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 fcf yield, FBIN reads 5.5% and LPX reads -0.1%; on revenue growth, FBIN reads -2.0% and LPX reads -13.3%. 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 demanding bet versus history and the cohort (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | FBIN | LPX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $51.28 | $74.52 |
| Market cap | $6.2B | $5.2B |
| Sector | Forest Products | Forest Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +12.1% | — |
| P/E | 22.8 | 63.7 |
| P/B | 2.62 | 3.02 |
| P/S | 1.39 | 2.04 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.2 | 20.5 |
| Revenue growth | -2.0% | -13.3% |
| Gross margin | — | 20.0% |
| Operating margin | 6.0% | 5.9% |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 3.2% |
| Return on equity | 11.5% | 4.7% |
| Return on assets | 4.2% | 3.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.8% | 4.4% |
| FCF yield | 5.5% | -0.1% |
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | 0.4% |
| Debt / equity | 1.15 | 0.20 |
| Current ratio | 2.13 | 3.26 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.46 | 5.84 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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