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SiteOne Landscape Supply

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Industrial - Distribution · Industrials
Price
$103.73
-4.11 (-3.81%)
Market Cap
$4.60B
Winston Score
38
Winston is serious
Below-average fundamentals — multiple weak pillars.

Share count falling — buybacks

1.6% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 45.8M (2021) → 45.1M (2025)

SiteOne Landscape Supply sells the materials that landscaping professionals need to do their jobs. Its products include mulch, soil, fertilizers, plants, irrigation systems, outdoor lighting, and hardscapes like pavers and stones. It is the largest wholesale distributor of landscape supplies in the United States, selling almost entirely to professional landscaping contractors rather than everyday consumers.

The company makes money by buying products from manufacturers and reselling them through its network of over 700 branch locations across the U.S. and Canada. Its size gives it a purchasing advantage over smaller regional competitors, and its wide branch network makes it convenient for contractors who need supplies quickly and reliably. The main growth driver is continued acquisitions of smaller regional distributors, but the business is sensitive to housing market slowdowns and commercial construction activity, which directly affect how much work landscaping contractors have.

Winston Score History

Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+0.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow revenue growth

EPS Growth

+1.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$0/ year

0.0% of revenue

Below sector average (4%)

Research and development spending

Insider Activity

1.8%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Runway

~2 months

$84M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

Short runway — potential dilution ahead through share issuance

Cash watch

SiteOne Landscape Supply has less than a year of cash at its current burn rate. Growth investors should watch for potential share dilution from future fundraising — that directly reduces your ownership.

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Quality

Gross Margin
33.9%
Modest — 33.9% gross margin
Operating Margin
-2.8%
Losing money on operations — -2.8%
ROCE
-1.2%
Weak — -1.2% return on capital

Negative ROIC means the business is losing money on every dollar invested in it.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+2.8%
Nearly flat sales (2.8% YoY)
EPS YoY
+32.9%
Earnings growing fast (32.9% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
4/8 quarters
Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
202%
Turns 202% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
5.2%
Thin free cash flow (5.2%)

FCF margin between 0% and 10%. Some cash from sales, but not a lot.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
0.33
Conservative — low debt load (0.33)
Interest Cover
6.79x
Adequate interest coverage (6.8x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
30.6x
Pricey — P/E 30.6

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+4.6
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (30.6 → 26.0)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.
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