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Installed Building Products, Inc.IBPCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Consumer Discretionary›Engineering & Construction

Installer of insulation and complementary building products (garage doors, gutters) mainly for new-home construction.

Momentum strong 62
Mkt cap
$5.85B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
86%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$84.7M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
22.8×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+8.4 pp
WACC 11.9%
Hurdle
+3 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
110 days
24 Feb 2027
Close · USD$220.06
1D-1.4%
1W+3.1%
1M+17.2%
3M-6.7%
6M0.0%
YTD-15.2%
1Y-10.5%
ATR %4.7%
Beta1.40
52w lowhigh37.0% off high

What Installed Building Products does

Installer of insulation and complementary building products (garage doors, gutters) mainly for new-home construction.

Buys materials from manufacturers and earns margin on installing them, selling per job to homebuilders, so volume follows housing starts and share gains at local builders. It has grown by buying small local installers, adding branches across the country rather than building them.

Products and services

  • Insulation installation
  • Garage doors/gutters/other install services

Customers

  • Homebuilders
  • Commercial construction contractors

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Consumer Discretionary
  • Engineering & construction
  • Insulation & building-products…

What could go right

  • New-home construction demand
  • Energy-efficiency building code tightening

What could go wrong

  • Housing starts slowdown
  • Interest-rate sensitivity for homebuilders

Moat: narrow (scale, distribution, process know-how). Local branch network and builder relationships built through disciplined bolt-on M&A.

Headquarters: Columbus, Ohio, US · Founded: 1977 · Employees: 10,400

Named competitors

Installed Building Products at a glance

Size Installed Building Products (IBP) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Engineering & Construction) with a market value of $5.85B, the 1083rd largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $220.06 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares was unchanged, against +4.2% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 10th lowest of 20 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 0.3% over the last twelve months (peer median +3.3%); the operating margin is 12.5% (peer median 10.8%).

Valuation It trades at 22.8× forward earnings against a peer median of 15.2× (6th most expensive of 20).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 15% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is +3 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 8.4 points above its cost of capital (11.9% WACC).

Backlog Backlog (remaining performance obligations) was $160M at 30 Sep 2025, up 27% on a year earlier — 0.1 years of trailing revenue. Backlog detail →

Short interest Short interest is 6.0% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 24 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026IBP 107Peer median 105
Six months, rebased to 100: Installed Building Products against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Installed Building Products financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$2.96B$2.97B$2.94B$2.78B$2.67B
Revenue growth—+1%+6%+4%—
Gross profit$955M$968M$952M$886M$781M
EBITDA$521M$534M$524M$497M$413M
Net income$251M$265M$257M$244M$223M
Free cash flow$292M$301M$251M$279M$232M
Capital expenditure$68.3M$70.6M$88.6M$61.6M$45.6M
Total debt$1.20B$992M$978M$955M$946M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Installed Building Products competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

0%+50%-20%0%+20%ANBROSSGHCCZRZGNMMTNWHUGPRUSHABYDANFOLLICAKELEAHRBCHHIBP6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Installed Building Products is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+10%+20%+30%10×20×30×ANBROSSGHCZGNMJMKEMTNWHUGPRUSHAANFOLLIFNDCAKELEAHRBCHHVIPSIBPRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Installed Building Products is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%20%40%BROSSGHCCZRZGNMMTNWHUGPRUSHAANFFNDCAKELEAHRBCHHVIPSIBPGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Installed Building Products is the large dot.

