Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances
MasterBrand, Inc. MBC
$7.02 +0.14% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $898.5M
Weak trendHigh risk
Next earnings report: Nov 3, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $-0.69, down 197.2% year over year.
- The diluted share count rose 19.0% in a year.
- Operating margin narrowed to -0.8% from 8.4% a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical 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 32%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 7%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 17%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 15%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 31%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 19%
- Gross marginBottom 33%
- Operating marginBottom 15%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 48%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 3%
- Interest coverBottom 13%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldBottom 16%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 34%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 20%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 34%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 12%
- 6-month returnBottom 30%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 11%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 16%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 18%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 17%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 13%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 35%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Bottom 35%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 32%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 26%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 3%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -1.1% | -0.0% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -102.6% | -197.2% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 31.1% | 25.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 8.4% | -0.8% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 5.7% | 2.7% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -0.0% | -1.1% | ↑ | Bottom 32% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -197.2% | -102.6% | ↓ | Bottom 7% |
| Gross margin | 25.9% | 31.1% | ↓ | Bottom 33% |
| Operating margin | -0.8% | 8.4% | ↓ | Bottom 15% |
| Net margin | -3.5% | 3.4% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 2.7% | 5.7% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | -0.6% | — | Bottom 19% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -5.8% | — | Bottom 15% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -5.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.8%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +13.0 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 17.83×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- -0.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.00%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.72%
- Shareholder yield
- -0.72%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +19.0%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- +5.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 0
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 4 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +61.4%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +2.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $10.00
- Target vs current price
- +42.5%
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2026 | -47.4% | +6.3% | +1.6% | -7.5% | — |
| May 5, 2026 | +271.4% | +3.2% | -11.1% | +3.8% | -0.2% |
| Feb 10, 2026 | -114.3% | +2.8% | -13.8% | -35.9% | -42.8% |
| Nov 4, 2025 | +135.7% | +1.4% | -14.1% | -9.3% | -2.7% |
| Aug 6, 2025 | +5.3% | +9.3% | +10.1% | +10.2% | +12.9% |
| May 6, 2025 | -10.0% | -2.1% | -9.7% | -16.7% | -9.9% |
| Feb 18, 2025 | -44.7% | -3.9% | -12.9% | -20.7% | -33.9% |
| Nov 5, 2024 | +17.6% | +4.1% | -1.2% | -2.3% | -3.2% |
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 | $0.05 | $0.10 | -47.4% | $815.2M |
| May 5, 2026 | $0.06 | -$0.04 | +271.4% | $618.0M |
| Feb 10, 2026 | -$0.02 | $0.14 | -114.3% | $644.6M |
| Nov 4, 2025 | $0.33 | $0.14 | +135.7% | $698.9M |
| Aug 6, 2025 | $0.40 | $0.38 | +5.3% | $730.9M |
| May 6, 2025 | $0.18 | $0.20 | -10.0% | $660.3M |
| Feb 18, 2025 | $0.21 | $0.38 | -44.7% | $667.7M |
| Nov 5, 2024 | $0.40 | $0.34 | +17.6% | $718.1M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EV / EBITDA | 28.9× | — | — | Bottom 20% |
| EV / Sales | 0.85× | — | — | Top 34% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 8.28% | — | — | Top 34% |
| Earnings yield | -9.83% | — | — | Bottom 16% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 7.0× – 59.0× since Dec 31, 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
- -46.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -197.2%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +270.5%
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
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -8.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -3.8%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -14.2%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -24.7%
- RSI (14)
- 38.9
- Relative volume
- 0.60×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 49.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 75th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.33
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.41
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -49.2%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -65.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2024 | Sep 17, 2026 | -65.9% | 478 days | Not yet recovered |
| Feb 13, 2023 | Mar 24, 2023 | -28.5% | 28 days | 33 days (May 11, 2023) |
| Dec 9, 2022 | Jan 5, 2023 | -26.3% | 17 days | 26 days (Feb 13, 2023) |
| Mar 26, 2024 | Jul 9, 2024 | -25.7% | 71 days | 52 days (Sep 20, 2024) |
| Aug 10, 2023 | Oct 19, 2023 | -19.9% | 49 days | 24 days (Nov 22, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $898.5M
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- -$0.69
- Revenue (TTM)
- $2.78B
- 52-week range
- $6.27 – $13.96
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.86B | $3.28B | $2.73B | $2.70B | $2.73B |
| Gross profit | $763.2M | $918.8M | $875.9M | $859.7M | $827.6M |
| Operating income | $235.6M | $270.3M | $308.6M | $256.6M | $134.2M |
| Net income | $182.6M | $155.4M | $182.0M | $125.9M | $26.7M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.43 | $1.20 | $1.40 | $0.96 | $0.21 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $718.1M | $667.7M | $660.3M | $730.9M | $698.9M | $644.6M | $618.0M | $815.2M |
| Net income | $29.1M | $14.0M | $13.3M | $37.3M | $18.1M | -$42.0M | -$15.4M | -$57.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.22 | $0.10 | $0.10 | $0.29 | $0.14 | -$0.33 | -$0.12 | -$0.38 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $148.2M | $235.6M | $405.6M | $292.0M | $195.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$51.6M | -$55.9M | -$57.3M | -$80.9M | -$78.2M |
| Free cash flow | $96.6M | $179.7M | $348.3M | $211.1M | $117.5M |
| Dividends paid | $0 | -$940.0M | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Net share buybacks | $0 | -$100,000 | -$22.0M | -$6.5M | -$18.1M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $241.6M
- Total assets
- $4.48B
- Total liabilities
- $2.51B
- Total debt
- $1.69B
- Net debt
- $1.45B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.97B
As of Jun 28, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 17,541,938
- Days to cover
- 7.73
- Change vs previous report
- +4.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.