 | 121 |
| Share buybacks | 424 | 215 | 695 | 100 | 188 | 448 | 580 | 150 | 240 | 248 |
| Acquisitions | 240 | 125 | 466 | 0 | 715 | 5 | 218 | 784 | 135 | 0 |
| Stock-based compensation | 32 | 43 | 36 | 30 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 34 | 39 | 21 |
| Balance sheet at fiscal year end | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | 252 | 323 | 263 | 388 | 419 | 426 | 642 | 366 | 381 | 264 |
| Debt incl. finance leases | 1,431 | 1,508 | 2,859 | 2,584 | 2,572 | 3,110 | 3,273 | 2,670 | 3,173 | 2,545 |
| Total assets | 5,128 | 5,511 | 5,965 | 6,291 | 7,359 | 5,446 | 6,121 | 6,565 | 6,562 | 6,521 |
| Total liabilities | 2,766 | 2,910 | 3,785 | 3,864 | 4,583 | 4,871 | 4,034 | 4,272 | 4,140 | 4,132 |
| Shareholders' equity | 2,362 | 2,600 | 2,178 | 2,427 | 2,776 | 3,065 | 2,087 | 2,293 | 2,422 | 2,389 |
| Margins and ratios | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 36.2% | 36.4% | 35.7% | 35.6% | 59.8% | 40.8% | 40.9% | 41.3% | 44.8% | 44.6% |
| Operating margin | 12.4% | 12.9% | 10.8% | 12.1% | 15.7% | 16.9% | 16.4% | 13.3% | 16.0% | 11.6% |
| Net margin | 8.3% | 8.9% | 7.1% | 7.5% | 15.3% | 16.1% | 14.5% | 8.7% | 10.2% | 6.7% |
| Free cash flow margin | 10.1% | 8.2% | 8.3% | 8.8% | 18.6% | 9.9% | 6.8% | 17.3% | 10.3% | 8.2% |
| Return on capital | 12.7% | 13.9% | 10.1% | 11.1% | 9.2% | 11.7% | 12.0% | 10.3% | 11.7% | 7.7% |
| Return on equity | 17.2% | 19.1% | 16.3% | 18.8% | 21.3% | 26.4% | 26.7% | 18.5% | 20.0% | 12.4% |
| Return on assets | 8.3% | 8.9% | 6.8% | 7.0% | 8.1% | 12.1% | 11.9% | 6.4% | 7.2% | 4.6% |
| Net debt to EBITDA | 1.6x | 1.5x | 3.5x | 2.6x | 3.0x | 2.7x | 2.8x | 2.9x | 3.0x | 3.2x |