Fortune Brands Delivers Margin and EPS Results In-line with Expectations; Plans to Fully Offset Anticipated 2025 Tariff Impacts and Mitigate Volume Softness

Highlights:

• Q1 2025 sales were $1.0 billion, a decrease of 7 percent versus Q1 2024; organic sales excluding the impact of China and FX were down 5 percent
• Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) were $0.42, a decrease of 45 percent versus a year ago; EPS before charges / gains were $0.66, a decrease of 20 percent versus Q1 2024
• The Company is implementing tariff mitigation strategies designed to fully offset anticipated 2025 tariff impacts while capitalizing on identified opportunities
• Management will provide an EPS guidance framework for different volume scenarios on today’s earnings call

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (NYSE: FBIN or “Fortune Brands” or the “Company”), an industry-leading innovation company whose purpose is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens, today announced first quarter 2025 results.

“During the first quarter, we delivered margins and earnings per share in-line with our expectations,” said Fortune Brands Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Fink. "Rapidly changing geopolitical and macroeconomic environments are impacting the consumer and demand for our products. Our teams have consistently demonstrated the ability to respond promptly to challenges, and to leverage such challenges to identify and prioritize opportunities to outperform, and we will do so once again. Our teams are focused on mitigating the expected impacts of tariffs, making key investments, expanding our digital business and maintaining a strong balance sheet. We are also planning on leveraging our strong U.S. and North American manufacturing presence and continued momentum in our digital businesses to drive market outperformance."

Fink continued, “We remain fully confident in our long-term strategy, and we believe we are well-positioned to manage cost, cash and beat the market amidst an uncertain landscape.”

First Quarter 2025 Results

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Total Company Results

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Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

The Company exited the quarter with a strong balance sheet. Cash flow was in-line with expectations and driven by typical seasonality; the Company closed the quarter with $(83.4) million in operating cash flow and $(112.6) million in free cash flow. In accordance with its opportunistic, returns-based share repurchase program, the Company repurchased $175 million of shares in the quarter, and as of May 6, 2025, has repurchased $225 million of shares year to date. The Company expects to finish the year with net debt to EBITDA before charges/gains between 2.0x and 2.5x.

As of the end of the first quarter 2025:

2025 Full-Year Guidance

Due to uncertainty around consumer demand and volumes, the Company is not providing detailed 2025 full-year guidance. However, the Company is providing the framework for EPS before charges / gains scenarios based on different volume assumptions that will be outlined during the first quarter earnings call. Fortune Brands’ teams are working on mitigating the expected impact of tariffs quickly and strategically through sourcing moves, cost out opportunities and strategic pricing. The Company remains confident in its long-term strategy of focusing on categories driven by brands and innovation, with an emphasis on attractive areas of its core and acceleration in its digital strategy.

For forward-looking non-GAAP measures (as used in this press release, net debt to EBITDA before charges / gains), the Company is unable to provide a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP financial measure because the information needed to reconcile the non-GAAP financial measure to the GAAP financial measure is unavailable due to the inherent difficulty of forecasting the timing and / or amount of various items that have not yet occurred, including the high variability and low visibility with respect to gains and losses associated with our defined benefit plans and restructuring and other charges, which are excluded from net debt to EBITDA before charges / gains. Additionally, estimating such a GAAP measure and providing a meaningful reconciliation consistent with the Company’s accounting policies for future periods requires a level of precision that is unavailable for these future periods and cannot be accomplished without unreasonable effort. Forward-looking non-GAAP measures are estimated consistent with the relevant definitions and assumptions.

Conference Call Details

Today at 5:00 p.m. ET, Fortune Brands will host an investor conference call to discuss results. A live internet audio webcast of the conference call will be available on the Fortune Brands website at ir.fbin.com/upcoming-events. It is recommended that listeners log on at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. A recorded replay of the call will be made available on the Company’s website shortly after the call has ended.

About Fortune Brands Innovations

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is an industry-leading innovation company dedicated to creating smarter, safer and more beautiful homes and improving lives. The Company’s driving purpose is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens.

The Company is a brand, innovation and channel leader focused on exciting, supercharged categories in the home products, security and commercial building markets. The Company’s portfolio of brands includes Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential.

Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN. To learn more, visit www.FBIN.com.

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Although we believe that these statements are based on reasonable assumptions, they are subject to numerous factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to be materially different from those indicated in such statements, including but not limited to: (i) our reliance on the North American and Chinese home improvement, repair and remodel and new home construction activity levels, (ii) the housing market, downward changes in the general economy, unfavorable interest rates or other business conditions, (iii) the competitive nature of consumer and trade brand businesses, (iv) our ability to execute on our strategic plans and the effectiveness of our strategies in the face of business competition, (v) our reliance on key customers and suppliers, including wholesale distributors and dealers and retailers, (vi) risks relating to rapidly evolving technological change, (vii) risks associated with our ability to improve organizational productivity and global supply chain efficiency and flexibility, (viii) risks associated with global commodity and energy availability and price volatility, as well as the possibility of sustained inflation, (ix) delays or outages in our information technology systems or computer networks or breaches of our information technology systems or other cybersecurity incidents, (x) risks associated with doing business globally, including changes in trade-related tariffs (including recent U.S. tariffs announced or imposed on China, Canada, Mexico and other countries and any reciprocal actions taken by such countries) and risks with uncertain trade environments, (xi) risks associated with the disruption of operations, including as a result of severe weather events, (xii) our inability to obtain raw materials and finished goods in a timely and cost-effective manner, (xiii) risks associated with strategic acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures, including difficulties integrating acquired companies and the inability to achieve the expected financial results and benefits of transactions, (xiv) impairments in the carrying value of goodwill or other acquired intangible assets, (xv) risks of increases in our defined benefit-related costs and funding requirements, (xvi) our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel and other labor constraints, (xvii) the effect of climate change and the impact of related changes in government regulations and consumer preferences, (xviii) risks associated with environmental, social and governance matters, (xix) potential liabilities and costs from claims and litigation, (xx) changes in government and industry regulatory standards, (xxi) future tax law changes or the interpretation of existing tax laws, and (xxii) our ability to secure and protect our intellectual property rights. These and other factors are discussed in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 28, 2024. We undertake no obligation to, and expressly disclaim any such obligation to, update or clarify any forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events, new information or changes to future results over time or otherwise, except as required by law.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

