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Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. earns 18% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so the business is worth more the bigger it gets.
18%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 9.4 points above what the capital costs: growth creates value
- Operating margin
- 20%
Operating margin · Basic Materials median 13% · 12 months to Q1 2026
- Cash conversion
- 1.00×
Cash conversion · 0.21× a year ago · some of the reported profit has not turned into cash yet
- Share count, year on year
- −1.5%
Share count, year on year · bought back, each share owns more of the company
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 20% |
| FY2021 | 23% |
| FY2022 | 22% |
| FY2023 | 21% |
| FY2024 | 19% |
| FY2025 | 20% |
Details›
- Gross margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 45%
- Operating margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 20%
- Net margin12 months to Q1 2026
- 15%
- Free cash flow margin
- 15%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $2.38B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- $355M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $355M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 18%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Basic Materials
Ranks #87 of 140 by Smart Score