# Installed Building Products Inc. (IBP) fundamentals

Data as of 2026-09-08. NYSE, United States. Sector: Industrials / Building Products. Price $238.57, market value $6.3 billion.

## Valuation
- **P/E (trailing): 25.7×** (5-yr avg 21.6×, 3-yr avg 21.9×). Installed Building Products Inc. trades at 25.7× trailing earnings, close to its own five-year average of 21.6×. The Industrials median in the September 2026 study was 25.7×. Forward P/E is 20.9×, lower than trailing, so analysts expect earnings to grow.
- **PEG: 3.12**. A PEG of 3.12 means the P/E is high relative to expected earnings growth; the price already assumes a lot.
- **Price / sales: 2.1×**. Each dollar of revenue is priced at 2.1×.
- **Price / book: 9.9×**. The shares trade at 9.9× book value; most of the value is in earnings power and intangibles rather than the balance sheet.
- **EV / EBITDA: 16.0×**. Enterprise value is 16.0× operating earnings before depreciation, the multiple that ignores how the company is financed.
- **Free-cash-flow yield: 4.6%** (5-yr avg 5.5%). Free cash flow equals 4.6% of the market value, in line with its five-year average of 5.5%.
- **Earnings yield: 3.9%**. The inverse of the P/E: 3.9% of the price is earned each year.

## Profitability
- **Gross margin: 33.6%**. Installed Building Products Inc. keeps 33.6% of revenue after the direct cost of what it sells.
- **Operating margin: 12.4%**. 12.4% of revenue is left after running the business.
- **Net margin: 8.9%**. 8.9% of each dollar of sales reaches the bottom line.
- **Return on equity: 37.4%**. 37.4% on shareholders' equity is excellent if it is not driven by leverage; sustained above 20% usually signals a competitive advantage.
- **Return on invested capital: 22.8%**. Return on all capital, debt included, is 22.8%: comfortably above what that capital costs.
- **Return on assets: 12.1%**. Each dollar of assets produces 12.1% of profit.

## Growth
- **Revenue growth (1 yr): 1.0%** (3-yr 3.6%/yr, 5-yr 12.4%/yr). Revenue grew 1.0% over the last year, against 12.4% a year compounded over five years: growth is slowing.
- **EPS growth (1 yr): 6.7%** (3-yr 7.9%/yr, 5-yr 24.3%/yr). Earnings per share rose 6.7%, faster than revenue, so margins expanded or the share count shrank.
- **Free-cash-flow growth (3 yr): 9.0%/yr**. Free cash flow has compounded at 9.0% a year over three years, keeping pace with earnings: the growth is real cash.

## Financial health
- **Debt to equity: 1.25**. Debt is 1.25 times equity, a leveraged balance sheet that needs steady cash flow to service.
- **Net debt / EBITDA: 1.3×**. It would take 1.3 years of operating earnings to repay net borrowings, within the comfortable range.
- **Altman Z-score: 5.34**. A Z-score of 5.34 places the company in the safe zone for bankruptcy risk.
- **Piotroski F-score: 7/9**. 7 of 9 fundamental checks pass: strong and improving financials.

## Dividends
- **Dividend yield: 0.65%** ($1.52 per share, trailing). Installed Building Products Inc. yields 0.65%, a modest yield more typical of a growth-oriented payer.
- **Payout ratio: 33%**. 33% of earnings goes out as dividends, leaving room to keep raising it.
- **Consecutive years of increases: 5**. 5 straight years of increases.

## Price and momentum
- **Total return (1 yr): -10.5%** (YTD -7.1%, 3-mo 21.0%). The shares are down 10.5% over twelve months including dividends.
- **From 52-week high: -31.6%** (23.5% above the low). Trading 32% below its 52-week high, deep in a drawdown.
- **200-day average: below**. The price sits below its 200-day moving average, the usual definition of a downtrend.
- **RSI (14-day): 50**. An RSI of 50 is neutral.
- **Beta (1 yr): 1.30** (volatility 51%). Beta of 1.30 against the S&P 500: the shares move roughly with the market.

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