H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.900-4.200 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.970. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.4 billion-$3.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.5 billion. H.B. Fuller also updated its FY25 guidance to $3.90-4.20 EPS.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FUL has been the topic of a number of research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of H.B. Fuller from $70.00 to $60.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Citigroup dropped their price objective on shares of H.B. Fuller from $78.00 to $68.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price objective on shares of H.B. Fuller from $75.00 to $72.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Vertical Research downgraded H.B. Fuller from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn lowered H.B. Fuller from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and one has assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $72.50.

H.B. Fuller Trading Up 1.2 %

Shares of FUL stock opened at $54.46 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $58.55 and a 200-day moving average of $69.00. The stock has a market cap of $2.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.57, a P/E/G ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 1.41. H.B. Fuller has a 52-week low of $52.59 and a 52-week high of $87.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a current ratio of 1.81.

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 26th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $788.66 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $769.55 million. H.B. Fuller had a net margin of 3.65% and a return on equity of 12.01%. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.67 earnings per share. On average, equities research analysts forecast that H.B. Fuller will post 4.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

H.B. Fuller Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 6th were paid a $0.2225 dividend. This represents a $0.89 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 6th. H.B. Fuller’s dividend payout ratio is 38.53%.

H.B. Fuller Company Profile

H.B. Fuller Company, together with its subsidiaries, formulates, manufactures, and markets adhesives, sealants, coatings, polymers, tapes, encapsulants, additives, and other specialty chemical products. It operates through three segments: Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives; Engineering Adhesives; and Construction Adhesives.