secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. (FBIN)
CIK:        0001519751
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-08-04T20:08:26+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-332793
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Fortune Brands Q2 underlying EPS $1.35, up 35%; raises FY guidance on tariff refunds
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- Q2 sales $1.154B, down 4.1% YoY; GAAP EPS ($0.19) includes $1.44 impairment charge and $0.52 net tariff refund benefit.
- Underlying EPS before charges/gains $1.35, up 35% YoY; operating margin before charges/gains 20.4%, up 390 bps.
- Water Innovations sales -6.5%, Outdoors -3.8%, Security +3.8%; Security margin up 1,200 bps to 26.8%.
- Updated FY 2026 EPS before charges/gains guidance $3.22-$3.52 (prior $3.00-$3.30), includes $0.52 net tariff refund benefit.
- FY operating margin before charges/gains raised to 14.0%-15.0%; free cash flow guidance raised to $370M-$420M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526332793/0001193125-26-332793-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1519751/000119312526332793/fbin-20260804.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-332793

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