Installed Building Products competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (IBP vs OC)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Installed Building Products IBP$5.85B0%0%13%22.8×15.4%
Owens Corning OC$9.59B0%-11%14%15.3×3.6%

How Installed Building Products compares with its peers

Peer set: Sector in the same market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Installed Building Products against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureIBPPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+17.2%+5.6%2nd highest of 21
6-month return0.0%+4.2%10th lowest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-37.0%-15.3%2nd lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+0.3%+3.3%4th lowest of 21
Operating margin12.5%10.8%10th highest of 21
Forward P/E22.8×15.2×6th most expensive of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)15.4%1.8%5th most demanding of 18
Growth delivered (Del g)+12.4%+11.0%7th highest of 18
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)+2.9 pp-6.5 pp4th most demanding of 18
ROIC minus cost of capital+8.4 pp+1.1 pp6th highest of 21
EV / EBITDA12.8×11.5×8th most expensive of 20
Net debt / EBITDA1.5×2.6×6th least indebted of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Sector in the same market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Installed Building Products IBPUnited States$5.85B0%0%13%22.8×15.4%+12.4%
AutoNation ANUnited States$5.88B-11%-2%5%8.3×n/an/a
Dutch Bros BROSUnited States$5.90B-36%+30%10%31.0×36.3%+38.0%
Super Group (SGHC) SGHCUnited States$5.77B-13%+14%23%11.7×-0.2%+16.6%
Caesars Entertainment CZRUnited States$5.96B+4%+3%17%n/a5.8%+25.9%
Ermenegildo Zegna ZGNUnited States$5.96B+7%+11%9%31.1×20.3%+11.3%
Macy's MUnited States$6.03B+18%0%4%10.8×-1.1%+4.6%
Jersey Mike's Subs JMKEUnited States$6.03Bn/a+11%21%26.3×n/an/a
Vail Resorts MTNUnited States$5.66B+26%-4%16%27.9×9.6%+8.2%
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts WHUnited States$5.64B-6%+1%37%15.2×1.8%+1.8%
Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. Sponsored ADR UGPUnited States$6.12B-11%+20%5%7.0×-12.6%+12.2%
Rush Enterprises RUSHAUnited States$5.54B+6%-3%5%15.4×7.9%+9.4%
Boyd Gaming BYDUnited States$5.41B-11%0%19%10.1×n/an/a
Abercrombie & Fitch ANFUnited States$6.35B+57%+5%14%12.1×-2.7%+11.0%
Ollie's Bargain Outlet OLLIUnited States$5.37B+10%+14%12%19.8×1.5%+7.9%
Floor & Decor FNDUnited States$5.34B-1%+2%6%27.3×17.7%+14.1%
Cheesecake Factory CAKEUnited States$5.32B+73%+8%7%21.2×16.7%+13.6%
Lear LEAUnited States$5.31B-21%+4%4%6.9×-1.3%+6.4%
H&R Block HRBUnited States$6.45B+43%+5%24%8.4×-15.4%+2.9%
Choice Hotels International CHHUnited States$5.29B+12%+2%25%15.8×4.8%+15.6%
Vipshop Holdings Ltd Sponsored ADR VIPSUnited States$6.55B-4%+2%7%5.4×-20.3%0.0%

Installed Building Products backlog

Installed Building Products reported $160M of remaining performance obligations at 30 Sep 2025, up 27% from a year earlier and down 1% from the previous quarter. That is 0.1 years of trailing revenue already under contract. Book-to-bill last quarter: 1.00.

Questions

Who are Installed Building Products's main competitors?
Named competitors: TopBuild Corp (private or unlisted), Owens Corning (OC). The cockpit's measured peer set (sector in the same market, nearest in size) also includes AutoNation (AN), Dutch Bros (BROS), Super Group (SGHC) (SGHC), Caesars Entertainment (CZR), Ermenegildo Zegna (ZGN), Macy's (M).
Is Installed Building Products expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 22.8× against a peer median of 15.2×, 6th most expensive of 20 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 15% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +12%, so the hurdle is +3 pp: the price needs faster growth than the company has been delivering — of companies that just grew 25–50% a year, 93.8% slowed down over the next four years.
How has Installed Building Products stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned 0.0% against +4.2% for the median peer; over one year -10.5%.
What is Installed Building Products's backlog?
Installed Building Products's remaining performance obligations (contracted revenue not yet recognised) were $160M at 30 Sep 2025, +27% on a year earlier.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.