SiteOne Landscape Supply
SITE on NYSE. SiteOne Landscape Supply sells landscape supplies to landscape professionals in the United States and Canada. Market value $3.8bn.
Price checks use the past 12 months to June 2026. Quality checks use five annual reports, the latest for the year to December 2025.
Should I look at this?
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Why it could be worth it
What to watch out for
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For every $100 of what the whole company costs, it produced $6.57 of spare cash in the past 12 months. A savings account pays about $4.
You pay 17.9 years of operating profit for the business. The average large US company costs around 18.
Each dollar kept in the business earns 11 cents a year. Above 10 is good.
Quality score: 81 of 100. Price score: 78 of 100. Our list needs 70 on quality and 60 on price.
$90.47 a share, 5% above its 1-year low
Over the past year the price has ranged from $85.93 to $168.56.
Pays no dividend
Prices from Tuesday’s close (6 October).
Five years of cash, in billions
| Revenue | |||||
| Revenue | $3.5bn | $4.0bn | $4.3bn | $4.5bn | $4.7bn |
| Operating margin | |||||
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 8.3% | 5.8% | 4.2% | 5.1% |
| Debt to equity | |||||
| Debt to equity | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.31 |
| Shares outstanding | |||||
| Shares outstanding | 0.05bn | 0.05bn | 0.05bn | 0.04bn | 0.04bn |
Health checks
- Free cash flow positive5 of 5 years
- Accounting looks honest (Beneish)Not enough data
- Financial strength (Piotroski)7 of 9
- Profit backed by cash (accruals)Yes
- Debt0.31× equity
- Revenue growth, five yearsStrong, 11.8% a year
- Buying back its own sharesRoughly flat
The quarter to June 2026
How the business did, compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
- Sales: $1.5 billion last quarter, about the same as a year ago.
- Profit: $139 million, up 8% on a year ago.
- It keeps 5 cents of each $1 of sales as operating profit, up from 4 cents a year earlier.
- Spare cash over the past 12 months: $259 million, up from $194 million.
- 2% fewer shares than a year ago. Each share owns a bit more of the company.
- Debt is $556 million more than cash, up from $532 million a year ago.
- Sales grew on a year ago in each of the last 4 quarters.
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | $1.2bn |
| December 2024 | $1.0bn |
| March 2025 | $939m |
| June 2025 | $1.5bn |
| September 2025 | $1.3bn |
| December 2025 | $1.0bn |
| March 2026 | $940m |
| June 2026 | $1.5bn |
| Quarter to | Amount |
|---|---|
| September 2024 | $44m |
| December 2024 | -$22m |
| March 2025 | -$27m |
| June 2025 | $129m |
| September 2025 | $59m |
| December 2025 | -$9m |
| March 2026 | -$27m |
| June 2026 | $139m |
From the company's quarterly reports to the SEC.
Dates
- Next results (estimated)
- n/a
- Last annual report (10-K)
- 19 February 2026
- Next quarterly (estimated, 10-Q)
- 28 October 2026
Who owns it
2 long-term investors we follow own it, down from 4 last quarter. 393 funds in all.
- Fenimore Asset Management (FAM Funds)John Fox
- Value
- $17m
- Share of fund
- 0.4%
| Fund | Value | Share of that fund | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fenimore Asset Management (FAM Funds)John Fox | $17m | 0.4% | |
| Royce & AssociatesChuck Royce | $11m | <0.1% | Added |
Sold out this quarter
Largest holders overall
- Price T Rowe Associates$512m
- 59 North Capital Management, LP$235mAdded
- Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management$234mCut
- Bamco$232m
- Vanguard Capital Management$229m
- BlackRock$221mCut
- Vanguard Portfolio Management$198mCut
- T. Rowe Price Investment Management$189mCut
- Wasatch Advisors LP$145mCut
- AQR Capital Management$140mCut
From 13F filings for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.
Big holders and activists
3 investors own more than 5%.
- T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.Passive investor10.4%Since 30 September 2025
- Vanguard Capital ManagementPassive investor5.3%Since 31 March 2026
- AQR Capital Management, LLCPassive investorat least 2.8%−2.3 pts(filed with 1 related holder)Since 30 June 2026
- Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLCPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 30 June 2026
- BlackRock, Inc.Passive investorSold down below 5%Since 31 December 2024
- The Vanguard GroupPassive investorSold down below 5%Since 13 March 2026
| Holder | Stake | Since | |
|---|---|---|---|
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. Passive investor | 10.4% | 30 September 2025 | |
Vanguard Capital Management Passive investor | 5.3% | 31 March 2026 | |
AQR Capital Management, LLC Passive investor | at least 2.8%−2.3 pts (filed with 1 related holder) | 30 June 2026 | |
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 30 June 2026 | |
BlackRock, Inc. Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 31 December 2024 | |
The Vanguard Group Passive investor | Sold down below 5% | 13 March 2026 |
From Schedule 13D and 13G filings: anyone owning more than 5% must file one.
