Fortune Brands Delivers Solid Execution and Outperforms End Market; Provides Updated Full Year 2025 Guidance

Highlights:

• Q2 2025 sales were $1.2 billion, a decrease of 3 percent versus Q2 2024; sales excluding the impact of China were down 1 percent
• Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) were $0.83, a decrease of 22 percent versus a year ago; EPS before charges / gains were $1.00, a decrease of 14 percent versus Q2 2024
• Company outperformed its end market, demonstrating solid momentum in its strategic initiatives and the strength of its brands
• Company provides updated full year 2025 guidance; Remains on track to fully offset anticipated 2025 tariff impacts and successfully navigate uncertain macroeconomic climate

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

“I am proud of the Company’s performance during the second quarter. Our highly-engaged team executed well, and many of our businesses gained momentum and outperformed our end market, including in Water and Outdoors,” said Fortune Brands Chief Executive Officer Nicholas Fink. “We remain on track to fully offset the anticipated 2025 impacts of the tariffs by effectively leveraging the power of our Fortune Brands Advantage capabilities across the organization, while navigating a dynamic consumer demand backdrop.”

Fink continued, "We remain committed to investing in profitable growth opportunities that align with our strategic priorities. We believe that Fortune Brands is well-positioned to deliver consistent outperformance over time, driven by world-class brands, strong leadership, and a compelling value proposition for both customers and consumers.”

Second 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, and generated $66 million of operating cash flow and $6 million of free cash flow in the quarter. In accordance with its opportunistic, returns-based share repurchase program, the Company repurchased $63 million of shares in the quarter, and as of July 31, 2025, has repurchased $238 million of shares year to date. The Company continues to expect to finish the year with net debt to EBITDA before charges / gains between 2.2x and 2.5x.

As of the end of the second quarter 2025:

2025 Full-Year Guidance

“I am pleased to provide updated full year 2025 guidance, which is a testament to our agility and our team’s ability to execute and drive operational excellence despite continued uncertainty across our end market,” said Fortune Brands Chief Financial Officer Jon Baksht. “Our full-year guidance reflects our decisive action to mitigate the anticipated impact of tariffs as well as our ability to work with customers and suppliers to find win-win solutions to address the challenges of an uncertain external environment. We remain committed to investing in a focused set of priorities to generate profitable growth, expand margins and cash flows and ultimately maximize shareholder value.”

2025 Market and Financial Assumptions

For certain forward-looking non-GAAP measures (as used in this press release, net debt to EBITDA before charges / gains, operating margin before charges / gains on a full Company and segment basis, EPS before charges / gains and cash conversion), 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, which are excluded from net debt to EBITDA before charges / gains and EPS before charges / gains, and which are included in cash conversion, and restructuring and other charges, which are excluded from net debt to EBITDA before charges / gains, operating margin before charges / gains and EPS before charges / gains, and which are included in cash conversion. Additionally, estimating such GAAP measures 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. (NYSE: FBIN) is an industry-leading home, security and digital products company whose purpose is to elevate every life by transforming spaces into havens. The Company makes innovative products for residential and commercial environments, with a growing focus on digital solutions and products that add luxury, contribute to safety and enhance sustainability. The Company’s trusted brands include Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa, SpringWell, Therma-Tru, Larson, Fiberon, Master Lock, SentrySafe and Yale residential. Learn more at 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. 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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, sales excluding the impact of China, free cash flow and cash conversion (defined as free cash flow divided by GAAP net income). 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 June 29, 2024, the diluted EPS before charges/(gains) is calculated as income from continuing operations on a diluted per-share basis, excluding $13.7 million ($12.7 million after tax or $0.10 per diluted share) of restructuring charges and $13.7 million ($8.1 million after tax or $0.07 per diluted share) of other charges/(gains).

For the twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 2024, the diluted EPS before charges/(gains) is calculated as income from continuing operations on a diluted per-share basis, excluding $38.5 million ($29.7 million after tax or $0.25 per diluted share) of restructuring charges and $27.8 million ($20.7 million after tax or $0.17 per diluted share) of other charges/(gains).

For the thirteen weeks ended June 29, 2024, the diluted EPS before charges/(gains) is calculated as income from continuing operations on a diluted per-share basis, excluding $3.9 million ($3.0 million after tax or $0.02 per diluted share) of restructuring charges and $12.0 million ($9.8 million after tax or $0.08 per diluted share) of other charges/(gains).

For the twenty-six weeks ended June 29, 2024, the diluted EPS before charges/(gains) is calculated as income from continuing operations on a diluted per-share basis, excluding $6.7 million ($5.1 million after tax or $0.04 per diluted share) of restructuring charges and $20.5 million ($16.7 million after tax or $0.13 per diluted share) of other charges/(gains).