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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 $7.1B against $4.6B — 1.5× the size. Griffon Corporation trades at the lower P/E: 25.6× against 176×. Builders FirstSource, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: −8.25% against −12.0%. Griffon Corporation has the higher net margin (8.08% vs 0.28%) and the higher return on invested capital (22.1% vs 2.21%). Across the 22 metrics below, Griffon Corporation leads on 14 and Builders FirstSource, Inc. on 8.

Valuation

Metric BLDR GFF Building Products & Equipment median
P/E 176.44 25.63 23.33
P/S 0.49 2.04 2.09
P/B 1.73 34.98 2.85
Price to free cash flow 27.13 14.33 18.42
EV/EBITDA 12.84 10.90 13.29
EV/Sales 0.81 2.56 2.28
Earnings yield 0.57% 3.90% 3.04%
Free cash flow yield 3.69% 6.98% 4.26%

Profitability

Metric BLDR GFF Building Products & Equipment median
Gross margin 28.48% 47.93% 31.88%
Operating margin 2.13% 20.39% 7.18%
Net margin 0.28% 8.08% 4.11%
Free cash flow margin 1.81% 14.23% 6.41%
Return on equity 0.97% 185.41% 5.95%
Return on assets 0.36% 9.12% 3.90%
Return on invested capital 2.21% 22.08% 5.54%

Growth

Metric BLDR GFF Building Products & Equipment median
Revenue growth (TTM) (8.25%) (12.03%) 6.27%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) (57.06%) (74.23%) (28.29%)
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 12.16% 4.05% 4.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 6.78% (0.88%) 0.00%

Health

Metric BLDR GFF Building Products & Equipment median
Debt to equity 1.13 9.75 0.55
Current ratio 1.85 2.41 1.83
Net debt to EBITDA 3.09 2.52 1.45

Dividend

Metric BLDR GFF Building Products & Equipment median
Dividend yield — 0.86% 1.37%
Payout ratio — 0.22 0.28

Size

Metric BLDR GFF Building Products & Equipment median
Market cap 7.05b 4.64b 3.22b

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