How Fletcher Building makes money

Where FBU’s revenue went in FY2019: operating costs, depreciation, interest and tax, and what was left as net profit. Built from the income statement in the filed annual report, and drawn only when the figures reconcile with each other. FBU company profile

How Fletcher Building makes money — FY2019

Revenue $8.3b · Net profit $246.0m (3.0% of revenue) · Financial year ending June (from the issuer record)

Fletcher Building (FBU) FY2019: where revenue of $8.3b wentRevenue → EBIT: $455.0mRevenue → Operating costs incl. depreciation (net of other income): $7.9bEBIT → Net profit: $246.0mEBIT → Interest: $149.0mEBIT → Other items (net cost): $60.0mIncome tax credit → Other items (net cost): $248.0mRevenue: $8.3bRevenue$8.3bEBIT: $455.0mEBIT$455.0mOperating costs incl. depreciation (net of other income): $7.9b (derived)Operating costs incl.depreciation (net ofother income)$7.9b · derivedIncome tax credit: $248.0mIncome tax credit$248.0mNet profit: $246.0mNet profit$246.0mInterest: $149.0mInterest$149.0mOther items (net cost): $308.0m (balancing item)Other items (net cost)$308.0m · balancing

Band widths are proportional to NZD amounts. Dashed outlines mark derived figures; the hatched node is a balancing item (net profit less every line above it).

Fletcher Building FY2019 figures used in the chart
FY2019AmountStatusNote
Revenue$8.3bReported
Operating costs incl. depreciation (net of other income)−$7.9bDerived *Reported operating expenses $1,660m do not reconcile; not used.
Depreciation & amortisation—Not reported
EBIT$455.0mReported
Interest (net finance costs)−$149.0mReported
Income tax credit+$248.0mReported
Other items (net cost)−$308.0mBalancing item *Net profit less the lines above; covers fair-value movements, impairments, associates and anything else not itemised.
Net profit$246.0mReported
  • * operating costs: $7.9b = Revenue − EBIT
Checks run on these figures (5)
  • Passed: Revenue is within the scale of a column stored in thousands.
  • Passed: Revenue in the income statement ($8,308m) vs the summary table ($8,308m): agree within 2%.
  • Not met: Reported operating expenses ($1,660m) leave $6,648m, not EBIT of $455m (gap $6,193m); costs derived as revenue minus operating profit instead. No split is shown.
  • Passed: Balancing item -$308m is 3.7% of revenue (limit 25%).
  • Not met: No operating segments recorded for this year.

Figures extracted automatically from the annual report; check against the report. NZD thousands as stored, shown in millions. Source: annual_report_pdf · method: claude_haiku_pdf · extracted 7 March 2026.

Annual report: Fletcher Building – FY19 Results and Annual Report (PDF, NZX)

Year-on-year EBITDA bridge (FY2018 → FY2019)

Bridge not available: FY2018 is not charted: Figures were not read from a filed annual report (source: not recorded).

Margins over time

EBITDA, EBIT and net profit as a share of revenue for each year whose figures passed the checks (6 of 9 years from FY2018). The shaded line is the median of 8 other listed Materials operating companies, using each one’s same financial year where it passed the checks; the number of companies in each median is in the table. Gaps are years that were not charted.

EBITDA margin
FBU ebitda margin by financial year, with peer median-10%5%20%FY18FY20FY22FY24FY26FY2018: not charted — not from annual reportFY2019: not charted — EBITDA not recorded or derivable for this year (EBIT only)FY2020: not charted — EBITDA not recorded or derivable for this year (EBIT only)FY2021: not charted — not from annual reportFY2022: not charted — not from annual reportFY2023: not charted — EBITDA not recorded or derivable for this year (EBIT only)FY2024: not charted — EBITDA not recorded or derivable for this year (EBIT only)FY2025: FBU 10.6%; peer median — (1)FY2026: FBU 10.9%; peer median — (0)
EBIT margin
FBU ebit margin by financial year, with peer median-10%5%20%FY18FY20FY22FY24FY26FY2018: not charted — not from annual reportFY2019: FBU 5.5%; peer median — (1)FY2020: FBU 2.2%; peer median — (0)FY2021: not charted — not from annual reportFY2022: not charted — not from annual reportFY2023: FBU 9.4%; peer median — (1)FY2024: FBU 2.3%; peer median 4.7% (2)FY2025: FBU 5.5%; peer median — (1)FY2026: FBU 6.1%; peer median — (0)
Net margin
FBU net margin by financial year, with peer median-10%5%20%FY18FY20FY22FY24FY26FY2018: not charted — not from annual reportFY2019: FBU 3.0%; peer median — (1)FY2020: FBU -2.7%; peer median — (0)FY2021: not charted — not from annual reportFY2022: not charted — not from annual reportFY2023: FBU 2.8%; peer median — (1)FY2024: FBU -3.0%; peer median 2.2% (2)FY2025: FBU -6.0%; peer median — (1)FY2026: FBU 3.2%; peer median — (0)

FBU   peer median   below the axis: year not charted (reason in the table). All panels share one scale.

FBU margins by year with peer medians
YearEBITDA margin: FBU · peer median (n)EBIT margin: FBU · peer median (n)Net margin: FBU · peer median (n)Note
FY2018—— (0)—— (1)—— (1)Not charted: not from annual report
FY2019—— (1)5.5%— (1)3.0%— (1)EBITDA not recorded or derivable for this year (EBIT only)
FY2020—— (0)2.2%— (0)-2.7%— (0)EBITDA not recorded or derivable for this year (EBIT only)
FY2021—— (1)—— (1)—— (1)Not charted: not from annual report
FY2022—— (1)—— (1)—— (1)Not charted: not from annual report
FY2023—— (1)9.4%— (1)2.8%— (1)EBITDA not recorded or derivable for this year (EBIT only)
FY2024—10.2% (2)2.3%4.7% (2)-3.0%2.2% (2)EBITDA not recorded or derivable for this year (EBIT only)
FY202510.6%— (1)5.5%— (1)-6.0%— (1)
FY202610.9%— (0)6.1%— (0)3.2%— (0)

Peer medians use only peer-years that passed the same checks; a median of fewer than two companies is not shown. Years are grouped by financial-year label, and year-end months differ between companies.

Not yet available: where the cash goes (operating cash flow to capex, dividends and debt) and underlying versus reported earnings. The figures they need are not yet validated.

Years not charted

These years are on file but their figures did not pass the checks, so no chart is drawn for them.

  • FY2022: Figures were not read from a filed annual report (source: not recorded).
  • FY2021: Figures were not read from a filed annual report (source: not recorded).
  • FY2018: Figures were not read from a filed annual report (source: not recorded).

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