Fortune Brands Innovations — Oct 30, 2025 release
Fiscal 2025 third-quarter results · 8-K Item 2.02 · Exhibit 99.1 · 0001193125-25-258551
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Interest expense
“$114 million to $116 million”
Period
FY2025
Measure
GAAP-tied
Source
Guidance table
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Net debt to EBITDA before charges / gains
“at the upper end of its previous guidance range of 2.2x to 2.5x”
Net debt to EBITDA before charges / gains for FY2025
“upper end of its previous guidance range of 2.2x to 2.5x”
EPS before charges / gains for FY2025
“$3.75 to $3.95”
Global market for FY2025
“-4% to -2%”
U.S. market for FY2025
“-4% to -2%”
U.S. SFNC for FY2025
“-6% to -5%”
China market for FY2025
“-20% to -15%”
Operating margin before charges / gains for FY2025
“16.0% to 17.0%”
Cash flow from operations for FY2025
“Around $530 million to $540 million”
Free cash flow for FY2025
“Around $500 million to $520 million”
Cash conversion for FY2025
“Around 120% to 130%”
Water Innovations net sales for FY2025
“-3% to -1%”
Water Innovations operating margin before ch… for FY2025
“23.0% to 24.0%”
Outdoors net sales for FY2025
“Flat to 2%”
Outdoors operating margin before charges / g… for FY2025
“14.0% to 15.0%”
Security net sales for FY2025
“-1% to 2%”
Security operating margin before charges / g… for FY2025
“16.5% to 17.5%”
Corporate expense for FY2025
“$158 million to $160 million”
Interest expense for FY2025
“$114 million to $116 million”
Other income / (expense) for FY2025
“Around $6 million”
Capex for FY2025
“$130 million to $150 million”
Tax rate for FY2025
“26.5% to 27.5%”
Share count for FY2025
“121.0 million to 121.5 million”
Exhibit 99.1 · the passage around this item
… earlier in the release
SFNC
-6% to -5%
-7% to -6%
China market
-20% to -15%
-20% to -15%
TOTAL COMPANY FINANCIAL METRICS
Operating margin before charges / gains
16.0% to 17.0%
16.0% to 17.0%
Cash flow from operations
Around $650 million
Around $530 million to $540 million
Free cash flow
Around $500 million to $520 million
Around $400 million to $420 million
Cash conversion
Around 120% to 130%
Around 125% to 135%
SEGMENT FINANCIAL METRICS
Water Innovations net sales
-3% to -1%
-3% to -1%
Water Innovations operating margin before charges / gains
23.0% to 24.0%
23.0% to 24.0%
Outdoors net sales
Flat to 2%
-2% to Flat
Outdoors operating margin before charges / gains
14.0% to 15.0%
13.0% to 14.0%
Security net sales
-1% to 2%
-1% to 2%
Security operating margin before charges / gains
16.5% to 17.5%
15.5% to 16.5%
OTHER ITEMS
Corporate expense
$158 million to $160 million
$145 million to $155 million
Interest expense
$114 million to $116 million
$114 million to $116 million
Other income / (expense)
Around $6 million
Around $3 million
Capex
$130 million to $150 million
$120 million to $130 million
Tax rate
26.5% to 27.5%
26.5% to 27.5%
Share count
121.0 million to 121.5 million
121.0 million to 121.5 million
For certain forward-looking non-GAAP measures (as used in this press release, net debt to EBITDA before charges / gains, operating margin before charges / gains on a full Company and segment basis, EPS before charges / gains and cash conversion), the Company is unable to provide a reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP financial measure because the information needed to reconcile the non-GAAP financial measure to the GAAP financial measure is unavailable due to the inherent difficulty of forecasting the timing and / or amount of various items that have not yet occurred, including the high variability and low visibility with respect to gains and losses associated with our defined benefit plans, which are excluded from net debt to EBITDA before charges / gains and EPS before charges / gains, and which are included in cash conversion, and restructuring and other charges,
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Text is the filed exhibit, verbatim.