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Brian Bernard
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Fortune Brands Posts Solid Fourth-Quarter Results; We’ve Increased Our FVE to $66 Per Share

Narrow-moat Fortune Brands reported solid fourth-quarter results; consolidated revenue grew just over 6% year over year to $1.38 billion, consolidated adjusted operating margin expanded 20 basis points to 13.5%, and adjusted EPS increased about 13% to $0.80. Fortune Brands’ fourth-quarter revenue and adjusted EPS were both in line with consensus estimates. We increased our fair value estimate to $66 from $64 per share, mainly due to our lower effective tax rate assumption (now 25% versus our pre...
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