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Key Points
- Q1 FY27 sales volumes ahead of the prior corresponding period in most business units
- Iplex NZ pipe volumes down 5.1% on Q4 FY26 as customers used stock bought ahead of price increases
- PlaceMakers frame and truss sales up 16.0% and Dimond volumes up 18.2% on Q1 FY26
- Residential and apartment units taken to profit of 54; minimal half-year contribution expected from the division
- Outlook described as uncertain due to inflation and interest rate uncertainty
About Fletcher Building (ASX:FBU)
Fletcher Building Limited is a building products manufacturer and distributor headquartered in Auckland and listed on the NZX and the ASX. It makes and sells plasterboard, laminates, plastic pipe, insulation, cement, aggregates, concrete and steel products in New Zealand and Australia, and operates the PlaceMakers building supplies chain in New Zealand.
Fletcher Building (ASX:FBU) released its first-quarter FY27 volume data to show sales volumes ahead of a year earlier in most business units, while flagging minimal contribution from Residential & Development to half-year earnings.
The company said Q1 FY27 volumes largely followed normal seasonal patterns coming out of Q4 FY26. The exception was pipelines, where customers worked through stock bought ahead of Q4 FY26 price increases. On the release's rolling 12-month average index, Iplex NZ plastic pipe volumes were down 5.1% on Q4 FY26 but up 13.1% on Q1 FY26. Other changes on Q1 FY26 included Winstone Wallboards domestic board volumes up 7.7%, Golden Bay Cement domestic cement volumes up 2.0%, Firth ready mix volumes up 3.6%, Dimond volumes up 18.2% and PlaceMakers frame and truss sales up 16.0%. Residential and apartment units taken to profit were 54, with the rolling 12-month volume down 75.5% on Q4 FY26 and 38.6% on Q1 FY26. The company said Residential & Development remained challenging, particularly in the Auckland market.
The release gives volume indices only, with no revenue, earnings or pricing figures. It describes the forward outlook as uncertain, with inflation and interest rate uncertainty affecting the timing and start of new commercial and residential projects.
Source: Fletcher Building Limited (ASX:FBU), 14 October 2026. Summary content supplied by Digifin Pty Ltd.
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