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How BUILDERS FIRSTSOURCE, INC. makes its money

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revenueBranching filed flows with values and percentages directly labeled. Missing filing concepts are omitted rather than estimated.Revenue$15.2B · 100%Cost of revenue$10.6B · 70%Gross profit$4.6B · 30%Operating income$786M · 5%Income before tax$512M · 3%Income tax$77.2M · 1%Net income$435M · 3%As of 2025-12-31 · 1 SEC filing sourceBuy Like Buffett · buylikebuffett.com

Honest partial: the filing did not provide a normalized tag for Research and development, Selling, general and administrative; those components are omitted, not plugged.

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Filed lineValue% of revenueSource
$15.2B100%
Cost of revenue$10.6B70%
$4.6B30%
$786M5%
Income before tax$512M3%
Income tax$77.2M1%
$435M3%
Source: · event Dec 31, 2025 · retrieved Oct 16, 2026 · annual-row source set
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