This press release includes measures not derived in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), such as diluted earnings per share before charges / gains, operating income before charges / gains, operating margin before charges / gains, net debt, net debt to EBITDA before charges / gains, organic sales excluding the impact of China and FX and free cash flow. These non-GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for any measure derived in accordance with GAAP and may also be inconsistent with similar measures presented by other companies. Reconciliations of these measures to the applicable most closely comparable GAAP measures, and reasons for the Company’s use of these measures, are presented in the attached pages.

RECONCILIATION OF DILUTED EPS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE CHARGES/GAINS

For the thirteen weeks ended March 29, 2025, the diluted EPS before charges/gains is calculated as income from continuing operations on a diluted per-share basis, excluding $24.8 million ($17.0 million after tax or $0.14 per diluted share) of restructuring charges and $14.0 million ($12.7 million after tax or $0.10 per diluted share) of other charges/gains.

For the thirteen weeks ended March 30, 2024, the diluted EPS before charges/gains is calculated as income from continuing operations on a diluted per-share basis, excluding $2.8 million ($2.0 million after tax or $0.02 per diluted share) of restructuring charges and $9.0 million ($6.9 million after tax or $0.05 per diluted share) of other charges/gains.

Operating margin is calculated as the operating income in accordance with GAAP, divided by the GAAP net sales. The operating margin before charges/gains is calculated as the operating income, excluding restructuring and other charges/gains, divided by the GAAP net sales. The operating margin before charges/gains is not a measure derived in accordance with GAAP. Management uses this measure to evaluate the returns generated by the Company and its business segments. Management believes that this measure provides investors with helpful supplemental information about the Company's underlying performance from period to period. However, this measure may not be consistent with similar measures presented by other companies.

Net sales excluding the impact of acquisitions, China sales, and FX is net sales derived in accordance with GAAP excluding the impact of acquisitions, the impact of China sales, and the impact of FX. Management uses this measure to evaluate the overall performance of its segments and believes this measure provides investors with helpful supplemental information regarding the underlying performance of the Company and its reportable segment from period to period. This measure may be inconsistent with similar measures presented by other companies.

Definitions of Terms: Non-GAAP Measures

(a) Operating income (loss) before charges/gains is calculated as operating income derived in accordance with GAAP, excluding restructuring and other charges/gains. Operating income (loss) before charges/gains is a measure not derived in accordance with GAAP. Management uses this measure to evaluate the returns generated by the Company and its business segments. Management believes this measure provides investors with helpful supplemental information regarding the underlying performance of the Company from period to period. This measure may be inconsistent with similar measures presented by other companies.

(b) Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations before charges/gains is calculated as income from continuing operations on a diluted per-share basis, excluding restructuring and other charges/gains. This measure is not in accordance with GAAP. Management uses this measure to evaluate the Company's overall performance and believes it provides investors with helpful supplemental information about the Company's underlying performance from period to period. However, this measure may not be consistent with similar measures presented by other companies.

(c) EBITDA before charges/gains is calculated as income from continuing operations, net of tax in accordance with GAAP, excluding depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, restructuring and other charges/gains, interest expense and income taxes. EBITDA before charges/gains is a measure not derived in accordance with GAAP. Management uses this measure to assess returns generated by the Company. Management believes this measure provides investors with helpful supplemental information about the Company's ability to fund internal growth, make acquisitions and repay debt and related interest. This measure may be inconsistent with similar measures presented by other companies.

(d) At Corporate, other charges also include expenditures of $0.1 million for the thirty-nine weeks ended December 28, 2024, for external banking, legal, accounting, and other similar services directly related to our ASSA transaction.

Additional Information:

For certain forward-looking non-GAAP measures (as used in this press release, net debt to EBITDA before charges / gains), the Company is unable to provide a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP financial measure because the information needed to reconcile the non-GAAP financial measure to the GAAP financial measure is unavailable due to the inherent difficulty of forecasting the timing and/or amount of various items that have not yet occurred, including the high variability and low visibility with respect to gains and losses associated with our defined benefit plans and restructuring and other charges, which are excluded from net debt to EBITDA before charges / gains. Additionally, estimating such a GAAP measure and providing a meaningful reconciliation consistent with the Company’s accounting policies for future periods requires a level of precision that is unavailable for these future periods and cannot be accomplished without unreasonable effort. Forward-looking non-GAAP measures are estimated consistent with the relevant definitions and assumptions.  

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