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 operating margin, FBIN reads -0.8% and UFPI reads 5.5%; on debt / equity, FBIN reads 1.11 and UFPI reads 0.08. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's FBIN price has a different growth bar priced in than UFPI (+19.2% implied for FBIN vs +7.1% 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 | $39.06 | $74.15 |
| Market cap | $4.7B | $4.1B |
| Sector | Forest Products | Forest Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +19.2% | +7.1% |
| P/E | 31.8 | 17.0 |
| P/B | 2.02 | 1.34 |
| P/S | 1.06 | 0.66 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.6 | 8.0 |
| Revenue growth | -2.3% | -5.1% |
| Gross margin | — | 15.4% |
| Operating margin | -0.8% | 5.5% |
| Net margin | 3.4% | 4.0% |
| Return on equity | 6.5% | 8.1% |
| Return on assets | 2.4% | 6.1% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.9% | 7.1% |
| FCF yield | 8.6% | 6.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | 1.9% |
| Debt / equity | 1.11 | 0.08 |
| Current ratio | 2.01 | 3.98 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.26 | 5.29 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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