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Installed Building Products, Inc.
A national installer of insulation and complementary building products such as garage doors, rain gutters, and shower doors for residential and commercial builders. It began in 1977 as a single-location insulation business in Columbus, Ohio, bought by the father of longtime chief executive Jeff Edwards, who took charge in the mid-1990s and grew the company through hundreds of acquisitions while keeping local names and managers in place. The firm went public in 2014 and now ranks among the largest building-product installers in the country.
Installation volume fell 9.9% in Q1, but Q2 gross margin rebounded to 33.3% as commercial growth and pricing gains offset residential weakness.
Installation volume fell again, but profitability rebounded from the prior quarter's trough. rose 2.3% to $777.8 million and recovered to 33.3% from Q1's 32.1%, driven by a 10.4% increase in commercial and a 50.4% increase in Distribution and Manufacturing revenue. The company is leaning on commercial work and vertical integration to offset a residential downturn that shows no sign of reversing.
Key takeaways
Installation fell 2.3%, as a 7.2% decline in single-family and a 1.4% decline in multi-family more than offset a 10.4% increase in commercial same-branch sales.
contracted 0.9 points to 33.3%, as higher vehicle costs including fuel, insurance, and , along with labor and indirect cost pressures from mix shifts, outweighed the benefit of commercial growth.
from the Other category — Distribution and Manufacturing — rose 50.4%, reflecting the company's vertical integration strategy and providing a growing offset to installation volume weakness.
Section summaries
Management's Discussion and Analysis
Q2 2026 revenue rose 2.3% to $777.8M on commercial growth and acquisitions, but gross profit fell 0.4% on higher vehicle and labor costs.
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Net increased 2.3% to $777.8M, driven by 14.1% commercial sales growth and acquisitions, partially offset by a decline in single-family residential job volume.
fell 6.3% to $94.6 million, though it rebounded 64.2% from Q1's $57.6 million, as the prior quarter carried the steepest volume decline in the data provided.
The company returned $86.6 million to shareholders in the quarter, including $76.2 million in stock repurchases and a 5% higher regular of $0.39 per share, while total liquidity stood at $766.6 million.
rose 21.9% to $1.03 billion following the January 2026 issuance of $500 million in 5.625% Senior Notes due 2034, which was used to redeem the 2028 notes and extend maturities.
What changed
The Q1 FY2026 filing flagged whether the 9.9% installation volume decline represented a trough. Q2 volume remained negative — fell 2.3% — but the rate of decline moderated from Q1's 9.9% drop, suggesting stabilization rather than a deepening downturn.
, which fell to 32.1% in Q1, rebounded to 33.3% in Q2, recovering most of the ground lost but still 0.9 points below the prior-year quarter's 34.2%. The recovery was driven by commercial growth and pricing, while vehicle and labor costs continued to pressure profitability.
The Q1 filing noted that deal activity had lagged management's $100 million annual acquired target and that cash had swelled to $474.3 million. In Q2, cash declined to $394.5 million as the company deployed $76.2 million on stock repurchases, but no large acquisitions were disclosed.
The Distribution reporting unit's , flagged as a critical audit matter with an 18.4% in the FY2025 10-K, was not discussed in this filing, leaving the cushion's trajectory unaddressed for a second consecutive quarter.
What to watch
Whether the moderation in installation volume declines — from a 9.9% drop in Q1 to a 2.3% decline in Q2 — continues into Q3, or whether residential weakness re-accelerates as mortgage rates remain elevated.
The trajectory of as the 33.3% Q2 rate remains below the 34.0% full-year FY2025 level, with vehicle and labor cost pressures persisting and the residential mix shift toward lower-margin single-family work continuing.
The pace and size of acquisition announcements in the second half of FY2026, given that deal activity has lagged management's $100 million annual acquired target and the cash balance remains elevated at $394.5 million.
Any disclosure on the Distribution reporting unit and the carrying value of its , which has not been updated since the FY2025 10-K reported an 18.4% as of October 2025.
decreased 0.4% to $258.9M and contracted to 33.3% from 34.2%, primarily due to higher vehicle costs (fuel, insurance, ) and labor/indirect costs from mix shifts.
Installation same-branch sales fell 2.3%, with single-family same-branch down 7.2% and multi-family down 1.4%, while commercial same-branch grew 10.4%.
Other category sales (Distribution and Manufacturing) surged 50.4%, reflecting the company's vertical integration strategy.
Liquidity remained strong at $766.6M total, including $394.5M cash and $372.1M available on the undrawn ABL ; the company issued $500M of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2034 and redeemed its 2028 notes.
Capital returns to shareholders totaled $86.6M in Q2, including a 5% increase to $0.39 per share and $76.2M in stock repurchases.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
We are exposed to market risks related to fluctuations in interest rates on our outstanding variable rate debt. As of June 30, 2026, we had $488.7 million outstanding on our Term Loan, gross of unamortized debt issuance costs, no outstanding borrowings on our ABL Revolver and no…
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We are exposed to market risks related to fluctuations in interest rates on our outstanding variable rate debt. As of June 30, 2026, we had $488.7 million outstanding on our Term Loan, gross of unamortized debt issuance costs, no outstanding borrowings on our ABL Revolver and no outstanding borrowings under finance leases subject to variable interest rates. As of June 30, 2026, we had two active interest rate swaps which, when combined, serve to hedge $400.0 million of the variable cash flows on our Term Loan through December 14, 2028. As a result, total variable rate debt of $88.7 million was exposed to market risks as of June 30, 2026. A hypothetical one percentage point increase (decrease) in interest rates on our variable rate debt would increase (decrease) our annual interest expense by approximately $0.9 million. The 2034 Senior Notes accrue interest at a fixed rate of 5.625%.
For variable rate debt, interest rate changes generally do not affect the fair value of the debt instrument, but do impact future earnings and cash flows, assuming other factors are held constant. We have not entered into and currently do not hold derivatives for trading or speculative purposes.
See Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements, Note 16, Commitments and Contingencies – Other Commitments and Contingencies, for information about existing legal proceedings.
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See Part I, Item 1. Financial Statements, Note 16, Commitments and Contingencies – Other Commitments and Contingencies, for information about existing legal proceedings.