The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let’s take a look at how Fortune Brands (NYSE:FBIN) and the rest of the home construction materials stocks fared in Q2.
Many small-cap stocks have limited Wall Street coverage, giving savvy investors the chance to act before everyone else catches on.
But the flip side is that these businesses have increased downside risk because they lack the scale and staying power of their larger competitors.
Home and security products company Fortune Brands (NYSE:FBIN) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2025, but sales fell by 3% year on year to $1.20 billion. Its GAAP profit of $0.83 per share was 12.9% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
Home and security products company Fortune Brands (NYSE:FBIN) met Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q2 CY2025, but sales fell by 3% year on year to $1.2 billion. Its GAAP profit of $0.83 per share was 13% below analysts’ consensus estimates.
Value stocks typically trade at discounts to the broader market, offering patient investors the opportunity to buy businesses when they’re out of favor.
The key risk, however, is that these stocks are usually cheap for a reason – five cents for a piece of fruit may seem like a great deal until you find out it’s rotten.
The end of the earnings season is always a good time to take a step back and see who shined (and who not so much). Let’s take a look at how home construction materials stocks fared in Q1, starting with Fortune Brands (NYSE:FBIN).
Even if they go mostly unnoticed, industrial businesses are the backbone of our country. Still, their generally high capital requirements expose them to the ups and downs of economic cycles, and the market seems to be baking in a prolonged downturn
as the industry has shed 13% over the past six months. This drawdown was worse than the S&P 500’s 3.6% loss.
A number of stocks fell in the afternoon session after the major indices pulled back (Nasdaq -1.3%, S&P 500 - 1.4%) as Treasury yields rose, reflecting market anxiety over a draft federal budget that could worsen the already wide US fiscal deficit. A poor auction for 20-year U.S. Treasury bonds further raised concerns, as weak demand implies investors are becoming more cautious about holding long-dated U.S. debt.
Home and security products company Fortune Brands (NYSE:FBIN) fell short of the market’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales falling 6.9% year on year to $1.03 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.66 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.
Home and security products company Fortune Brands (NYSE:FBIN) missed Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q1 CY2025, with sales falling 6.9% year on year to $1.03 billion. Its non-GAAP profit of $0.66 per share was in line with analysts’ consensus estimates.
Home and security products company Fortune Brands (NYSE:FBIN)
will be announcing earnings results tomorrow after market close. Here’s what you need to know.
Generating cash is essential for any business, but not all cash-rich companies are great investments.
Some produce plenty of cash but fail to allocate it effectively, leading to missed opportunities.
Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q4 behind us, let’s have a look at Trex (NYSE:TREX) and its peers.
