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Summary of Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Accounting Policies Summary of Accounting Policies
Nature of Business
Carlisle Companies Incorporated ("Carlisle" or the "Company"), is a leading supplier of innovative building envelope products and solutions for more energy-efficient buildings. Through its building products businesses, Carlisle Construction Materials ("CCM") and Carlisle Weatherproofing Technologies ("CWT"), and family of leading brands, Carlisle delivers innovative, labor-reducing and environmentally responsible products and solutions to customers through the Carlisle Experience.
Basis of Presentation 
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period's presentation.
Use of Estimates 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. 
Foreign Currency Matters 
The functional currency of the Company’s subsidiaries outside the United States of America ("United States" or "U.S.") is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the subsidiary operates. Assets and liabilities of these operations are translated to the U.S. Dollar at the exchange rate in effect at each balance sheet date. Income statement accounts are translated at the average rate of exchange prevailing during the year. Translation adjustments arising from the use of differing exchange rates from period to period are included as a component of stockholders’ equity in accumulated other comprehensive loss. Gains and losses from foreign currency transactions and from the remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities and associated income statement activity of foreign subsidiaries where the functional currency is the U.S. Dollar and the records are maintained in the local currency are included in other non-operating expense (income), net.
Discontinued Operations
The results of operations for the Company's former Carlisle Fluid Technologies ("CFT") and Carlisle Interconnect Technologies ("CIT") businesses have been classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented in the Consolidated Statements of Income.
Refer to Note 4 for additional information.
Revenue Recognition 
Revenue is recognized when the Company satisfies performance obligations in contracts with customers. Most of the Company’s contracts with customers have a single performance obligation to transfer distinct goods or services, and substantially all of the Company's revenue is recognized at the point in time when control of the goods transfers to the customer. Control typically transfers when the goods are shipped from the manufacturing facility or delivered to the customer, depending on the terms of the contract.
Revenue is measured as the amount of total consideration the Company expects to receive for satisfying its performance obligations. At the time of sale, the Company estimates provisions for variable consideration including discounts, rebates and returns based on an analysis of historical experience and actual sales data. At the end of each reporting period, the Company updates these estimates based on actual and expected changes in customer behavior related to early payment discounts, purchase volume-based rebates and rights of return. These changes in estimates are reflected as adjustments to revenue in the period identified. Sales, value-added, and other taxes collected concurrently with revenue-producing activities are excluded from revenue.
For separately priced extended warranties, the Company receives payment at the inception of the contract and establishes a contract liability. Revenue is recognized on a straight-line basis over the life of the contracts as the Company satisfies its performance obligations. The term of these warranties ranges from five to 40 years. The weighted-average life of the contracts as of December 31, 2025, is approximately 20 years.
Refer to Note 6 for further information on revenue recognition. 
Costs to Obtain a Contract
Costs to obtain a contract are recognized as expenses as incurred, as the amortization period of these costs would be one year or less. These costs generally include sales commissions and are included in selling and administrative expenses.
Shipping and Handling Costs 
Costs incurred to physically transfer product to customer locations are recorded as a component of cost of goods sold. Charges passed on to customers are included in revenues.
Other Non-operating Expense (Income), net 
Other non-operating expense (income), net primarily includes foreign currency exchange (gains) losses, (gains) losses on pension settlements, (gains) losses on Rabbi Trust investments and (gains) losses on the sale of a business.
Stock-Based Compensation 
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation using the fair-value method. For equity-classified awards, the cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized as compensation cost over the requisite service period. This requisite service period typically matches the award's stated vesting period but may be shorter if the award fully vests upon the employee's retirement or termination from the Company. The Company recognizes compensation cost for awards that have graded vesting features under the graded vesting method, which considers each separate vesting tranche as though they were, in substance, a separate award. The Company also accounts for forfeitures of stock-based awards as they occur.
Refer to Note 7 for additional information regarding stock-based compensation.
Income Taxes 
Income taxes include an estimate of taxes payable or refundable for the current year and deferred tax liabilities and assets for the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company’s financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. The Company uses the portfolio approach for releasing income tax effects associated with amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive loss.
Refer to Note 8 for further information regarding income taxes.
Cash Equivalents 
Highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less when acquired are considered cash equivalents.
Receivables and Allowance for Credit Losses 
Receivables are stated at amortized cost, net of allowances for credit losses. The Company regularly evaluates the creditworthiness of its customers by reviewing their credit information. This assessment determines if any events have occurred subsequent to revenue recognition that indicate the receivable might be realized at an amount less than that recognized at the time of sale. Credit loss estimates are based on historical losses, current economic conditions, geographic considerations, and in some cases, assessments of specific customer accounts for potential risk of loss.
