Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. (SSD) scored on five pillars from its reported financial statements, and ranked against 77 Materials companies.
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. (SSD) scores 6.7 out of 10 as of , computed from its reported financial statements. That reads as solid quality. The reading rests on profitability, and efficiency is what holds it back.
One pillar, solvency, is unscored because the filings behind it carry too little to judge. It is shown as a dash rather than a zero, and the overall score is the weighted average of what could be scored.
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On the filings behind it, Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. earns 6.7 out of 10 for business quality as of October 19, 2026. That is solid quality on our scale. A solid reading is a respectable business with clear strengths and at least one area that falls short of the best in its field. The figure is a weighted average of five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks from reported statements.
Set against 77 Materials companies, Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. lands at the 84th percentile, in the top quarter of its peers. For reference, the middle of the group scores 4.4 and a company needs 6.2 to reach its top quarter, which leaves Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. well above the median.
On profitability, Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. scores 7.9, a strong reading. Its peers have a median of 4.4 across 74 Materials companies, which places it well above them, at the 88th percentile. A reading this strong says the business earns well on what it sells and on the capital it uses, the kind of margin profile competitors find hard to copy.
There is no solvency score for Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.: too little of the pillar could be measured from the filings to give an honest reading. The overall is therefore the weighted average of the other pillars. Across 66 Materials companies the median for this pillar is 6.7. Without it the overall says nothing about how comfortably the company carries its debt.
On growth, Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. scores 6.3, an average reading. Its peers have a median of 3.2 across 57 Materials companies, which places it well above them, at the 86th percentile. A middling growth reading is typical of a mature company whose next step depends on reinvestment rather than on its market growing for it.
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.’s efficiency score is 5.4 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 5.2 among 71 Materials companies, that is in line with the group and the 59th percentile. Middling efficiency is unremarkable on its own, though improvements here tend to show up in free cash flow first.
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.’s predictability score is 6.5 out of 10 (average). Against a median of 4.5 among 76 Materials companies, that is well above the group and the 83rd percentile. Consistency near the median is typical, and it is worth checking whether the swings came from the business itself or from one-off items.
The profile is uneven. Profitability leads at 7.9 while efficiency trails at 5.4, a gap of 2.5 points, so the overall averages a clear strength against a clear soft spot. Leading with profitability is the most valuable kind of strength, because margins and returns are what the other pillars ultimately feed. An efficiency shortfall means profit is not turning into cash as readily as it could.
Every scored pillar is at or above the median of Materials companies, so there is no catch-up left to lift the overall. The risk runs the other way: a one point fall in profitability, the heaviest of them, would take the score from 6.7 to about 6.4. Only four of the five pillars could be scored. Together they carry 80 of the 100 weight points (the full set is profitability 25, solvency 20, growth 20, efficiency 15, predictability 20), and the overall is the weighted average of those alone.
These are the Materials companies closest to Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. in market value. Each has its own page scored on the same five pillars, so the comparison is like for like.
How much profit the company generates from its capital and sales.
The company’s ability to service debt and meet its obligations.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are compounding.
How well assets and earnings convert into cash and output.
How stable and consistent results have been over time.
Each metric is scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks, where higher is better. Metrics roll up into five pillars, and the pillars combine into the overall score using the weights shown. Sector-sensitive metrics are judged relative to peers in the same sector.
This score is a systematic, backward-looking read of reported fundamentals. It does not judge valuation, management quality, competitive moat, or future prospects, and can be distorted by one-off items or unusual accounting. Treat it as a starting point, not a recommendation.
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On this reading Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. scores 6.7 out of 10, which reads as solid quality. Its strongest pillar is profitability, its weakest is efficiency. Quality is not the same as a good investment: the score says nothing about the price you would pay.
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. ranks at the 84th percentile of the 77 Materials companies Lemma publishes a score for. The median there is 4.4 and the top quarter starts at 6.2, against Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.’s 6.7.
Five pillars, each scored from 0 to 10 against sector-aware benchmarks and then weighted into one overall reading: profitability, solvency, growth, efficiency and predictability. Everything comes from reported financials, and nothing comes from price, sentiment or forecasts.
This page last changed on October 19, 2026. The score moves with the financial statements, so the page changes when a new filing moves the reading rather than on a schedule. Live figures for SSD are in the app.
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