Griffon Corp
GFF NYSE Metal Doors, Sash, Frames, Moldings & Trim Financials FY2016βFY2025
What Griffon Corp does
No business description yet.
- Legal name
- GRIFFON CORP
- Fiscal year ends
- September 30, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K Β· Nov 19, 2025
- Accession Β· CIK
- 0001628280-25-053242
0000050725
Revenue and margins
Griffon Corp had $2.5B of revenue in fiscal 2025, down 3.9% on the year before.
Net income and earnings per share
From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 5.4% a year. Loss periods are shown in red.
Returns on capital
After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Cash flow
Free cash flow was $305M in fiscal 2025, 12.1% of revenue. Cash from operations minus capital spending.
Dividends, buybacks and share count
Griffon Corp returned $223M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 73% of free cash flow. The diluted share count fell 6.0%.
Balance sheet
Cash, debt and the ratios that show how comfortably Griffon Corp can carry it.
| Fiscal year end | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash and short-term investments | $249M | $120M | $103M | $114M | $99.0M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $1.1B | $1.6B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.4B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.6x | β | 5.7x | 3.2x | 5.3x |
| Debt / equity | 1.3x | 3.3x | 4.7x | 6.8x | 19.1x |
| Interest coverage | 2.7x | β2.2x | 1.9x | 3.8x | 2.1x |
| Current ratio | 2.6x | 2.9x | 2.7x | 2.7x | 2.8x |
| Quick ratio | 1.7x | 1.3x | 1.3x | 1.4x | 2.4x |
| Total assets | $2.6B | $2.8B | $2.4B | $2.4B | $2.1B |
| Total liabilities | $1.8B | $2.3B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.0B |
| Shareholders' equity | $807M | $478M | $315M | $225M | $74.0M |
| Net debt (β = net cash) | $813M | $1.5B | $1.4B | $1.4B | $1.3B |
Insider trades
Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from Form 4 filings. 'Plan' marks trades under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan.
Bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
β
$0.0M
No open-market insider trades in the last 12 months.
Piotroski F-score
Nine pass/fail tests of profitability, funding and efficiency. 8β9 is strong, 0β2 weak.
| Test | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net income is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations is positive | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Return on assets rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Cash from operations exceeds net income | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Debt fell relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Current ratio rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Share count didn't rise | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Gross margin rose | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Revenue rose relative to assets | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| F-score | β / 3 | 5 / 9 | 5 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
| Accruals ratio | β2.8% | β1.9% | 3.4% | β2.6% | β2.4% | 0.4% | β9.3% | β13.5% | β7.1% | β13.8% |
| Altman Z'' | 3.20 | 3.91 | 3.10 | 3.25 | 3.39 | 3.86 | 2.00 | 2.77 | 3.48 | 3.98 |
10 years of figures
US$ millions unless stated. Hover a ratio's name for its definition.
