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Builders FirstSource, Inc. (BLDR) vs Griffon Corporation (GFF)

Builders FirstSource, Inc. and Griffon Corporation are both Building Products & Equipment companies. Builders FirstSource, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $5.8B against $4.2B — 1.4× the size. Griffon Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 23.2× against 59.4×. Griffon Corporation grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 18.2% against −9.38%. Griffon Corporation has the higher net margin (6.98% vs 0.71%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.1% vs 3.19%). Across the 22 metrics below, Griffon Corporation leads on 13 and Builders FirstSource, Inc. on 9.

Valuation

Metric BLDR GFF Building Products & Equipment median
P/E 59.40 23.15 23.15
P/S 0.41 1.59 2.02
P/B 1.47 31.61 2.81
Price to free cash flow 9.06 12.95 16.84
EV/EBITDA 10.07 10.07 12.85
EV/Sales 0.72 2.04 2.04
Earnings yield 1.68% 4.32% 2.76%
Free cash flow yield 11.04% 7.72% 4.23%

Profitability

Metric BLDR GFF Building Products & Equipment median
Gross margin 29.19% 41.40% 29.19%
Operating margin 3.01% 17.61% 6.99%
Net margin 0.71% 6.98% 4.05%
Free cash flow margin 4.49% 12.30% 7.60%
Return on equity 2.51% 185.41% 9.28%
Return on assets 0.90% 9.12% 2.88%
Return on invested capital 3.19% 22.08% 5.16%

Growth

Metric BLDR GFF Building Products & Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) (9.38%) 18.22% 3.11%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (57.06%) (74.23%) (34.13%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.16% 4.05% 5.37%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.78% (0.88%) 0.00%

Health

Metric BLDR GFF Building Products & Equipment median
Debt to equity 1.15 9.75 0.43
Current ratio 1.79 2.41 1.82
Net debt to EBITDA 3.09 2.52 0.98

Dividend

Metric BLDR GFF Building Products & Equipment median
Dividend yield — 0.95% 1.43%
Payout ratio — 0.22 0.29

Size

Metric BLDR GFF Building Products & Equipment median
Market cap 5.78b 4.22b 1.17b

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