RPM International Inc. · RPM · FY2026 Q1 · Calendar Q4 2025

RPM: Record sales, maintained outlook, but cost pressures persist

RPM's current evidence is constructive on demand and growth investment, but it does not by itself establish that earnings growth will persist: management maintained its outlook while highlighting tariff, healthcare, SG&A and plant-consolidation pressures.

Reported Before market openNYSEBasic Materials $12.48B market cap
90quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $1.88 Consensus $1.88
EPS surprise 0.0% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $2.11B Consensus $2.06B
Revenue surprise +2.8% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

prior-close to event-session close
Stock move -0.6% Event window
SPY move +0.3% Same window
Abnormal move -0.9% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.2× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -7.5% Up to 20 sessions
RPMSPY benchmark

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What changed

The quarter added evidence of record sales and adjusted EBIT, with growth investments and recent acquisitions contributing to volume gains. At the same time, unexpected healthcare costs, tariff exposure and plant-consolidation costs increased the near-term margin risks.

Guidance delta

Management maintained its outlook for mid-single-digit sales growth and EBIT at the lower end of the previously signaled range.

Key takeaways

  • Management described record quarterly sales and adjusted EBIT despite a difficult macro backdrop.
  • Sales hires, advertising and recent acquisitions are intended to support volume growth.
  • Tariffs, healthcare costs and plant-consolidation inefficiencies continue to weigh on profitability.

Management priorities

  • Expand sales hiring and advertising.
  • Pursue strategic M&A in core and adjacent categories.
  • Use the Innovation Center of Excellence to support product launches and publish a new three-year MAP 3.0 plan in 2026.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
RPM REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 10 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q2 '24 estimate $2B Q2 '24 actual $2B, miss Q3 '24 estimate $2B Q3 '24 actual $2B, beat Q4 '24 estimate $2B Q4 '24 actual $2B, miss Q1 '25 estimate $2B Q1 '25 actual $2B, miss Q4 '25 estimate $2B Q4 '25 actual $2B, beat Q1 '26 estimate $2B Q1 '26 actual $2B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $2B Q2 '26 actual $2B, miss Q3 '26 estimate $2B Q3 '26 actual $2B, beat Q4 '26 estimate $2B Q4 '26 actual $2B, beat Q1 '27 estimate $2B Q1 '27 actual $2B, miss Q2 '27 estimate $2B Q3 '27 estimate $2B Q4 '27 estimate $2B Q1 '28 estimate $2B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy22 ratings
Bullish1881.8%
Neutral418.2%
Bearish00.0%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$97.73Current
$107Low
$126.86Average
$147High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 11, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Keybanc Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 9, 2026
Deutsche Bank Buy BuyMaintainOct 8, 2026
UBS Buy BuyMaintainOct 7, 2026
RBC Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 7, 2026
Citigroup Buy BuyMaintainOct 7, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $97.73. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
KeyBancAnalyst unavailable$117$99.43 +19.7%Oct 9, 2026
Deutsche BankAnalyst unavailable$115$97.06 +17.7%Oct 8, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$128$97.11 +31.0%Oct 7, 2026
BMO CapitalJohn McNulty$147$97.24 +50.4%Oct 7, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesJohn Roberts$116$98.31 +18.7%Oct 7, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

RPM International Inc. provides specialty chemicals for the construction, industrial, specialty, and consumer markets. It operates in four segments: CPG, PCG, Consumer, and SPG. The company offers waterproofing, coating, and traditional roofing systems; sealants, air barriers, tapes, and foams; residential home weatherization systems; roofing and building maintenance services; sealing and bonding, subfloor preparation, flooring, and glazing solutions; resin flooring systems, polyurethane, MMA waterproof, epoxy floor paint and coatings, concrete repair, and protection products; fire stopping and intumescent steel coating, and manufacturing industry solutions; and rolled asphalt roofing materials and chemical admixtures.…

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Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-10-11T18:30:40.911252+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-11T18:30:40.908123+00:00

Methodology

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Analyst target low, average, and high values are derived at request time from each named analyst's latest persisted FMP target. The current-price marker comes from FN2's persisted market snapshot. They are sell-side estimates, not an FN2 valuation or recommendation.

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By FN2 Research · Updated · As of 2026-10-11. For educational purposes only; not investment advice.