NYSE:FBHS - Fortune Brands Home & Security Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Fortune Brands Home & Security trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "FBHS."

Fortune Brands Home & Security declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 7th. Investors of record on Friday, May 31st will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Wednesday, June 19th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 30th. View Fortune Brands Home & Security's Dividend History.

Fortune Brands Home & Security announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Monday, April 30th 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $150,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 1.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc (NYSE:FBHS) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 24th. The industrial products company reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.04. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.33 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.31 billion. Fortune Brands Home & Security had a net margin of 7.18% and a return on equity of 22.33%. Fortune Brands Home & Security's revenue was up 5.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.56 EPS. View Fortune Brands Home & Security's Earnings History.

Fortune Brands Home & Security is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

Fortune Brands Home & Security updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 24th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.53-3.77 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.63. The company issued revenue guidance of 6-7.5% (~$5.81-5.9 billion), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.84 billion.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Fortune Brands Home & Security's stock. Their predictions range from $44.00 to $66.00. On average, they expect Fortune Brands Home & Security's share price to reach $53.6667 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

11 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fortune Brands Home & Security in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

Media coverage about FBHS stock has trended somewhat negative on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Fortune Brands Home & Security earned a news sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

Fortune Brands Home & Security saw a drop in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 4,678,900 shares, a drop of 16.1% from the May 15th total of 5,575,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,540,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.0 days. Approximately 3.4% of the company's stock are short sold. View Fortune Brands Home & Security's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Fortune Brands Home & Security include Lennar (LEN), Lennar (LEN.B), SEKISUI HOUSE L/S (SKHSY), Installed Building Products (IBP), Xinyuan Real Estate (XIN), Gafisa (GFA), Pernix Group (PRXG) and Prospect Global Resources (PGRX).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Fortune Brands Home & Security investors own include Endologix (ELGX), Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), CA (CA), Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW), Apache (APA), BlackRock (BLK), Bank Of The Ozarks (OZRK), American Airlines Group (AAL), Accenture (ACN) and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM).

Fortune Brands Home & Security's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (7.36%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (5.54%), FMR LLC (2.23%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (1.82%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (1.26%) and Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.17%). Company insiders that own Fortune Brands Home & Security stock include Brian C Lantz, Christopher J Klein, Danny Luburic, David Randich, E Lee Wyatt and Ronald V Waters. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

FBHS stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Nordea Investment Management AB, TD Asset Management Inc., Federated Investors Inc. PA, SG Americas Securities LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Royal London Asset Management Ltd. and Bank of Montreal Can. Company insiders that have sold Fortune Brands Home & Security company stock in the last year include Brian C Lantz, Danny Luburic, David Randich and Ronald V Waters. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

FBHS stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eagle Asset Management Inc., Janus Henderson Group PLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Comerica Bank and Arvest Bank Trust Division. View Insider Buying and Selling for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

Shares of FBHS can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FBHS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $55.24.

Fortune Brands Home & Security has a market capitalization of $7.73 billion and generates $5.49 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $389.60 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.34 on an earnings per share basis. Fortune Brands Home & Security employs 25,300 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Fortune Brands Home & Security.

The official website for Fortune Brands Home & Security is http://www.fbhs.com/.

Fortune Brands Home & Security's mailing address is 520 LAKE COOK ROAD, DEERFIELD IL, 60015. The industrial products company can be reached via phone at 847-484-4400 or via email at [email protected]