Company Analysis

Brookfield Business Corporation (BBUC)

NYSE: BBUC · Construction - Special Trade Contractors · New York, NY · filing with the SEC since 2015
Grade5.6
◀ Past 6.4● Present 5.7▶ Future 4.2
2 est.

The grade of Brookfield Business Corporation

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.6/10
◀ Past6.440% of the headline
● Present5.735% of the headline
▶ Future4.225% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

Of the nine metrics, 7 read as filed from the record and 2 are SI estimates, each with its reasoning, its confidence and what would change it on its card.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

6.4/1040% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Surviving crises

as filed
8.2/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

No warning events in its filings since 2017.

weight 33% of this tense · 82nd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Brookfield Business Corporation's filings since 2017 show no warning events in the scan: no bankruptcy or receivership notice, no debt default notice, no exchange listing notice, no restatement warning, no auditor change, no material cyber incident and no late-report notice (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
5.1/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+14.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 9 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 51st percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Brookfield Business Corporation's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $8.0 billion in fiscal 2016 to $27 billion in fiscal 2025, up 14.8% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 52% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 9 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span14.8%top 39% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 26% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 16% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak52.2%bottom 34% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

SI estimate
6.5/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

SI estimate 6.5/10, confidence 35 of 100 (one part).

weight 22% of this tense · 65th percentile among 17 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
Read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the top 35% of 17 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
What the record cannot read
Fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income.
How it was reasoned
one part: cash returned against operating cash flow, the one part on file, ranked among 17 in its family.
Confidence
35 of 100
What would change it
A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Brookfield Business Corporation's shareholder treatment is put at 6.5 of 10 with a confidence of 35 of 100, because read from one part only, the cash returned against operating cash flow, which ranks in the top 35% of 17 in its family; fewer than two of the parts can be read: the share count over the years, and the cash returned against a positive operating cash flow or net income. A filing that carries the missing parts replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.7/1035% of the headline grade · 2 of 3 filed, 1 estimated

Financial health

as filed
5.8/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 3%: 3¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 80%: owes 80¢ per asset dollar.

weight 33% of this tense · 58th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Brookfield Business Corporation earned about 3 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money. Leverage: it owed about 80 cents per dollar of assets (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 45% of its family
  • return on equitytop 28% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
5.7/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 43% of 19 in its family; net margin 1.4%.

weight 45% of this tense · 57th percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Brookfield Business Corporation's standing among 19 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $27 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 3% by size; a net margin of 1.4% ranks in the top 29%; revenue growth of -21.8% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 3% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$27.46Btop 3% of its family
  • net margin1.4%top 29% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-21.8%bottom 3% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

SI estimate
5.4/10

What are the people in charge doing?

SI estimate 5.4/10, confidence 20 of 100 (family median).

weight 22% of this tense · 50th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

SI estimate Inferred, not read as filed

Why it is an estimate
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 8 members with one.
What the record cannot read
It files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge.
How it was reasoned
family median, 8 readings behind it.
Confidence
20 of 100
What would change it
Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

From the record

SI estimate, not a filed reading: Brookfield Business Corporation's leadership is put at 5.4 of 10 with a confidence of 20 of 100, because it files no Form 8-K (a foreign issuer reports on Form 6-K), so officer and director changes cannot be read there; the record of its people begins on 2026-03-18 (a listing, a merger or a first filing under the rules) and its chief executive and most of the people in charge have filed since then, so the record shows a floor of 8 months and cannot see past it; a floor under five years is not read as years in charge, so the desk assumes the typical reading of its industry family, the median of 8 members with one. Its next annual report on file with the inputs replaces this estimate with the filed reading.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

4.2/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
5.3/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 47% of 19 in its family for room to expand.

weight 33% of this tense · 53rd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Brookfield Business Corporation's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $3.5 billion against debt of $44 billion leaves -53.1% of its assets as net cash, bottom 14% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 11.8% of revenue (top 8%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-53.1%bottom 14% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue11.8%top 8% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
3.3/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 33% of 19 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 33rd percentile among 19 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Brookfield Business Corporation's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -21.8% a year over the last three filed years against 14.8% over all 10, slowing (bottom 3% of its family); the newest year grew -32.4% (bottom 13%); capital spending grew 80.2% a year (top 18%) (its annual reports). Brookfield Business Corporation tags no split of its revenue by line in the annual report on file, so growth by line cannot be read here; research and capital spending are on the trend.

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-36.5 points a yearbottom 3% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-32.4%bottom 13% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending80.2%top 18% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
4.1/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 41% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Brookfield Business Corporation's newest year against its own record: revenue of $27 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 19.7% below the $34 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (bottom 37% of its family); net income of $387 million against a prior three-year average of $1.6 billion (bottom 37%); a net margin of 1.4% against 3.2% before (top 50%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace-19.7%bottom 37% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-76%bottom 37% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-1.8 pointstop 50% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton BBUC · research, not advice