Simpson sales rose 2.3% year over year to $638.1 million in the third quarter of 2026, despite a decline in global volumes. Simpson Manufacturing announced the results on October 26, with commercial demand providing a stronger showing while European sales fell.

Key Takeaways

  • Revenue growth coincided with a 1.3% decline in global volumes.
  • Gross margin narrowed 40 basis points from a year earlier to 45.7%.
  • Commercial volumes grew at a high-single-digit rate, contrasting with weaker European sales.

Simpson sales growth contrasts with lower volumes

Chief Executive Michael Olosky said global volumes fell 1.3% in the quarter. The divergence between rising sales and falling volumes means the revenue increase should not be read as an equivalent expansion in product demand.

Gross margin was 45.7%, down 40 basis points year over year. Simpson therefore generated more revenue but retained a smaller share of each sales dollar after the cost of goods sold. That measure does not, on its own, establish how net earnings changed.

Commercial growth contrasts with European weakness

Commercial-segment volumes increased at a high-single-digit rate. European sales, by contrast, declined 3.4% to $129.9 million amid economic headwinds across the region. Those figures measure different things—commercial product volumes and regional revenue—but illustrate the uneven operating picture.

Simpson manufactures structural building products primarily under its Simpson Strong-Tie brand. Its structural construction products and software span connectors, fastening systems, anchors and design tools, serving applications beyond residential housing, including commercial buildings and infrastructure.

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