Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. provided earnings guidance for 2019. For the period, The company expects sales growth in the range of 6% to 7.5%. Excluding acquisitions, the company expects full year 2019 organic sales growth in the range of 3% to 5%. The company expects EPS before charges/gains to be in the range of $3.53 to $3.77, the midpoint of which is over 9% higher than last year. This 2019 EPS outlook excludes any incremental capital deployment and includes the following assumptions.

The company also reported asset impairment charges for three months ended December 31, 2018. For the period, the company reported asset impairment charges were $35.5 million.