Inventories 
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value, with cost determined primarily on an average cost basis. Cost of inventories includes raw materials, direct and indirect labor, and manufacturing overhead. Manufacturing overhead includes materials; depreciation and amortization related to property, plant and equipment and other intangible assets used directly and indirectly in the acquisition and production of inventory; and costs related to the Company’s distribution network such as inbound freight charges, purchasing and receiving costs, inspection costs, warehousing costs, internal transfer costs and other costs associated with preparing the Company’s products for sale.
Refer to Note 9 for further information regarding inventories.
Property, Plant and Equipment 
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost including interest costs associated with qualifying capital additions. Costs allocated to property, plant and equipment of acquired companies are based on estimated fair value at the date of acquisition. Depreciation is principally computed on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Asset lives are generally 20 to 40 years for buildings, five to 15 years for machinery and equipment and two to 20 years for leasehold improvements. Leasehold improvements are amortized based on the shorter of the underlying lease term or the asset’s estimated useful life.
Refer to Note 10 for further information regarding property, plant and equipment. 
Valuation of Long-Lived Assets 
Long-lived assets or asset groups, including amortizable intangible assets, are tested for impairment whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset or asset group may not be recoverable. The Company groups its long-lived assets classified as held and used at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of the cash flows from other assets and liabilities for purposes of testing for impairment. The Company’s asset groupings vary based on the related business in which the long-lived assets are employed and the interrelationship between those long-lived assets in producing net cash flows; for example, multiple manufacturing facilities may work in concert with one another or may work on a stand-alone basis to produce net cash flows. The Company utilizes its long-lived assets in multiple industries and economic environments and its asset groupings reflect these various factors. 
The Company monitors the operating and cash flow results of its long-lived assets or asset groups classified as held and used to identify whether events and circumstances indicate the remaining useful lives of those assets should be adjusted or if the carrying value of those assets or asset groups may not be recoverable. Undiscounted estimated future cash flows are compared with the carrying value of the long-lived asset or asset group in the event indicators of impairment are identified. If the undiscounted estimated future cash flows are less than the carrying amount, the Company determines the fair value of the asset or asset group and records an impairment charge in current earnings to the extent carrying value exceeds fair value. Fair values may be determined based on estimated discounted cash flows by prices for like or similar assets in similar markets or a combination of both. 
Long-lived assets or asset groups that are part of a disposal group that meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale are not assessed for impairment, but rather a loss is recorded against the disposal group if fair value, less cost to sell, of the disposal group is less than its carrying value.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets 
Goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment annually, or more often if impairment indicators are present, at a reporting unit level by comparing the fair value of the reporting unit with its carrying value. The Company's annual testing date for goodwill is November 1. The Company determined it had four reporting units within its two reportable segments.
Intangible assets are recognized and recorded at their acquisition date fair values. Intangible assets that are subject to amortization are amortized on a straight-line basis over their useful lives. Definite-lived intangible assets consist primarily of acquired customer relationships, patents and technology, and certain trade names. The Company determines the useful life of its definite-lived intangible assets based on multiple factors including the size and make-up of the acquired customer base, the expected dissipation of those customers over time, the Company’s own experience in the particular industry, the impact of known trends such as technological obsolescence and product demand and the period over which expected cash flows are used to measure the fair value of the intangible asset at acquisition. The Company periodically re-assesses the useful lives of its definite-lived intangible assets when events or circumstances indicate that useful lives have significantly changed from the previous estimate. 
Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are not amortized but are tested for impairment annually, or more often if impairment indicators are present, by comparing the fair value of the intangible asset with its carrying value. The Company's annual testing date for indefinite-lived intangible assets is November 1. The Company periodically re-assesses indefinite-lived intangible assets as to whether their useful lives can be determined and, if so, begins amortizing any applicable intangible asset.
Refer to Note 11 for additional information regarding goodwill and other intangible assets.
Extended Product Warranty Reserves 
The Company offers extended warranty contracts on sales of certain products; the most significant being those offered on its installed roofing and weatherproofing systems. Current costs of services performed under these contracts are expensed as incurred and included in cost of goods sold. The Company would record a reserve within accrued expenses if the total expected costs of providing services at a product line level exceed unamortized deferred revenues. Total expected costs of providing extended product warranty services are actuarially determined using standard quantitative measures based on historical claims experience and management judgment.
Refer to Note 6 for additional information regarding deferred revenue and extended product warranties.
