# Carlisle Companies Incorporated (CSL) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Industrials / Building Products. Price $352.14, market value $14.0 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 20.0×** (5-yr avg 18.9×, 3-yr avg 17.2×). Carlisle Companies Incorporated trades at 20.0× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 18.9×. The Industrials median in the September 2026 study was 25.7×. Forward P/E is 14.6×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **Price / sales: 2.7×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 2.7×.
- **Price / book: 8.6×**. The shares trade at 8.6× book value; most of the value is in earnings power and intangibles rather than the balance sheet.
- **EV / EBITDA: 13.0×**. Enterprise value is 13.0× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 6.2%** (5-yr avg 5.7%). Free cash flow equals 6.2% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 5.7%. Above 5% is generally attractive.
- **Earnings yield: 5.0%**. The inverse of the P/E: 5.0% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Operating margin: 19.9%**. 19.9% of revenue is left after running the business, a healthy level in most sectors.
- **Net margin: 14.8%**. 14.8% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 41.3%**. 41.3% on shareholders' equity is excellent if it is not driven by leverage; sustained above 20% usually signals a competitive advantage.
- **Return on invested capital: 22.5%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 22.5%: comfortably above what that capital costs.
- **Return on assets: 11.6%**. Each dollar of assets produces 11.6% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 0.3%** (3-yr -2.7%/yr, 5-yr 4.8%/yr). Revenue grew 0.3% over the last year, against 4.8% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): -38.5%** (3-yr -0.8%/yr, 5-yr 24.2%/yr). Earnings per share fell 38.5%, slower than revenue, so margins compressed.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 5.9%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 5.9% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 1.61**. Debt is 1.61 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 1.5×**. It would take 1.5 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Piotroski F-score: 4/9**. 4 of 9 checks pass: mixed.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 1.42%** ($4.40 per share, trailing). Carlisle Companies Incorporated yields 1.42%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 24%** (21% of free cash flow). 24% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 24**. 24 straight years of increases, a record that survived at least one recession.
- **Dividend growth (5 yr): 15.4%/yr** (1-yr 13.5%). The dividend has compounded at 15.4% a year over five years, doubling roughly every 5 years at that pace.

## Analyst view
- **Analyst consensus: buy** (8 analysts). 8 analysts cover Carlisle Companies Incorporated; the consensus is buy, with an average price target of $411.88 (+17% from the current price). Analyst opinion is shown for context; it is not part of the Fundamental Score.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -9.3%** (YTD 10.8%, 3-mo 1.8%). The shares are down 9.3% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -18.7%** (20.0% above the low). Trading 19% below its 52-week high.
- **200-day average: above**. The price sits above its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of an uptrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 47**. An RSI of 47 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.23** (volatility 37%). Beta of 1.23 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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