Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. vs WEST FRASER TIMBER CO. LTD., two Forest Products stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FBIN and WFG diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), FBIN reads +19.2% and WFG reads -1.8%; on net margin, FBIN reads 3.4% and WFG reads -17.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's FBIN price has a different growth bar priced in than WFG (+19.2% implied for FBIN vs -1.8% for WFG); 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 | WFG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $39.06 | $63.95 |
| Market cap | $4.7B | $5.1B |
| Sector | Forest Products | Forest Products |
| Stage | Mature | Mature |
| Implied growth (priced in) | +19.2% | -1.8% |
| P/E | 31.8 | — |
| P/B | 2.02 | 0.86 |
| P/S | 1.06 | 0.92 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.6 | — |
| Revenue growth | -2.3% | -14.3% |
| Operating margin | -0.8% | -21.7% |
| Net margin | 3.4% | -17.1% |
| Return on equity | 6.5% | -16.0% |
| Return on assets | 2.4% | -12.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 4.9% | -15.3% |
| FCF yield | 8.6% | -6.2% |
| Dividend yield | 2.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 1.11 | 0.05 |
| Current ratio | 2.01 | 2.13 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.26 | 2.70 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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