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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-122307"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FBIN"
cik: "0001519751"
company_name: "Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-11-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T04:29:04.177295+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Fortune Brands Q3 sales down 8% YoY; EPS $1.09, guidance lowered for FY2024

## Summary
- Q3 net sales $1.155B, down 8% YoY; organic sales ex-China down 5%.
- EPS $1.09 (GAAP) +2% YoY; EPS before charges/gains $1.16, down 3%.
- Operating margin expanded 220 bps to 17.8%; non-GAAP margin 18.7%.
- Updated FY2024 guidance: net sales flat to 1% (prior 2.5-4.5%); EPS before charges/gains $4.17-$4.23 (prior $4.25-$4.35).
- Free cash flow guidance lowered to ~$475M (from ~$500M); cite hurricanes and channel destocking.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-122307
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FBIN
- cik: 0001519751
- company_name: Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-11-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000095017024122307/0000950170-24-122307-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000095017024122307/fbin-20241106.htm

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