What Happened?
Shares of building materials distributor GMS (NYSE:GMS) fell 11.6% in the morning session after the company reported weak third-quarter (fiscal 2025) results: Revenue missed, and EBITDA didn't live up to Wall Street's expectations either. The company recorded a 6.7% drop in organic net sales, thanks to sluggish demand in residential and commercial construction, plus lower steel prices. Despite these challenges, the company managed to keep overall net sales flat year over year, helped by recent acquisitions and strength in ceilings product sales. Still, this was a weaker quarter.
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What The Market Is Telling Us
GMS’s shares are not very volatile and have only had 4 moves greater than 5% over the last year. Moves this big are rare for GMS and indicate this news significantly impacted the market’s perception of the business.
GMS is down 14.3% since the beginning of the year, and at $72.22 per share, it is trading 30.5% below its 52-week high of $103.84 from November 2024. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of GMS’s shares 5 years ago would now be looking at an investment worth $3,136.
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