Is it safe?
Can MBC take a bad year?
MasterBrand, Inc. carries $947M of net debt at 8.67× EBITDA: a heavy load to carry through a bad year.
$947M
Net debt · as at Q1 2026 · over four years of earnings before interest, tax and depreciation, heavy
- Net debt / EBITDA
- 8.67×
Net debt / EBITDA · 3.72× a year ago · the load is going up
- Altman Z-score
- 2.15
Altman Z-score · grey zone, between 1.8 and 3
- Interest cover
- 0.87×
Interest cover · operating profit barely covers the interest bill
Details›
- Total debtQ1 2026
- $1.08B
- Cash and short-term investments
- $138M
- Net debt
- $947M
- EBITDA, trailing twelve months
- $109M
- Operating profit, trailing twelve months
- $63M
- Debt / equity
- 0.82×
- Total debt / EBITDA
- 9.94×
- Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
- 49%
- Worst drawdown on file
- −65%
- Below its 52-week high
- −36%
Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.
Furnishings, Fixtures & Appliances
Ranks #8 of 11 by Smart Score