QXO to Acquire TopBuild in $17 Billion Merger
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TopBuild ( (BLD) ) has issued an announcement.
On April 18, 2026, TopBuild entered into a definitive merger agreement under which QXO will acquire the insulation distributor in a transaction valuing TopBuild at about $17 billion. The deal, unanimously approved by both boards and announced publicly on April 19, 2026, will be executed through a two-step merger, leaving TopBuild as a wholly owned subsidiary of QXO before being folded into a QXO unit.
TopBuild shareholders will be able to elect either $505 in cash or 20.2 QXO shares per TopBuild share, subject to proration that caps cash at 45% and targets 55% stock, implying a 19.8% premium to TopBuild’s 60-day volume-weighted average price. Equity awards will convert largely into QXO instruments, and one TopBuild director will join QXO’s enlarged board, aligning management and governance with the combined group.
The transaction remains subject to shareholder approvals, regulatory clearances under the HSR Act and other jurisdictions, SEC registration effectiveness and the absence of material adverse changes, with a long-stop date of January 17, 2027 and reciprocal $600 million termination fees in certain deal-failure scenarios. A separate voting agreement signed on April 18, 2026 obliges Jacobs Private Equity II, LLC, a key QXO investor, to support issuance of QXO stock needed to fund the merger, reinforcing deal certainty.
QXO projects that acquiring TopBuild will immediately and substantially boost its earnings and create a building products distributor with more than $18 billion in combined revenue and over $2 billion in adjusted EBITDA, based on 2025 figures adjusted for acquisitions. The company expects roughly $300 million of synergies by 2030 from cross-selling, scaled procurement, logistics efficiencies, network optimization and technology-driven improvements.
Following its April 1, 2026 closing of the $2.25 billion Kodiak Building Partners deal and its earlier Beacon acquisition in 2025, the TopBuild merger would cement QXO as the second-largest publicly traded building products distributor in North America. The combined business would hold leading positions in insulation, roofing, waterproofing and lumber-related products across a roughly $300 billion addressable market, enhancing QXO’s scale in high-growth segments such as large, complex projects including data centers.
TopBuild brings a track record of strong growth, with 2025 net sales of about $6.2 billion and adjusted EBITDA of roughly $1.14 billion, and management guidance of $9 billion to $10 billion in annual revenue and $1.7 billion to $2.0 billion in adjusted EBITDA by 2030. Its consistently high free cash flow conversion of 60% to 70% and targeted cumulative free cash flow of $4.2 billion to $5.0 billion from 2026 to 2030 underscore the cash-generative profile underpinning QXO’s valuation of 14.9 times 2025 adjusted EBITDA pre-synergies, falling to 11.8 times including expected synergies.
The most recent analyst rating on (BLD) stock is a Hold with a $505.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on TopBuild stock, see the BLD Stock Forecast page.
Spark’s Take on BLD Stock
According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, BLD is a Neutral.
The score is driven primarily by solid underlying profitability and free-cash-flow generation, tempered by a meaningful recent rise in leverage and slower/softer earnings momentum. Near-term technicals are weak (below key short-term averages), while management’s outlook is balanced but cautious due to organic volume declines, margin pressure, and embedded price/cost headwinds; valuation remains moderate-to-elevated at ~24.6x earnings without dividend support.
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More about TopBuild
TopBuild Corp., headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida, is the largest distributor and installer of insulation and related building products in North America. The company serves residential, commercial and industrial end markets with insulation for walls, attics, floors and roofing, as well as complementary offerings such as gutters, fireproofing, mechanical insulation and specialized roofing systems for large-scale facilities.
QXO, Inc., based in Greenwich, Connecticut, is the largest publicly traded distributor of roofing, waterproofing and related products and the second-largest publicly traded distributor of lumber and building materials in North America. The company has been rapidly consolidating the building products distribution industry through acquisitions and organic growth, targeting $50 billion in annual revenue over the next decade.
As of the latest transactions, QXO operates across all 50 U.S. states and seven Canadian provinces, with a network of approximately 1,150 locations and a fleet of more than 10,000 vehicles. Its strategy emphasizes scale, technology and procurement capabilities to deliver higher-margin, tech-enabled distribution services and superior returns for shareholders.
Average Trading Volume: 359,087
Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy
Current Market Cap: $10.92B
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