| Fiscal year | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income statement | ||||||||||
| Revenue | $1.5B | $1.5B | $2.0B | $1.9B | $2.1B | $2.3B | $2.8B | $2.7B | $2.6B | $2.5B |
| Net interest income | β$49.9M | β$51.4M | β$63.9M | β$67.5M | β$65.8M | β$62.7M | β | β | β | β |
| Gross profit | $401M | $408M | $511M | $517M | $584M | $641M | $937M | $949M | $1.0B | $1.1B |
| Operating income | $82.3M | $67.0M | $92.8M | $109M | $140M | $171M | β$189M | $197M | $398M | $206M |
| Interest expense | $49.9M | $51.5M | $65.6M | $68.3M | $66.5M | $63.2M | $84.4M | $101M | $104M | $96.0M |
| Pretax income | $32.2M | $16.7M | $33.8M | $46.2M | $67.5M | $110M | β$271M | $113M | $297M | $127M |
| Income tax | $12.4M | β$1.1M | $0.6M | $20.8M | $26.0M | $39.7M | $16.8M | $35.1M | $86.8M | $76.3M |
| Net income | $30.0M | $14.9M | $126M | $37.3M | $53.4M | $79.2M | β$192M | $77.6M | $210M | $51.1M |
| Diluted EPS | $0.68 | $0.35 | $2.96 | $0.87 | $1.19 | $1.48 | β$3.71 | $1.42 | $4.23 | $1.09 |
| Diluted shares | 0.04B | 0.04B | 0.04B | 0.04B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B | 0.05B |
| Cash flow | ||||||||||
| Cash from operations | $80.1M | $49.2M | $58.2M | $90.3M | $107M | $69.8M | $59.2M | $432M | $380M | $357M |
| Capital expenditure | $59.3M | $34.9M | $50.1M | $34.9M | $41.2M | $37.0M | $42.5M | $63.6M | $68.4M | $52.4M |
| Free cash flow | $20.8M | $14.2M | $8.1M | $55.5M | $65.7M | $32.9M | $16.8M | $368M | $312M | $305M |
| Depreciation and amortization | $46.3M | $47.9M | $55.8M | $51.5M | $52.1M | $52.3M | $64.7M | $43.1M | $37.9M | $39.7M |
| Stock-based compensation | $10.1M | $8.1M | $19.6M | $15.9M | $17.6M | $20.1M | $33.1M | $41.1M | $26.8M | $25.5M |
| Acquisitions | $4.5M | $34.7M | $431M | $9.2M | $10.5M | $2.2M | $851M | $0.0M | $14.6M | $0.0M |
| Share buybacks | $65.3M | $15.8M | $45.6M | $1.5M | $7.5M | $3.4M | $10.9M | $164M | $310M | $183M |
| Dividends paid | $8.8M | $10.3M | $49.8M | $13.7M | $14.5M | $17.1M | $127M | $134M | $35.8M | $39.7M |
| Dividends and buybacks | $74.1M | $26.2M | $95.4M | $15.2M | $22.0M | $20.5M | $138M | $298M | $346M | $223M |
| Balance sheet | ||||||||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $72.6M | $47.7M | $69.8M | $72.4M | $218M | $249M | $120M | $103M | $114M | $99.0M |
| Total debt | $911M | $979M | $1.1B | $1.1B | $1.0B | $1.0B | $1.6B | $1.5B | $1.5B | $1.4B |
| Finance lease liabilities | β | β | β | β | $18.7M | $16.5M | $14.1M | $0.5M | $0.4M | $0.0M |
| Current assets | $781M | $1.1B | $913M | $925M | $1.1B | $1.4B | $1.2B | $981M | $929M | $1.2B |
| Current liabilities | $318M | $371M | $393M | $390M | $442M | $532M | $424M | $359M | $349M | $446M |
| Inventory | $261M | $299M | $398M | $442M | $320M | $473M | $669M | $507M | $425M | $172M |
| Property and equipment, net | $237M | $232M | $342M | $337M | β | β | β | β | β | β |
| Goodwill | $306M | $319M | $439M | $419M | $424M | $426M | $336M | $328M | $329M | $191M |
| Intangible assets | $198M | $205M | $371M | $357M | $354M | $350M | $762M | $635M | $619M | $364M |
| Total assets | $1.8B | $1.9B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.4B | $2.6B | $2.8B | $2.4B | $2.4B | $2.1B |
