Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. vs LOUISIANA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, two Forest Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FBIN and LPX diverge most: on operating margin, FBIN reads -0.8% and LPX reads 4.7%; on fcf yield, FBIN reads 8.6% and LPX reads -0.5%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What FBIN's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What LPX's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | FBIN | LPX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $39.06 | $65.75 |
| Market cap | $4.7B | $4.6B |
| Sector | Forest Products | Forest Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +19.2% | — |
| P/E | 31.8 | 84.3 |
| P/B | 2.02 | 2.64 |
| P/S | 1.06 | 1.87 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.6 | 19.4 |
| Revenue growth | -2.3% | -14.5% |
| Gross margin | — | 17.5% |
| Operating margin | -0.8% | 4.7% |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 2.2% |
| Return on equity | 6.5% | 3.1% |
| Return on assets | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.9% | 5.0% |
| FCF yield | 8.6% | -0.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | 0.4% |
| Debt / equity | 1.11 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.01 | 3.22 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.26 | 5.31 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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