Compared to Estimates, Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN) Q4 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics

For the quarter ended December 2025, Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN) reported revenue of $1.08 billion, down 2.4% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.86, compared to $0.98 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of -5.29% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.14 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $1.00, the EPS surprise was -13.86%.

While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Fortune Brands Innovations performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:

• Net Sales- Outdoors: $294.9 million versus $306.02 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -2.7% change.
• Net Sales- Security: $165.8 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $166.92 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +5.6%.
• Net Sales- Water: $616.8 million versus $665.06 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a -4.4% change.
• Operating Income(loss) before charges/gains (Non-GAAP)- Water: $140.6 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $156.3 million.
• Operating Income(loss) before charges/gains (Non-GAAP)- Outdoors: $41.8 million compared to the $47.24 million average estimate based on three analysts.
• Operating Income(loss) Before Charges/Gains (Non-GAAP)- Security: $22.2 million versus $29.78 million estimated by three analysts on average.
• Operating Income(loss) before charges/gains (Non-GAAP)- Total Corporate Expenses: $-46.3 million compared to the $-42.85 million average estimate based on two analysts.

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Shares of Fortune Brands Innovations have returned +4.8% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell), indicating that it could underperform the broader market in the near term.

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