| Total liabilities | $1.4B | $1.5B | $1.6B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $2.3B | $2.1B | $2.1B | $2.0B |
| Preferred stock | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.0M |
| Shareholders' equity | $411M | $399M | $474M | $478M | $700M | $807M | $478M | $315M | $225M | $74.0M |
| Margins | ||||||||||
| Gross margin | 27.1% | 26.8% | 25.9% | 27.6% | 28.3% | 28.2% | 32.9% | 35.3% | 38.9% | 42.0% |
| Operating margin | 5.6% | 4.4% | 4.7% | 5.8% | 6.8% | 7.5% | β6.6% | 7.3% | 15.2% | 8.2% |
| EBITDA margin | 8.7% | 7.5% | 7.5% | 8.5% | 9.3% | 9.8% | β4.4% | 8.9% | 16.6% | 9.8% |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 1.0% | 6.4% | 2.0% | 2.6% | 3.5% | β6.7% | 2.9% | 8.0% | 2.0% |
| FCF margin | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.4% | 3.0% | 3.2% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 13.7% | 11.9% | 12.1% |
| Net interest share of revenue | β3.4% | β3.4% | β3.2% | β3.6% | β3.2% | β2.8% | β | β | β | β |
| Returns | ||||||||||
| Return on capital | 4.3% | 5.0% | 6.0% | 4.7% | 5.9% | 6.9% | β7.7% | 8.1% | 17.2% | 9.7% |
| Return on capital employed | 5.6% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 6.4% | 7.0% | 8.2% | β7.9% | 9.6% | 19.7% | 12.7% |
| Return on equity | 7.3% | 3.7% | 28.8% | 7.8% | 9.1% | 10.5% | β29.8% | 19.6% | 77.7% | 34.2% |
| Return on assets | 1.7% | 0.8% | 6.3% | 1.8% | 2.4% | 3.1% | β7.1% | 3.0% | 8.8% | 2.3% |
| Return on tangible equity | β | β | β | β | β | 255.6% | β | β | β | β |
| Growth | ||||||||||
| Revenue growth | β | 3.2% | 29.7% | β5.2% | 10.3% | 9.9% | 25.4% | β5.7% | β2.3% | β3.9% |
| Net income growth | β | β50.3% | 742.8% | β70.3% | 43.3% | 48.3% | β341.8% | β | 170.4% | β75.7% |
| EPS growth | β | β48.5% | 745.7% | β70.6% | 36.8% | 24.4% | β350.7% | β | 197.9% | β74.2% |
| FCF growth | β | β31.8% | β43.3% | 588.8% | 18.5% | β50.0% | β49.0% | 2,097.7% | β15.4% | β2.1% |
| Share count change | β | β2.5% | β1.4% | 1.1% | 5.0% | 18.6% | β3.2% | 5.7% | β9.1% | β6.0% |
| Financial health | ||||||||||
| Net debt / EBITDA | 6.5x | 8.1x | 7.1x | 6.4x | 4.4x | 3.6x | β | 5.7x | 3.2x | 5.3x |
| Debt / equity | 2.2x | 2.5x | 2.4x | 2.3x | 1.5x | 1.3x | 3.3x | 4.7x | 6.8x | 19.1x |
| Interest coverage | 1.6x | 1.3x | 1.4x | 1.6x | 2.1x | 2.7x | β2.2x | 1.9x | 3.8x | 2.1x |
| Current ratio | 2.5x | 3.0x | 2.3x | 2.4x | 2.5x | 2.6x | 2.9x | 2.7x | 2.7x | 2.8x |
| Quick ratio | 1.6x | 2.2x | 1.3x | 1.2x | 1.8x | 1.7x | 1.3x | 1.3x | 1.4x | 2.4x |
| Capital allocation | ||||||||||
| Capex / revenue | 4.0% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 2.1% |
| Stock comp / revenue | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Payouts / FCF | 355.6% | 184.1% | 1,184.5% | 27.3% | 33.5% | 62.4% | 821.2% | 80.9% | 110.9% | 73.1% |
| Quality scores | ||||||||||
| Piotroski F-score | β | 5.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 |
| Altman Z'' | 3.2 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| Accruals ratio | β2.8% | β1.9% | 3.4% | β2.6% | β2.4% | 0.4% | β9.3% | β13.5% | β7.1% | β13.8% |
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0000050725). Data updated October 24, 2026. Quarterly fourth quarters are the full year minus the first nine months. For information only β not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.