Home improvement retail
7 companies · $318B combined revenue · $39.0B operating profit
The typical US-listed home improvement retail company grew revenue 3.2% and earnings -4.2% in its latest year, at a 11.8% operating margin, and 5 of 7 earn a return on capital above 15%. Figures from each company's latest annual filing with the SEC, refreshed daily.
Growth engines: the 4 Cylinders
All four working: 0% of companiesA company's earnings per share can grow in only four ways: more sales, profits growing faster than sales (operating leverage), wider margins, and less debt. Each bar is the share of companies where that engine worked in their latest year.
- Sales growth · Revenue up 10% or more0%
- Operating leverage · Operating income growing faster than a growing revenue29%
- Margin expansion · Operating margin up 1 point or more0%
- Debt reduction · Debt down 5% or more, or net cash29%
Combined revenue · 7 companies reporting in US dollars
Combined operating margin
All 7 companies
| Median | – | 3.2% | -4.2% | 11.8% | 20% | 0.85x |
| HDHome Depot | $165B | 3.2% | -4.4%▼ | 12.7%▲ | 28.7%▲ | 4.20x▼ |
| LOWLowes Companies | $86.3B | 3.1%▼ | -4.4%▼ | 11.8% | 29.3%▲ | – |
| SHWSherwin Williams | $23.6B | 2.1%▼ | -4.2% | 16.1%▲ | 20% | 2.10x▼ |
| FASTFastenal | $8.2B | 8.7%▲ | 9.4%▲ | 20.2%▲ | 38.2%▲ | 0.03x▲ |
| TSCOTractor Supply | $15.5B | 4.3%▲ | -0.5%▲ | 9.5%▼ | 17.6%▼ | 0.68x▲ |
| BLDRBuilders FirstSource | $15.2B | -7.4%▼ | -59.6%▼ | 5.2%▼ | 8.1%▼ | 1.02x▼ |
| FNDFloor & Decor | $4.7B | 5.1%▲ | 1.3%▲ | 5.8%▼ | 6.3%▼ | 0.08x▲ |
▲ better than the median, ▼ worse. n/a: the ratio doesn't apply to that kind of business (e.g. a bank's operating margin). Sort by any column. Figures from each company's latest 10-K (or 20-F/40-F).