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Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc is a furnishings, fixtures & appliances business based in the US. Fortune Brands Home-and-Security shares (FBHS) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Fortune Brands Home-and-Security employs 24,700 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$5.7 billion.
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- FBHS shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is FBHS stock a buy or sell?
- Stock performance over time
- Can I short FBHS shares?
- Is FBHS suitable for ethical investing?
- Are FBHS shares over-valued?
- Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's financials
- How volatile are FBHS shares?
- Does Fortune Brands Home-and-Security pay a dividend?
- Other common questions
How has coronavirus impacted Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's share price?
Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was USD$84.5, which is 15.94% up on its pre-crash value of USD$71.03 and 149.26% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$33.9.
If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Fortune Brands Home-and-Security shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$505.04 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,225.25.
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security share price
Use our graph to track the performance of FBHS stocks over time.Fortune Brands Home-and-Security shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-09-21.
| Latest market close | USD$84.5 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$33.9 - USD$86.8 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$83.0918 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$62.6409 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$83.46 |
| PE ratio | 27.3452 |
| Dividend yield | USD$0.96 (1.14%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$3.099 |
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Fortune Brands Home-and-Security price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the last close of $84.5
| 1 week (2020-09-12) | N/A |
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| 1 month (2020-08-19) | N/A |
| 3 months (2020-06-23) | 34.83% |
| 6 months (2020-03-23) | 142.61% |
| 1 year (2019-09-19) | N/A |
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| 2 years (2018-09-19) | N/A |
| 3 years (2017-09-19) | N/A |
| 5 years (2015-09-19) | N/A |
Is Fortune Brands Home-and-Security under- or over-valued?
Valuing Fortune Brands Home-and-Security stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's P/E ratio
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 27x. In other words, Fortune Brands Home-and-Security shares trade at around 27x recent earnings.
That's comparable to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29).
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's PEG ratio
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.9359. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's EBITDA
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$916.6 million.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security financials
| Revenue TTM | USD$5.7 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 13.35% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$2.1 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 7.52% |
| Return on equity TTM | 18.08% |
| Profit margin | 7.61% |
| Book value | $17.82 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$11.3 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Fortune Brands Home-and-Security shares
There are currently 3.4 million Fortune Brands Home-and-Security shares held short by investors – that's known as Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's "short interest". This figure is 28.2% up from 2.6 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Fortune Brands Home-and-Security shares can be evaluated.
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Fortune Brands Home-and-Security shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Fortune Brands Home-and-Security shares traded daily (recently around 1.1 million). Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's SIR currently stands at 3.11. In other words for every 100,000 Fortune Brands Home-and-Security shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3110 shares are currently held short.
However Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Fortune Brands Home-and-Security shares, or, against the total number of tradable Fortune Brands Home-and-Security shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Fortune Brands Home-and-Security shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0276% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Fortune Brands Home-and-Security shares, roughly 28 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Fortune Brands Home-and-Security.
Find out more about how you can short Fortune Brands Home-and-Security stock.
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Fortune Brands Home-and-Security.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 26.52
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's overall score of 26.52 (as at 08/01/2020) is nothing to write home about – landing it in it in the 41st percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Fortune Brands Home-and-Security is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's environmental score
Environmental score: 13.36/100
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's environmental score of 13.36 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Fortune Brands Home-and-Security is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's social score
Social score: 2.66/100
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's social score of 2.66 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Fortune Brands Home-and-Security is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's governance score
Governance score: 7/100
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's governance score puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Fortune Brands Home-and-Security is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2020-08-01.
| Total ESG score | 26.52 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 41.14 |
| Environmental score | 13.36 |
| Environmental score percentile | 2 |
| Social score | 2.66 |
| Social score percentile | 2 |
| Governance score | 7 |
| Governance score percentile | 2 |
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security share dividends
Dividend payout ratio: 29.68% of net profits
Recently Fortune Brands Home-and-Security has paid out, on average, around 29.68% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 1.14% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Fortune Brands Home-and-Security shareholders could enjoy a 1.14% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's case, that would currently equate to about $0.96 per share.
While Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's payout ratio might seem fairly standard, it's worth remembering that Fortune Brands Home-and-Security may be investing much of the rest of its net profits in future growth.
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's most recent dividend payout was on 16 September 2020. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 27 August 2020 (the "ex-dividend date").
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's shares have ranged in value from as little as $33.9 up to $86.8. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's is 1.7832. This would suggest that Fortune Brands Home-and-Security's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Fortune Brands Home-and-Security overview
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides home and security products for residential home repair, remodeling, new construction, and security applications. It operates in three segments: Cabinets, Plumbing, and Doors & Security. The Cabinets segment manufactures custom, semi-custom, and stock cabinetry, as well as vanities for the kitchen, bath, and other parts of the home directly to kitchen and bath dealers, home centers, wholesalers, and builders in North America under the Diamond, Aristokraft, Mid-Continent, Kitchen Craft, Homecrest, Omega, StarMark, Ultracraft, Kemper, Schrock, Decora, and Mantra brand names. The Plumbing segment manufactures, assembles, and sells faucets, accessories, kitchen sinks, and waste disposals in the United States, China, Canada, Mexico, Southeast Asia, Europe, and South America directly through its own sales force, as well as through independent manufacturers' representatives primarily to wholesalers, home centers, mass merchandisers, and industrial distributors. The Doors & Security segment offers fiberglass and steel entry door systems under the Therma-Tru brand name; composite decking and railing under the Fiberon brand name; and urethane millwork under the Fypon brand name. This segment also manufactures, sources, and distributes locks, safety and security devices, and electronic security products under the Master Lock and American Lock brand names; and fire resistant safes, security containers, and commercial cabinets under the SentrySafe brand name. It serves home centers, hardware and other retailers, millwork building products and wholesale distributors, specialty dealers, and remodeling and renovation markets, as well as locksmiths, industrial and institutional users, and original equipment manufacturers. This segment sells its products in the United States, Canada, Europe, Central America, Japan, and Australia. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.
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