Fulton Financial (FULT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Fulton Financial Corporation is a regional bank holding company headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Its principal subsidiary, Fulton Bank, provides banking and financial services to individuals, families, businesses and institutions.

Fulton Bank offers consumer and commercial deposit accounts, residential and commercial lending, mortgages, credit cards, treasury management and other financial services. Through its wealth management and investment services, the company also provides trust, fiduciary, investment management and financial planning solutions. Insurance and other related services are available through affiliated businesses.

Founded in 1882, Fulton has grown from a Pennsylvania-based banking organization into a regional financial institution serving communities across Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Virginia. The company serves customers through a network of branches, financial centers and digital banking platforms, with a focus on relationship-based community and commercial banking.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $22.07 to $22.28
• 50-Day Range: $22.08 to $24.88
• 52-Week Range: $16.60 to $25.23
• Volume: 1.19 million shs
• Average Volume: 1.87 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $4.23 billion
• P/E Ratio: 10.61
• Dividend Yield: 3.43%
• Price Target: $24.75
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Fulton Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Fulton Financial scored higher than 72% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 431st out of 854 stocks in the finance sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Fulton Financial has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.20, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Fulton Financial has a consensus price target of $24.75, representing about 11.6% upside from its current price of $22.17.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Fulton Financial has only been the subject of 4 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.66%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Fulton Financial are expected to grow by 7.66% in the coming year, from $2.22 to $2.39 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Fulton Financial is 10.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.91.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Fulton Financial is 10.61, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.70.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Fulton Financial has a P/B Ratio of 1.21. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.66% of the float of Fulton Financial has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Fulton Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 5.27.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Fulton Financial has recently increased by 5.80%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Fulton Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 3.44%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Fulton Financial has only been increasing its dividend for 4 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Fulton Financial is 36.36%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Fulton Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.80% next year. This indicates that Fulton Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.15

News Sentiment

Fulton Financial has a news sentiment score of 0.15. 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 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 11 news articles for Fulton Financial this week, compared to 4 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

1 people have searched for FULT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Fulton Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Fulton Financial insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $222,380.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.01% of the stock of Fulton Financial is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

72.02% of the stock of Fulton Financial is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 7/15 Dividend: 7/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 7/15 Dividend: 7/01/2026
• Dividend Payable: 7/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/22/2026
• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 10/01/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 10/01/2026
• Today: 10/13/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/21/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Banks
• Sub-Industry: Regional Banks
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:FULT
• CIK: 700564
• Web: www.fultonbank.com
• Phone: (717) 291-2411
• Fax: 717-291-2695
• Employees: 3,400
• Year Founded: 1882

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Fulton Financial: $24.75
• High Price Target: $27.00
• Low Price Target: $21.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.6%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.20
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.09
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 10.61
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.99
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $391.61 million
• Net Margins: 20.63%
• Pretax Margin: 25.63%
• Return on Equity: 12.68%
• Return on Assets: 1.30%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.15
• Current Ratio: 0.92
• Quick Ratio: 0.92

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $1.89 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.24
• Cash Flow: $2.16 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.25
• Book Value: $18.26 per share
• Price / Book: 1.21

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 190,910,000
• Free Float: 190,896,000
• Market Cap: $4.23 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.79