Company Analysis

Builders FirstSource, Inc. (BLDR)

NYSE: BLDR · Retail-Lumber & Other Building Materials Dealers · Irving, TX · filing with the SEC since 2005
Grade4.4
◀ Past 4.3● Present 4.9▶ Future 3.6

The grade of Builders FirstSource, Inc.

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
4.4/10
◀ Past4.325% of the headline
● Present4.945% of the headline
▶ Future3.630% of the headline

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

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.3/1025% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.4/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

3 warning events since 2017; the latest 2021-07-06.

weight 45% of this tense · 14th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Builders FirstSource, Inc.'s filings since 2017 show 3 warning events of 2 kinds: a debt default or acceleration notice (8-K item 2.04, the latest 2021-01-04); a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, 2 times, the latest 2021-07-06) (its current reports).

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

Track record

as filed
5.2/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+10.1% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 10 of 10.

weight 33% of this tense · 52nd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Builders FirstSource, Inc.'s 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $6.4 billion in fiscal 2016 to $15 billion in fiscal 2025, up 10.1% a year; it rose in 5 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 33% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2025; net income was positive in 10 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span10.1%top 23% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 32% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 32% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak33.2%bottom 32% of its family

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

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.9/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 11.9% a year. 69% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 1 sales, 1 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 89th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, Builders FirstSource, Inc.'s diluted share count shrank about 11.9% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 69% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 1 sale and 1 purchase of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-20, buying about $4 million (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 5% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 17% of its family

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

● Present

What are they doing right now?

4.9/1045% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.0/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 10%: 10¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 61%: owes 61¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 60th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, Builders FirstSource, Inc. earned about 10 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 41 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 61 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 6.0% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 41% of its family
  • return on equitytop 45% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 50% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 5% of its family

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

Industry position

as filed
4.3/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

bottom 43% of 11 in its family; net margin 2.9%.

weight 33% of this tense · 43rd percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Builders FirstSource, Inc.'s standing among 11 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $15 billion in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 45% by size; a net margin of 2.9% ranks in the bottom 41%; revenue growth of -12.6% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 32% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$15.19Btop 45% of its family
  • net margin2.9%bottom 41% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth-12.6%bottom 32% of its family

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

Leadership

as filed
3.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 35% of 9 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2024.

weight 22% of this tense · 35th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Builders FirstSource, Inc.'s leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Jackson, Peter M. (President & CEO, as filed), filing under that title since 2024-11-26, 2 years (bottom 17% of its family); the 25 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.9 years (bottom 39%); 8 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 25 people in charge now (top 50%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge8 in three years among 25 peopletop 50% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.9 yearsbottom 39% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record2.0 yearsbottom 17% of its family

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

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

3.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
4.1/10

How much room does it have to grow?

bottom 41% of 11 in its family for room to expand.

weight 22% of this tense · 41st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Builders FirstSource, Inc.'s room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $182 million against debt of $4.4 billion leaves -37.8% of its assets as net cash, bottom 23% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 5.6% of revenue (top 41%); a gross margin of 30.4% (bottom 41%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-37.8%bottom 23% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue5.6%top 41% of its family
  • gross margin30.4%bottom 41% of its family

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

Growth drivers

as filed
3.0/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

bottom 30% of 11 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 45% of this tense · 30th percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

Builders FirstSource, Inc.'s growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew -12.6% a year over the last three filed years against 10.1% over all 10, slowing (bottom 23% of its family); the newest year grew -7.4% (bottom 32%); capital spending grew 2.2% a year (bottom 35%) (its annual reports). Builders FirstSource, Inc. reported 4 product lines in fiscal 2025: Specialty Building Products and Services at $4.1 billion (27%), Lumber and Lumber Sheet Goods at $3.9 billion (26%), Windows Doors and Millwork at $3.8 billion (25%), and 1 more; 1 of 4 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-22.7 points a yearbottom 23% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth-7.4%bottom 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending2.2%bottom 35% 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 11 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 33% of this tense · 41st percentile among 11 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Builders FirstSource, Inc.'s newest year against its own record: revenue of $15 billion in fiscal 2025 came in 9% above the $14 billion its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 14% of its family); net income of $435 million against a prior three-year average of $1.8 billion (bottom 14%); a net margin of 2.9% against 9.2% before (bottom 23%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace9.0%top 14% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-76%bottom 14% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-6.4 pointsbottom 23% 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 BLDR · research, not advice