Gibraltar Industries is a building products company with 45% year-over-year revenue growth and 70% analyst upside to price targets, but a quality score well below the minimum acceptable threshold and two consecutive earnings misses indicate the rapid growth is not translating into durable business quality.
Thesis pillars
- 45 Pct Revenue Growth Industry Leader→Stable
- Quality Below Floor Earnings Misses→Stable
- 70 Pct Analyst Upside Valuation Gap↑Improving
- +1 more pillar — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (ROCK) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup · Inst Constrain edge
Industrials · Building Products & Equipment
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $47.88: Quality below floor (3.2 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10 and A.R:R 2.6:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 627.17; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum.
Gibraltar Industries manufactures building products and engineered solutions across three segments - Residential (roofing accessories, rainwater management, mail and package systems), Agtech (controlled-environment agriculture structures and canopies), and Infrastructure (bridge... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $47.88: Quality below floor (3.2 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10 and A.R:R 2.6:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 627.17; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: RSI 54 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 5.2/10, moderate confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 74d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA). Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-08-16Recent Developments — Gibraltar Industries, Inc.
Latest news
- NEWS Gibraltar Industries Q2 Adj. EPS $1.11 Beats $1.02 Estimate, Sales $509.547M Beat $472.075M Estimate — benzinga Aug 5, 2026 positive
- NEWS Gibraltar Industries Affirms FY2026 GAAP EPS Guidance of $2.40-$2.80 vs $3.15 Est — benzinga Aug 5, 2026 negative
- NEWS Gibraltar Industries Affirms FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance of $3.65-$4.05 vs $3.81 Est; Affirms FY2026 Sales Guidance of $1.76 — benzinga Aug 5, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Gibraltar Industries Divests Renewables Operations — benzinga Jul 16, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Gibraltar Industries Affirms FY2026 GAAP EPS Guidance of $2.40-$2.80 vs $3.96 Est — benzinga May 7, 2026 negative
Generated 2026-08-16T13:27:09Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- LOWCustomerhome improvement retailer12%10-K Item 1: 'One customer, a home improvement retailer which purchases from the Residential segment, represented 12%, 16% and 17% of the Company's consolidated net sales for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively.'
- MEDIUMCustomerten largest customers43%10-K Item 1A: 'The Company's ten largest customers accounted for approximately 43%, 42%, and 46% of the Company's net sales during 2025, 2024, and 2023, respectively'
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Unprofitable operations — net margin -10.4%. Quality floor flags this regardless of sector context.static
Momentum below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $47.88: Quality below floor (3.2 < 4.0) triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 5.2/10 and A.R:R 2.6:1 is above the 1.5:1 BUY gate. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 627.17; Below-average business quality; Negative price momentum. Chart setup: RSI 54 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $44.53. Score 5.2/10, moderate confidence.
Take-profit target: $63.96 (+33.6% upside). Prior stop was $44.53. Stop-loss: $44.53.
Quality below floor (3.2 < 4.0); Value-trap signals (3/5): Margin compression (op margin 1.7%), High leverage (D/E 2.8), Negative free cash flow.
Gibraltar Industries, Inc. trades at a P/E of 23.7 (forward 10.0). TrendMatrix value score: 7.7/10. Verdict: Sell.
9 analysts cover ROCK with a consensus score of 4.1/5. Average price target: $75.
What does Gibraltar Industries, Inc. do?Gibraltar Industries manufactures building products and engineered solutions across three segments - Residential...
Gibraltar Industries manufactures building products and engineered solutions across three segments - Residential (roofing accessories, rainwater management, mail and package systems), Agtech (controlled-environment agriculture structures and canopies), and Infrastructure (bridge and highway components) - serving the U.S. and Canada from 34 facilities as of December 31, 2025. The company sells primarily through home improvement retailers, wholesalers, distributors, and contractors, and closed its $1.335 billion acquisition of OmniMax International in February 2026, expanding its Residential seg