Fortune Brands Innovations — Aug 4, 2026 release
Fiscal 2026 second-quarter results · 8-K Item 2.02 · Exhibit 99.1 · 0001193125-26-332793
Showing in the filing
Interest Expense
“$110 million to $115 million”
Period
FY2026
Measure
GAAP-tied
Source
Guidance table
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Net tariff refund 1 benefit to EPS for FY2026
“$0.52”
Net tariff refunds benefit to full year EPS for FY2026
“$0.52”
EPS before charges / gains for FY2026
“$3.00 to $3.30”
Global market for FY2026
“Down low single digits”
U.S. SFNC for FY2026
“Down mid single digits”
Operating margin before charges / gains for FY2026
“13.5% to 14.5%”
Net tariff refund 1 benefit to Operating Inc… for FY2026
“$81 million”
Net tariff refunds benefit to full year Oper… for FY2026
“$81 million”
Cash flow from operations for FY2026
“$475 million to $510 million”
Free cash flow for FY2026
“$350 million to $400 million”
Interest Expense for FY2026
“$110 million to $115 million”
Capex for FY2026
“$110 million to $125 million”
Tax Rate for FY2026
“24.0% to 24.5%”
Share Count for FY2026
“120 million to 120.5 million”
Exhibit 99.1 · the passage around this item
… earlier in the release
SFNC
Down mid single digits
Down mid single digits
TOTAL COMPANY FINANCIAL ASSUMPTIONS
Operating Margin before charges / gains
13.5% to 14.5%
14.0% to 15.0%
Net tariff refund 1 benefit to Operating Income
$81 million
Cash flow from operations
$475 million to $510 million
$495 million to $530 million
Free cash flow
$350 million to $400 million
$370 million to $420 million
1 Net tariff refunds include anticipated gross tariff refunds, partially offset by increases in directly attributable variable incentive compensation costs and taxes (for EPS only)
Prior 2026 Full-Year Assumptions
Updated 2026 Full-Year Assumptions
OTHER ASSUMPTIONS
Interest Expense
$110 million to $115 million
$108 million to $112 million
Capex
$110 million to $125 million
$110 million to $125 million
Tax Rate
24.0% to 24.5%
24.0% to 24.5%
Share Count
120 million to 120.5 million
120 million to 120.5 million
For certain forward-looking non-GAAP measures (as used in this press release, operating margin before charges / gains and EPS before charges / gains), 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 EPS before charges / gains and restructuring and other charges, which are excluded from operating margin before charges / gains and EPS before charges / gains. Additionally, estimating such GAAP measures and providing a meaningful reconciliation consistent with the Company’s accounting policies for future periods require
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other guidance in this release
Text is the filed exhibit, verbatim.