Pension 
The Company maintains defined benefit pension plans primarily for certain domestic employees. The annual net periodic benefit cost and projected benefit obligations related to these plans are determined on an actuarial basis annually on December 31, unless a remeasurement event occurs in an interim period. This determination requires assumptions to be made concerning general economic conditions (particularly interest rates), expected return on plan assets, increases to compensation levels and mortality rate trends. Changes in the assumptions to reflect actual experience can result in a change in the net periodic benefit cost and projected benefit obligations. 
The defined benefit pension plans’ assets are measured at fair value annually on December 31, unless a remeasurement event occurs in an interim period. The Company uses the market related valuation method to determine the value of plan assets for purposes of determining the expected return on plan assets component of net periodic benefit cost. The market related valuation method recognizes the change of the fair value of the plan assets over five years. If actual experience differs from these long-term assumptions, the difference is recorded as an actuarial gain (loss) and amortized into earnings over a period of time based on the average future service period, which may cause the expense related to providing these benefits to increase or decrease. 
Refer to Note 14 for additional information regarding these plans and the associated plan assets. 
Leases 
The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception by evaluating if the asset is explicitly or implicitly identified or distinct, if the Company will receive substantially all of the economic benefit, or if the lessor has an economic benefit and the ability to substitute the asset.
Right-of-use assets ("ROU assets") represent the Company's right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent its obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date of the lease, measured based on the present value of fixed and known lease payments over the lease term, and recorded in other long-term assets, other current liabilities, and other long-term liabilities. Variable payments are not included in the ROU asset or lease liability and can vary from period to period based on the use of an asset during the period or the Company's proportionate share of common costs. As most of the Company's leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date in determining the
present value of lease payments. The operating lease ROU asset also includes any lease payments made and excludes lease incentives. The Company's lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that it will exercise that option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet, and lease expense for these leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
The Company has lease agreements with lease components and non-lease components. The Company has elected to apply the practical expedient to account for these components as a single lease component, for all classes of underlying assets.
Refer to Note 15 for additional information regarding leases.
Contingencies and Insurance Recoveries 
The Company is exposed to losses related to various potential claims related to its employee obligations and other matters in the normal course of business, including commercial, employee, environmental or other regulatory claims. The Company records a liability related to such potential claims, both those reported to the Company and incurred but not yet reported, when probable and reasonably estimable. The Company expenses legal defense costs related to such matters as incurred.
The Company maintains occurrence-based insurance contracts related to certain contingent losses, primarily workers’ compensation, medical and dental, general liability, property, and product liability claims up to applicable retention limits as part of its risk management strategy. The Company records a recovery under these insurance contracts when such recovery is deemed probable. Insurance proceeds in excess of realized losses are gain contingencies and not recorded until realized.
Refer to Note 15 for additional information regarding contingencies and insurance recoveries.
Financial Instruments
From time to time, the Company may enter into derivative financial instruments to hedge various risks to cash flows or the fair value of recognized assets and liabilities, including those arising from fluctuations in foreign currencies, interest rates and commodities. The Company recognizes these instruments at the time they are entered into and measures them at fair value. For instruments that are designated and qualify as cash flow hedges under GAAP, the changes in fair value period-to-period, less any excluded components, are classified in accumulated other comprehensive loss, until the underlying transaction being hedged impacts earnings. The excluded components are recorded in current period income (loss). For those instruments that are designated and qualify as fair value hedges under GAAP, the changes in fair value period-to-period of both the derivative instrument and underlying hedged item are recognized currently in earnings. For those instruments not designated or those that do not qualify as hedges under GAAP, the changes in fair value period-to-period are classified immediately in current period income, within other non-operating expense (income), net.
Other financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses and long-term debt. The carrying values for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair values because of their short-term nature and negligible credit losses.
Refer to Note 13 for the fair value of long-term debt.
New Accounting Standards Adopted
In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures ("ASU 2023-09"), which is intended to improve the transparency of income tax disclosures by requiring consistent categories and greater disaggregation of information in the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction. It also includes certain other amendments which are intended to improve the effectiveness of income tax disclosures. ASU 2023-09 is effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2025, and the Company applied this standard retrospectively. The adoption of this standard did not require an implementation adjustment and did not impact the Company's consolidated net income or cash flows. Refer to Note 8 for updated disclosures.
New Accounting Standards Issued But Not Yet Adopted
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses ("ASU 2024-03"), which is intended to improve the disclosures about a public business entity’s expenses and address requests from investors for more detailed information about the types of expenses in commonly presented expense captions (such as cost of sales; selling, general, and administrative expenses; and research and development). ASU 2024-03 will be effective for the Company's fiscal year beginning January 1, 2027 and allows the use of a prospective or retrospective approach. The Company plans to adopt the standard on January 1, 2027, and has not yet determined the potential impact.