Based in Jasper, Indiana, MasterBrand, Inc. is a North American provider of residential cabinetry. The company produces and markets cabinets specifically designed ...
MasterBrand, Inc. is one of the largest residential cabinetry manufacturers in North America. The company traces its history to 1954, when it was founded as United Cabinet Incorporated. Over time, the business developed through acquisitions, brand expansion, and changes in ownership, eventually becoming MasterBrand. In July 2022, MasterBrand, Inc. was ...MasterBrand, Inc. is one of the largest residential cabinetry manufacturers in North America. The company traces its history to 1954, when it was founded as United Cabinet Incorporated. Over time, the business developed through acquisitions, brand expansion, and changes in ownership, eventually becoming MasterBrand. In July 2022, MasterBrand, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware as part of the planned separation from Fortune Brands, and the separation was completed in December 2022. The company began trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker MBC following that separation.
MasterBrand designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes cabinetry primarily for residential applications. Its products serve kitchens, bathrooms, laundry rooms, home offices, entertainment spaces, and other parts of the home. The portfolio spans multiple price and customization levels, including stock, semi-custom, custom, and ready-to-assemble cabinets, as well as bathroom vanities. This range allows the company to serve homeowners, homebuilders, independent dealers, kitchen and bath specialists, remodelers, and larger retail or distribution customers. Its brands are positioned to address different consumer budgets, design preferences, and project requirements.
The manufacturing model generally depends on engineered wood, hardwood, plywood, laminates, coatings, hardware, packaging materials, labor, energy, and transportation. The company’s public materials do not provide a complete product-level bill of materials or a single standardized cost breakdown. Consequently, profitability is influenced by raw-material prices, freight expenses, labor availability, plant utilization, product mix, housing activity, remodeling demand, and the ability to pass cost increases through to customers. Cabinetry is a relatively durable and design-sensitive category, making quality, delivery reliability, installation compatibility, and brand recognition important competitive factors.
MasterBrand reported approximately 12,000 full-time employees in the supplied company data, placing it in the 10,001–20,000 employee range. Dave Banyard has served as President and Chief Executive Officer since December 2022. The company is headquartered in Jasper, Indiana, while the supplied issuer address is in Beachwood, Ohio.
The supplied trailing-twelve-month data indicates a market capitalization of approximately $1.20 billion and enterprise value of approximately $2.65 billion. It reports revenue per share of $18.08, gross margin of about 25.9%, EBITDA margin of approximately 2.9%, and negative net margin of about 3.5%. The company generated positive trailing free cash flow, but leverage remains material, with debt-to-equity of approximately 0.86 and net debt-to-EBITDA of approximately 17.8. These figures suggest that operating improvement, demand recovery, manufacturing efficiency, disciplined capital allocation, and balance-sheet management are important priorities. MasterBrand’s longer-term objectives are likely to include strengthening its brands, improving service and operational execution, expanding profitable distribution, managing input and freight costs, and capturing opportunities from new construction and remodeling. Financial metrics are time-sensitive and should be verified against the latest SEC filings and company disclosures.
YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength.
QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes.
RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three).
$2.7B
+1.3%
+31.9%
Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day.
$26.7M
-78.8%
-274.0%
Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials.
+30.3%
-4.9%
+6.4%
Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on).
+4.9%
-48.4%
-121.8%
Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales.
+1.0%
-79.1%
-183.5%
Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock.
$117.5M
-44.3%
+188.0%
FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine.
+4.3%
-45.0%
+166.7%
Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe.
100.3%
+20.0%
-11.5%
Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking.
1.67x
+1.7%
-15.3%
Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground.
Operator: Good afternoon, and welcome to MasterBrand's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. Please note that this conference call is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Henry Harrison, Senior Director of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis.
Henry Harrison: Thank you, and good afternoon. We appreciate you joining us for today's call. With me on the call today are Dave Banyard, President and Chief Executive Officer of MasterBrand; and Andi Simon, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. We issued a press release earlier this afternoon disclosing our second quarter 2026 financial results. This document is available on the Investors section of our website at masterbrand.com. I'd like to remind you that this call will include forward-looking statements in either our prepared remarks or the associated question-and-answer session. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and market outlook and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those currently anticipated. Additional information regarding these factors appears in the section entitled Forward-Looking Statements in the press release we issued today. More information about risks can be found in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including under the heading Risk Factors in our full year 2025 Form 10-K and updated as necessary in our subsequent 2026 Form 10-Qs, which are available at sec.gov and at masterbrand.com. The forward-looking statements in this call speak only as of today, and the company does not undertake any obligation to update or revise any of these statements, except as required by law. Today's discussion includes certain non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to the reconciliation tables, which are in the press release issued earlier this afternoon and are also available at sec.gov and at masterbrand.com. Our prepared remarks today will include a business update from Dave, followed by a discussion of our second quarter 2026 financial results from Andi, along with our second half 2026 financial outlook. Finally, Dave will make some closing remarks before we host a question-and-answer session. With that, let me turn the call over to Dave.
R. Banyard: Thank you, and good afternoon, everyone. We appreciate you joining us for today's call. The second quarter marked an important milestone for MasterBrand. On May 28, we completed our merger with American Woodmark, bringing together 2 industry leaders to create the most comprehensive portfolio of trusted cabinet brands in North America. I want to start by welcoming our new associates from American Woodmark and thanking our teams for staying focused on executing and delivering for our customers through the close. This is our first earnings call as a combined company, and the commitment we have seen across the organization in these first weeks has only strengthened our conviction in …