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Keith Schoonmaker, CFA
EUR 147.86 For Business Accounts Only

Fortune Brands is among the best of breed plays on a strong residential construction recovery

Narrow-moat Fortune Brands noted that repair and remodel activity was lower than expected through most of the third quarter. The slowness in end-market demand affected sales, which missed consensus estimates by 4%, but strong profitability across all of the company’s segments helped Fortune Brands beat consensus EPS estimates by 2%. The company observed stronger repair and remodel spending in late September, which has continued into October, and the company expects the fourth quarter to track to...
Underlying
Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc.

Fortune Brands Home & Security is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the company provides home and security products. The company's segments are: Cabinets, which manufactures cabinetry and vanities, for the kitchen, bath and other parts of the home; Plumbing, which manufactures or assembles and sells faucets, accessories, kitchen sinks and waste disposals; and Doors and Security, which manufactures and sells fiberglass and steel entry door systems, composite decking and railing, and urethane millwork, as well as manufactures, sources and distributes locks, safety and security devices, and electronic security products and fire resistant safes, security containers and commercial cabinets.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

Analysts
Keith Schoonmaker, CFA

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