What insiders did
In the last 12 months, 2 insiders bought $2m of shares on the open market. 3 sold $665,142, $128,054 of it under preset trading plans.
- BLACK DOUGCEO, DirectorBought
- Date
- 26 August 2026
- Shares
- 5,000
- Price
- $96.13
- Value
- $480,650
- BLACK DOUGCEO, DirectorBought
- Date
- 4 August 2026
- Shares
- 8,000
- Price
- $102.03
- Value
- $816,280
- Diaz Fred MDirectorSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 28 May 2026
- Shares
- 562
- Price
- $112.52
- Value
- $63,236
- Diaz Fred MDirectorSoldunder a preset trading plan
- Date
- 27 May 2026
- Shares
- 563
- Price
- $115.13
- Value
- $64,818
- Laughlin Daniel T.SVP, Strategy & DevelopmentBought
- Date
- 6 May 2026
- Shares
- 2,000
- Price
- $123.60
- Value
- $247,200
- Elema Eric JEVP, CFO and Assistant Sec.Sold
- Date
- 13 February 2026
- Shares
- 1,765
- Price
- $158.01
- Value
- $278,888
- GUTHRIE JOHN TEVP, CFO and Assistant Sec.Sold
- Date
- 26 November 2025
- Shares
- 1,915
- Price
- $134.83
- Value
- $258,199
| Date | Who | Did | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2026 | BLACK DOUG CEO, Director | Bought | 5,000 | $96.13 | $480,650 |
| 4 August 2026 | BLACK DOUG CEO, Director | Bought | 8,000 | $102.03 | $816,280 |
| 28 May 2026 | Diaz Fred M Director | Sold under a preset trading plan | 562 | $112.52 | $63,236 |
| 27 May 2026 | Diaz Fred M Director | Sold under a preset trading plan | 563 | $115.13 | $64,818 |
| 6 May 2026 | Laughlin Daniel T. SVP, Strategy & Development | Bought | 2,000 | $123.60 | $247,200 |
| 13 February 2026 | Elema Eric J EVP, CFO and Assistant Sec. | Sold | 1,765 | $158.01 | $278,888 |
| 26 November 2025 | GUTHRIE JOHN T EVP, CFO and Assistant Sec. | Sold | 1,915 | $134.83 | $258,199 |
From Form 4 filings: insiders must report trades in their own company's shares within two days.
Warning signs in its filings
Problems the company itself reported to the SEC, in its own words.
None of the warning signs we check for were found.
We look for five warning signs: doubt it can keep going, weak checks on its own accounts, a notice that its past accounts can't be relied on, a change of auditor, and one customer bringing in a big share of sales. We don't check lawsuits, investigations or debt yet.
We checked the auditor's report, internal controls, restatement notices, auditor changes and big customers in the 10-K filed 19 Feb 2026, plus the 10-Q filed 29 Jul 2026 and 5 later 8-Ks.
A 10-K is the yearly report every US company files with the SEC. An 8-K is a short notice of a big event.
What could go wrong
Cheap for a reason is the question the numbers cannot answer.
Whether the price already reflects the risks is what the deep dive is for.
What changed in the risks this year
Companies must list what could hurt them each year. These are the parts that changed since last year’s report.
We may be unable to successfully acquire and integrate other businesses.
Could happenIn addition, we have made, and in the future may make, acquisitions through joint ventures. Joint ventures inherently involve a lesser degree of control over the business operations acquired. Our joint venture partners may have economic and business interests that are inconsistent with ours and disputes between us and our joint venture partners could subject us to delays, litigation and increased expenses related to acquired businesses.
Read morePrices for the products we purchase and the costs to operate our business are subject to significant volatility and external market variables beyond our control, and we may be unable to adjust our pricing or cost structure quickly enough to avoid the adverse effects on our financial performance.
Already happenedAdditionally, trade policies and related government actions, including the imposition, increase, or extension of tariffs on goods imported into the United States, can further amplify price volatility and result in supplier price increases (such as the lighting and irrigation product price increases we experienced during the 2025 Fiscal Year). There remains significant uncertainty regarding the extent, duration, and economic impact of any future tariffs or other trade measures. Price changes associated with such policies can occur rapidly, and we might not be successful in adjusting our prices to reflect increases in our costs.
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The deep dive
Everything above is arithmetic on public filings. The deep dive reads the last ten years of annual reports, the proxy statements, and the earnings calls, then argues the case the way Buffett, Klarman, and Hohn would, and checks every claim against the source.
- What the business is worth, as a range, and the margin of safety at today’s price
- Prices to start buying, buy, and buy hard
- The three things that would make this a mistake
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