CSL | Market Cap: $13.5B (07/13/26)
Industry:
Construction Materials

DESCRIPTION

Carlisle is a pure-play manufacturer of building envelope products, focused primarily on commercial construction in North America. Its core segment, Carlisle Construction Materials (CCM), makes single-ply roofing membranes — EPDM, TPO, and PVC — along with polyiso rigid insulation boards and architectural metal systems for commercial low-slope roofs. Carlisle sells these products through authorized distributors and direct-to-contractor channels, often as warranted systems that bundle membranes, insulation, and edge metal under a single Carlisle warranty lasting up to 40 years. About 70% of CCM revenue comes from reroofing existing buildings rather than new construction, giving the business a stable and largely non-discretionary demand base. The second segment, Carlisle Weatherproofing Technologies (CWT), sells a broader range of building envelope products including waterproofing, air and vapor barriers, spray foam and EPS insulation, roof coatings, and underlayments to both commercial and residential end markets — though CWT margins run well below CCM. Carlisle's business model centers on two levers: volume (square footage replaced) and content per square foot, with management targeting 150–200 bps of annual content growth through product innovation. The company's Vision 2030 plan targets roughly 2x EPS growth, driven by operational improvement, innovation, bolt-on M&A within the building envelope, and continued share repurchases and dividends.

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