H. B. Fuller (FUL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

H.B. Fuller Company (NYSE:FUL) develops and manufactures specialty adhesives, sealants and other engineered bonding solutions. Its products are used to assemble, protect, package and improve the performance of products across a wide range of industries, including construction, transportation, electronics, consumer goods, packaging and hygiene.

The company offers technologies such as hot-melt, water-based, reactive and pressure-sensitive adhesives, as well as sealants, coatings and related materials. These solutions are designed for applications including product assembly, flexible packaging, labeling, flooring, roofing, insulation, woodworking, disposable hygiene products and industrial manufacturing.

Founded in 1887, H.B. Fuller serves customers through operations and sales channels spanning North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Latin America. The company works with manufacturers, distributors and other commercial customers that require specialized bonding and sealing products for production, construction and consumer applications.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $48.75 to $50.21
• 50-Day Range: $49.13 to $60.78
• 52-Week Range: $46.70 to $68.63
• Volume: 549,061 shs
• Average Volume: 683,146 shs
• Market Capitalization: $2.68 billion
• P/E Ratio: 13.88
• Dividend Yield: 1.97%
• Price Target: $62.88
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

H. B. Fuller Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

H. B. Fuller scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 1st out of 227 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

H. B. Fuller has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.75, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 4 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

H. B. Fuller has a consensus price target of $62.88, representing about 26.1% upside from its current price of $49.85.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

H. B. Fuller has been the subject of 7 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.63%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for H. B. Fuller are expected to grow by 9.63% in the coming year, from $4.88 to $5.35 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of H. B. Fuller is 13.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.05.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of H. B. Fuller is 13.88, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Materials sector average P/E ratio of about 29.49.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

H. B. Fuller has a PEG Ratio of 0.61. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

H. B. Fuller has a P/B Ratio of 1.35. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

4.48% of the float of H. B. Fuller has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

H. B. Fuller has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.96, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in H. B. Fuller has recently decreased by 17.56%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

H. B. Fuller pays a meaningful dividend of 1.98%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

H. B. Fuller has been increasing its dividend for 57 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of H. B. Fuller is 27.30%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, H. B. Fuller will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.32% next year. This indicates that H. B. Fuller will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.21

News Sentiment

H. B. Fuller has a news sentiment score of 0.21. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.38 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for H. B. Fuller this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 6 people have searched for FUL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -14% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

10 people have added H. B. Fuller to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 67% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Cluster Insider Buying

8 insiders have purchased shares of H. B. Fuller in the last three months. Multiple insiders buying is a strong bullish signal.

Net Insider Buying

Over the last three months, insiders have purchased a net $52,984.00 in company stock, which represents 0.0020% of the company's market cap.

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, H. B. Fuller insiders have bought 8.93% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $646,340.00 in company stock and sold $593,356.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

1.83% of the stock of H. B. Fuller is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

95.93% of the stock of H. B. Fuller is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 8/13 Dividend: 7/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 8/13 Dividend: 7/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 8/13/2026
• Last Earnings: 9/24/2026
• Record date for 10/29 Dividend: 10/15/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/29 Dividend: 10/15/2026
• Today: 10/29/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/29/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 11/30/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 1/13/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Chemicals
• Sub-Industry: Specialty Chemicals
• Current Symbol: NYSE:FUL
• CIK: 39368
• Web: www.hbfuller.com
• Phone: (651) 236-5900
• Fax: 651-236-5426
• Employees: 7,100
• Year Founded: 1887

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for H. B. Fuller: $62.88
• High Price Target: $67.00
• Low Price Target: $55.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +27.6%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.75
• Research Coverage: 8 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.59
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 13.72
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.09
• P/E Growth: 0.61
• Net Income: $151.97 million
• Net Margins: 5.56%
• Pretax Margin: 7.36%
• Return on Equity: 12.65%
• Return on Assets: 4.97%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.95
• Current Ratio: 1.82
• Quick Ratio: 1.10

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $3.47 billion
• Price / Sales: 0.76
• Cash Flow: $7.58 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.50
• Book Value: $37.03 per share
• Price / Book: 1.33

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 53,830,000
• Free Float: 52,844,000
• Market Cap: $2.65 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.99