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Builders FirstSource BLDR Return on equity

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.3B-10.1%
Gross profit$929.0M-16.7%
Operating income$16.5M-91.0%
Net income-$47.4M-149%
EPS (diluted)-$0.43-151%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$98.3M-14.8%
Total debt$5.3B+3.6%
Total equity$4.0B-8.5%
Total assets$11.3B-1.3%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$87.5M-33.9%
CapEx$46.7M-53.2%
Free cash flow$40.7M+25.8%

Valuation

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Market cap$8.67B-35.9%
Enterprise value$13.86B-25.5%
P/E29.7×+15.0×
P/S0.6×-0.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin29.9%-2.3pp
Operating margin4.2%-4.5pp
Net margin2%-3.7pp
FCF margin5.8%-2.2pp

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity1.3×+0.2×
Current ratio1.8×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Builders FirstSource’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Builders FirstSource’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Builders FirstSource's return on equity?
Builders FirstSource (BLDR) reported return on equity of 7% in Q1 2026.
How has Builders FirstSource's return on equity changed year-over-year?
Builders FirstSource's return on equity decreased by 64.5% year-over-year, from 19.6% to 7%.
What is the long-term trend for Builders FirstSource's return on equity?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Builders FirstSource's return on equity has grown at a -20.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 31.7% to 10.1%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.