Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. vs Trex Company, Inc., two Forest Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FBIN and TREX diverge most: on revenue growth, FBIN reads -2.0% and TREX reads +5.6%; on debt / equity, FBIN reads 1.15 and TREX reads 0.00. 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 TREX'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 | TREX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $51.60 | $47.16 |
| Market cap | $6.2B | $5.0B |
| Sector | Forest Products | Forest Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +17.0% | — |
| P/E | 22.9 | 26.2 |
| P/B | 2.63 | 4.98 |
| P/S | 1.40 | 4.21 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.3 | 17.8 |
| Revenue growth | -2.0% | +5.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 40.5% |
| Operating margin | 6.0% | 24.3% |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 16.3% |
| Return on equity | 11.5% | 19.2% |
| Return on assets | 4.2% | 11.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.8% | 19.2% |
| FCF yield | 5.5% | 4.6% |
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.15 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 2.13 | 1.02 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.47 | 6.40 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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