Forensic Analysis · Industrials / Manufacturing / Defense · as of Aug 11, 2026

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (FBIN)

A forensic read on Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. built from its complete SEC filings — financial-health screens, earnings quality, red flags and a price-aware rating. Reproducible math, not opinion.

D · Weak — demands caution

Forensic grade

Safe

Financial health

4.5

Distress distance

Clean

Earnings quality

Forensic signals

22.1

P / E (ttm)

12.5%

ROE

$5.8B

Market cap

2.07%

Dividend yield

-3.2%

Revenue growth

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Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. earns a D (Weak — demands caution) forensic quality grade, and its balance-sheet distress test reads 4.5, placing it in the Safe zone. 4 forensic signals were flagged in its latest SEC filings, led by inventory days.

What the filings flag

146d

FY2024→FY2025

Inventory days. Days inventory outstanding moved from 139 to 146 FY2024→FY2025 (against cost of goods sold; inventory +7% vs -3% in cost of sales). Inventory is building a little faster than sales — watch for markdowns.

7.3%

FY2025

Return on invested capital. Return on invested capital is 7.3% in the latest fiscal year and slipping from 14% — slightly below its ~9% cost of capital — reinvestment is roughly a wash.

100% of FCF

FY2025

Shareholder returns. Returned $368M to shareholders (buybacks + dividends) in FY2025 — 100% of free cash flow. Right at the limit of what free cash flow covers — little room before it's funded by debt or the balance sheet. That ratio has actually been EASING, not tightening further — down from ~227% of free cash flow a few years back. Counting the $21M of stock-based comp paid out in shares on top of that, the combined claim on free cash flow is 106%.

-18%

FY2022→FY2023

Dividend — cut. The payout was CUT ~18% in FY2023 (from FY2022) and hasn't been restored since. It still returns some cash, but it is NOT the dependable, rising dividend an unbroken streak implies.

Key fundamentals

Latest Revenue$4.46B

Revenue Growth YoY-3.2%

Revenue CAGR (3yr)-1.9%

Net Margin6.7%

Free Cash Flow$366.8M

Return on Equity12.5%

Debt / Equity1.07x

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Data from SEC EDGAR public filings · metrics as of Aug 11, 2026. Forensic signals flag probability, not certainty.