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Brian Bernard
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Fortune Brands Reports Solid 1Q Results Despite End-Market Softness, Maintains 2019 Guidance

Fortune Brands Home & Security performed well during the first quarter even though its end markets grew at a more tepid pace than last year. Fortune Brands' sales grew 6% year over year (3% organically) to $1.3 billion. The company estimates repair and remodel spending was up 4% but its new-construction end markets were down low single digits. During last year's first quarter, Fortune Brands estimated 4%-5% R&R growth and mid-single-digit expansion in its new-construction markets.
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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
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