H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) Updates FY25 Earnings Guidance

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) updated its FY25 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.90-4.20 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.97. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.43-3.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.46 billion.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

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

H.B. Fuller Stock Up 1.2 %

Shares of NYSE:FUL traded up $0.63 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $54.46. 683,795 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 335,066. H.B. Fuller has a fifty-two week low of $52.59 and a fifty-two week high of $87.67. 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. The company has a current ratio of 1.81, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $58.75 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $69.10.

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March 26th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.54 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $788.66 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $769.55 million. H.B. Fuller had a net margin of 3.65% and a return on equity of 12.01%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.67 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts anticipate that H.B. Fuller will post 4.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

H.B. Fuller Dividend Announcement

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