Stocks · Industrials · Industrial - Distribution
BlueLinx Holdings Inc. BXC
$73.64 -0.20% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $573.1M
Inexpensive vs sectorHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.24, down 107.1% year over year.
- Net debt is 4.7× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 44 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Industrials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 26%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 10%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 5%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 41%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 35%
- Gross marginBottom 20%
- Operating marginBottom 27%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 17%
- Interest coverBottom 30%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 32%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 10%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 28%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 2%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 44%
- 6-month returnTop 14%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 43%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 42%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 42%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 4%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 45%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 23%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 24%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 17%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 28%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 27%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 17%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 1.4% | 2.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -111.4% | -107.1% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 15.9% | 15.5% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 2.1% | 1.1% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | -0.8% | 1.9% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.1% | 1.4% | ↑ | Bottom 26% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -107.1% | -111.4% | ↑ | Bottom 10% |
| Gross margin | 15.5% | 15.9% | ↓ | Bottom 20% |
| Operating margin | 1.1% | 2.1% | ↓ | Bottom 27% |
| Net margin | -0.1% | 1.0% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 1.9% | -0.8% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 2.5% | — | Bottom 35% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -12.8% | — | Bottom 5% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -4.8%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +11.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.71×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 0.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 1.54%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.54%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -1.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -4.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 2
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +100.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 4 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $84.00
- Target vs current price
- +14.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 8
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 75%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | +287.6% | +6.5% | +51.1% | +31.6% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +129.2% | -5.1% | +3.8% | +7.9% | +9.9% |
| Feb 24, 2026 | -11.2% | +4.6% | -3.3% | -26.6% | -30.2% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +206.5% | -1.6% | -8.0% | -5.1% | +7.3% |
| Jul 29, 2025 | -44.4% | -3.0% | -8.8% | +8.0% | -6.9% |
| Apr 29, 2025 | +0.0% | -0.2% | -7.9% | -5.9% | +8.2% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | +17.3% | -2.1% | -19.5% | -20.3% | -27.5% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | +62.5% | -3.3% | +2.8% | +23.1% | +2.8% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | $1.15 | $0.30 | +287.6% | $814.1M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.21 | -$0.72 | +129.2% | $731.1M |
| Feb 24, 2026 | -$0.47 | -$0.42 | -11.2% | $715.8M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.45 | -$0.42 | +206.5% | $748.9M |
| Jul 29, 2025 | $0.70 | $1.26 | -44.4% | $780.1M |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $0.27 | $0.27 | +0.0% | $709.2M |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $0.61 | $0.52 | +17.3% | $710.6M |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $1.95 | $1.20 | +62.5% | $747.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (forward) | 39.0× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.4× | — | — | Top 28% |
| EV / Sales | 0.31× | — | — | Top 2% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 10.12% | — | — | Top 10% |
| Earnings yield | -0.33% | — | — | Bottom 32% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 1.7× – 37.5× since Jul 3, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -0.0%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -107.1%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +26.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 44
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +11.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +2.7%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -4.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +15.3%
- RSI (14)
- 45.3
- Relative volume
- 1.13×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 72.5%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 83th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.44
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.32
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -19.4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -65.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2024 | Mar 20, 2026 | -65.6% | 328 days | Not yet recovered |
| May 10, 2021 | Jul 16, 2021 | -44.8% | 47 days | 79 days (Nov 5, 2021) |
| May 4, 2022 | Sep 26, 2022 | -41.2% | 99 days | 306 days (Dec 13, 2023) |
| Dec 31, 2021 | Apr 6, 2022 | -36.9% | 66 days | 19 days (May 4, 2022) |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Jul 5, 2024 | -32.4% | 72 days | 100 days (Nov 25, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $573.1M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.24
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.01B
- 52-week range
- $44.78 – $93.80
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.28B | $4.45B | $3.14B | $2.95B | $2.95B |
| Gross profit | $778.4M | $833.0M | $527.0M | $489.1M | $451.6M |
| Operating income | $438.1M | $439.1M | $138.4M | $87.6M | $32.5M |
| Net income | $296.1M | $296.2M | $48.5M | $53.1M | $219,000 |
| EPS (diluted) | $29.99 | $31.51 | $5.39 | $6.19 | $0.03 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $747.3M | $710.6M | $709.2M | $780.1M | $748.9M | $715.8M | $731.1M | $814.1M |
| Net income | $16.0M | $5.3M | $2.8M | $4.3M | $1.7M | -$8.6M | -$1.5M | $6.4M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.87 | $0.62 | $0.33 | $0.54 | $0.21 | -$1.08 | -$0.18 | $0.81 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $145.0M | $400.3M | $306.3M | $85.2M | $59.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$14.4M | -$35.9M | -$27.5M | -$40.1M | -$26.9M |
| Free cash flow | $130.6M | $364.4M | $278.8M | $45.1M | $32.9M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | -$5.2M | -$77.0M | -$47.4M | -$48.7M | -$40.7M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $318.2M
- Total assets
- $1.60B
- Total liabilities
- $982.1M
- Total debt
- $671.4M
- Net debt
- $353.2M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $621.5M
As of Jul 4, 2026 (filed Aug 4, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2007 | $0.13 | Dec 28, 2007 |
| Sep 12, 2007 | $0.13 | Sep 28, 2007 |
| Jun 13, 2007 | $0.13 | Jun 29, 2007 |
| Mar 14, 2007 | $0.13 | Mar 30, 2007 |
| Dec 13, 2006 | $0.13 | Dec 29, 2006 |
| Sep 13, 2006 | $0.13 | Sep 29, 2006 |
| Jun 13, 2006 | $0.13 | Jun 30, 2006 |
| Mar 13, 2006 | $0.13 | Mar 31, 2006 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 436,246
- Days to cover
- 3.21
- Change vs previous report
- +3.0%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jun 14, 2016
- 1-for-10
- Mar 4, 2013
- 279-for-250
- Jun 22, 2011
- 113-for-100