Maker of building products, including roofing/rainwater accessories, mail/package storage and structures for residential and agricultural markets.
Maker of building products, including roofing/rainwater accessories, mail/package storage and structures for residential and agricultural markets.
Sells residential products through distributors, home-improvement stores and homebuilders, so housing starts and remodelling drive the business, while steel and aluminium costs are the biggest input swing. Greenhouse and other structures for growers arrive as large projects.
Moat: narrow (brand, distribution, scale). Established building-products brands and broad distribution network across niche residential/ag categories.
Headquarters: Buffalo, New York · Founded: 1954 · Employees: 2,300
Size Gibraltar Industries (ROCK) is a United States Industrials company (Metal Fabrication) with a market value of $964M, the 2271st largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $32.47 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 20.4%, against -24.3% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 14.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +15.2%); the operating margin is 10.9% (peer median 4.2%).
Valuation It trades at 7.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 31.4× (cheapest of 14).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 7% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +2%, so the hurdle is +5 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 2.3 points below its cost of capital (7.9% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 6.6% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 24 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.45B | $1.14B | $1.02B | $1.38B | $1.39B |
| Revenue growth | — | +11% | -26% | -1% | — |
| Gross profit | $368M | $308M | $302M | $375M | $325M |
| EBITDA | $208M | $175M | $166M | $196M | $167M |
| Net income | -$151M | -$44.4M | $137M | $111M | $82.4M |
| Free cash flow | $42.7M | $121M | $157M | $205M | $82.6M |
| Capital expenditure | $28.4M | $46.1M | $16.9M | $13.9M | $20.1M |
| Total debt | $1.37B | $57.7M | $43.1M | $46.3M | $116M |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibraltar Industries ROCK | $964M | -20% | +14% | 11% | 7.9× | 7.3% |
| Simpson Manufacturing SSD | $8.07B | +4% | +5% | 20% | 20.9× | 13.2% |
| Trex TREX | $5.58B | +36% | +9% | 19% | 26.9× | 21.1% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | ROCK | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -13.4% | -7.0% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -20.4% | -24.3% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -48.4% | -48.3% | 10th lowest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +14.5% | +15.2% | 11th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 10.9% | 4.2% | 7th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 7.9× | 31.4× | cheapest of 14 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 7.3% | 21.4% | 3rd least demanding of 8 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +1.9% | +11.2% | lowest of 8 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | +5.4 pp | +5.1 pp | 4th most demanding of 8 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -2.3 pp | -2.3 pp | 11th highest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.2× | 19.7× | 2nd cheapest of 5 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.5× | -0.1× | 2nd most indebted of 6 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibraltar Industries ROCK | United States | $964M | -20% | +14% | 11% | 7.9× | 7.3% | +1.9% |
| Hsino Tower 601096.SS | China | $961M | -31% | -7% | 3% | 22.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Evergreen Steel 2211.TW | Taiwan | $943M | -24% | +9% | 21% | 9.5× | -9.2% | +10.4% |
| Juli Sling 002342.SZ | China | $989M | -66% | +19% | 3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang JW Precision Machinery 300984.SZ | China | $931M | -29% | +9% | 4% | 78.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Changjiang & Jinggong Steel Building (Group) 600496.SS | China | $931M | -25% | +1% | 3% | 9.7× | -1.5% | +12.7% |
| Lucky Harvest 002965.SZ | China | $923M | -21% | +18% | 0% | 59.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Troax TROAX.ST | Sweden | $908M | +46% | 0% | 8% | 39.4× | 28.3% | +11.1% |
| Ningbo Sunrise Elc Technology 002937.SZ | China | $908M | -42% | +12% | 8% | 26.2× | 21.4% | +11.2% |
| China Harzone Industry 300527.SZ | China | $1.03B | -18% | -12% | 1% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Ningxia Guoyun New Energy 000595.SZ | China | $903M | -16% | +142% | 21% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Hunan Corun New Energy 600478.SS | China | $901M | -53% | +46% | 4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Guangzhou Newlife New Material 301323.SZ | China | $896M | -15% | +26% | 13% | 31.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Sanwei 603033.SS | China | $1.04B | -40% | +10% | -6% | n/a | 13.7% | +21.1% |
| Shandong Golden Empire Precision Machinery Technology 603270.SS | China | $886M | -4% | +35% | 5% | 30.0× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu LiXing General Steel Ball 300421.SZ | China | $866M | -30% | +4% | 4% | n/a | 35.0% | +7.1% |
| Chongqing Millison Technologies 301307.SZ | China | $851M | -18% | +13% | -11% | 54.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Chint Power Technology 002150.SZ | China | $1.10B | -30% | +23% | 11% | 23.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Jiangsu Gian Technology 300709.SZ | China | $1.10B | -5% | +17% | 0% | 37.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Zhejiang Huayuan Auto Technology 301535.SZ | China | $836M | -30% | +66% | 12% | n/a | 22.2% | +17.2% |
| Kennametal India KENNAMET.NS | India | $832M | +27% | +29% | 17% | 37.5× | n/a | n/a |