Here's a Quick Look Into the Fundamentals of Builders FirstSource Stock

By Emilio Sanchez • Thursday, December 14 17:54 • Permanent Link

With gains of 8.7%, Builders FirstSource was one of the winners on Wall Street today. Its shares are now trading at $168.37 and have logged a 0.0% daily outperformance of the S&P 500. Don't join the feeding frenzy before checking some basic facts about this stock:

Builders FirstSource has moved 126.8% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 20.8%
BLDR has an average analyst rating of buy and is -0.08% away from its mean target price of $168.5 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $11.94
Builders FirstSource has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 14.1 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $12.01 and its forward P/E ratio is 14.0
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 4.54 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Builders FirstSource is part of the Consumer Discretionary sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.96 and an average P/B of 4.24
BLDR has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of -23.9% and gross profit margins of 0.3%
The company has a free cash flow of $1.94 Billion, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
Builders FirstSource, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and supplies building materials, manufactured components, and construction services to professional homebuilders, sub-contractors, remodelers, and consumers in the United States. It offers lumber and lumber sheet goods comprising dimensional lumber, plywood, and oriented strand board products that are used in on-site house framing; manufactured products, such as wood floor and roof trusses, steel roof trusses, wall panels, stairs, and engineered wood products; and windows, and interior and exterior door units, as well as interior trims and custom products comprising intricate mouldings, stair parts, and columns under the Synboard brand name. The company also provides specialty building products and services, including vinyl, composite and wood siding, exterior trims, metal studs, cement, roofing, insulation, wallboards, ceilings, cabinets, and hardware products; products turn-key framing, shell construction, design assistance, and professional installation services. In addition, it offers software products, such as drafting, estimating, quoting, and virtual home design services, which provide software solutions to retailers, distributors, manufacturers, and homebuilders. The company was formerly known as BSL Holdings, Inc. and changed its name to Builders FirstSource, Inc. in October 1999. Builders FirstSource, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Irving, Texas.

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