Stocks · Basic Materials · Paper, Lumber & Forest Products
UFP Industries, Inc. UFPI
$78.04 +1.15% Close, Oct 5, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $4.36B
Inexpensive vs sectorLow risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- The stock is in a downtrend: below its 200-day average, with the 50-day average below the 200-day.
- The shares trade at 18.0× trailing earnings, higher than 81% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $4.34, down 24.7% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 6, 2026.
Growth14Very weak
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 15%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 34%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 46%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 8%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 50%
Quality71Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 43%
- Gross marginBottom 28%
- Operating marginBottom 37%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Top 35%
- Accruals (lower is better)Top 44%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 8%
- Interest coverTop 10%
Value84Strong
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 20%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 28%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 17%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 8%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Bottom 26%
Momentum23Very weak
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 26%
- 6-month returnBottom 33%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 27%
- Distance from 52-week highBottom 41%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 24%
Revisions39Weak
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 27%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 50%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 36%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 41%
Stability91Exceptional
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 25%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 36%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 8%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -6.4% | -4.7% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | -25.4% | -24.7% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 17.1% | 16.1% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 6.3% | 5.1% | ↓ |
| FCF margin | 4.0% | 4.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | -4.7% | -6.4% | ↑ | Bottom 15% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | -24.7% | -25.4% | ↑ | Bottom 34% |
| Gross margin | 16.1% | 17.1% | ↓ | Bottom 28% |
| Operating margin | 5.1% | 6.3% | ↓ | Bottom 37% |
| Net margin | 3.9% | 5.3% | ↓ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 4.2% | 4.0% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.5% | — | Top 43% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -13.1% | — | Bottom 8% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.99×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.0%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.0%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +9.8 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- -0.72×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 31.1×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.85%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 7.32%
- Shareholder yield
- 9.18%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -2.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -2.6%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 1 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- -13.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -1.6%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $99.00
- Target vs current price
- +26.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 8
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 63%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +8.0% | -3.6% | +1.9% | -2.5% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | -22.6% | -2.9% | -13.8% | -13.7% | -8.2% |
| Feb 23, 2026 | -32.0% | -3.1% | -6.2% | -20.9% | -26.1% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | -5.8% | -2.1% | -0.4% | +1.1% | +13.5% |
| Jul 28, 2025 | -12.8% | -0.5% | -6.8% | +2.1% | -12.9% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | -17.2% | -0.1% | -4.5% | -9.7% | -1.7% |
| Feb 17, 2025 | -3.2% | -1.6% | -8.3% | -7.8% | -11.0% |
| Oct 28, 2024 | -13.2% | +1.1% | -5.4% | +2.2% | -10.3% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $1.48 | $1.37 | +8.0% | $1.88B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.89 | $1.15 | -22.6% | $1.46B |
| Feb 23, 2026 | $0.70 | $1.03 | -32.0% | $1.33B |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $1.29 | $1.37 | -5.8% | $1.56B |
| Jul 28, 2025 | $1.70 | $1.95 | -12.8% | $1.84B |
| Apr 28, 2025 | $1.30 | $1.57 | -17.2% | $1.60B |
| Feb 17, 2025 | $1.20 | $1.24 | -3.2% | $1.46B |
| Oct 28, 2024 | $1.64 | $1.89 | -13.2% | $1.65B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 18.0× | 14.1× | 81th | Top 20% |
| P/E (forward) | 17.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 7.9× | — | — | Top 17% |
| EV / Sales | 0.64× | — | — | Top 8% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.07% | — | — | Top 28% |
| Earnings yield | 5.56% | — | — | Top 20% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 6.0× – 21.4× since Jun 26, 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
- -16.3%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- -24.7%
- Change in P/E multiple
- +24.0%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
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)
- -3.1%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -8.3%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -14.3%
- RSI (14)
- 38.9
- Relative volume
- 0.98×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 31.6%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 39th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.68
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.35
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -32.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -44.6%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 2024 | Oct 1, 2026 | -44.5% | 462 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Jun 17, 2022 | -30.3% | 118 days | 155 days (Jan 31, 2023) |
| May 6, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | -23.4% | 95 days | 40 days (Nov 16, 2021) |
| Feb 2, 2023 | Apr 6, 2023 | -22.7% | 44 days | 66 days (Jul 13, 2023) |
| Jul 30, 2024 | Sep 9, 2024 | -16.7% | 28 days | 22 days (Oct 9, 2024) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.36B
- P/E (TTM)
- 18.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.34
- Revenue (TTM)
- $6.23B
- Dividend yield
- 1.83%
- 52-week range
- $75.19 – $118.00
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $8.64B | $9.63B | $7.22B | $6.65B | $6.32B |
| Gross profit | $1.41B | $1.79B | $1.42B | $1.23B | $1.06B |
| Operating income | $737.6M | $950.2M | $646.5M | $492.2M | $367.0M |
| Net income | $535.6M | $692.7M | $514.3M | $414.6M | $294.8M |
| EPS (diluted) | $8.59 | $10.97 | $8.07 | $6.77 | $5.00 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.65B | $1.46B | $1.60B | $1.84B | $1.56B | $1.33B | $1.46B | $1.88B |
| Net income | $99.8M | $68.0M | $78.8M | $100.7M | $72.5M | $40.0M | $50.8M | $82.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $1.64 | $1.12 | $1.30 | $1.70 | $1.27 | $0.70 | $0.89 | $1.48 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $512.5M | $831.6M | $959.9M | $642.6M | $545.7M |
| Capital expenditure | -$151.2M | -$174.1M | -$180.4M | -$232.3M | -$269.4M |
| Free cash flow | $361.3M | $657.4M | $779.5M | $410.3M | $276.4M |
| Dividends paid | -$40.2M | -$58.9M | -$68.2M | -$80.8M | -$82.3M |
| Net share buybacks | $2.1M | -$93.0M | -$79.4M | -$138.3M | -$430.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $645.2M
- Total assets
- $4.10B
- Total liabilities
- $1.04B
- Total debt
- $234.3M
- Net debt
- -$364.6M
- Shareholders’ equity
- $3.06B
As of Jun 27, 2026 (filed Aug 5, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | $0.36 | Sep 15, 2026 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | $0.36 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Mar 2, 2026 | $0.36 | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | $0.35 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Aug 29, 2025 | $0.35 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | $0.35 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Mar 3, 2025 | $0.35 | Mar 17, 2025 |
| Dec 2, 2024 | $0.33 | Dec 16, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,172,925
- Days to cover
- 5.83
- Change vs previous report
- -0.4%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Nov 15, 2017
- 3-for-1