Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. vs UFP INDUSTRIES, INC., two Forest Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FBIN and UFPI diverge most: on debt / equity, FBIN reads 1.15 and UFPI reads 0.08; on revenue growth, FBIN reads -2.0% and UFPI reads -6.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's FBIN price has a different growth bar priced in than UFPI (+9.6% implied for FBIN vs +11.4% for UFPI); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What FBIN's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | FBIN | UFPI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $49.28 | $86.86 |
| Market cap | $5.9B | $4.9B |
| Sector | Forest Products | Forest Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +9.6% | +11.4% |
| P/E | 21.9 | 19.0 |
| P/B | 2.51 | 1.58 |
| P/S | 1.33 | 0.79 |
| EV/EBITDA | 16.7 | 9.3 |
| Revenue growth | -2.0% | -6.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 16.1% |
| Operating margin | 6.0% | 4.4% |
| Net margin | 6.1% | 4.3% |
| Return on equity | 11.5% | 8.6% |
| Return on assets | 4.2% | 6.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 6.8% | 7.7% |
| FCF yield | 5.7% | 6.1% |
| Dividend yield | 2.0% | 1.6% |
| Debt / equity | 1.15 | 0.08 |
| Current ratio | 2.13 | 4.64 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.43 | 6.17 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 4 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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