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

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

Fortune Brands Home & Security announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Wednesday, December 18th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.51%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 27th. View Fortune Brands Home & Security's Dividend History.

Fortune Brands Home & Security announced that its Board of Directors has initiated 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 buy up to 1.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc (NYSE:FBHS) announced its earnings results on Thursday, August, 1st. The industrial products company reported $1.03 EPS for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.03. The industrial products company earned $1.51 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.53 billion. Fortune Brands Home & Security had a net margin of 7.22% and a return on equity of 21.81%. Fortune Brands Home & Security's quarterly revenue was up 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.00 earnings per share. View Fortune Brands Home & Security's Earnings History.

Fortune Brands Home & Security is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 23rd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

Fortune Brands Home & Security issued an update on its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 1st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.53-3.67 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.66. The company issued revenue guidance of ~$5.78-5.84 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $5.86 billion.

9 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Fortune Brands Home & Security's stock. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $64.00. On average, they expect Fortune Brands Home & Security's share price to reach $52.88 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 9.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Fortune Brands Home & Security in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 2 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

News articles about FBHS stock have trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Fortune Brands Home & Security earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

Fortune Brands Home & Security saw a drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,770,000 shares, a drop of 10.1% from the August 15th total of 3,080,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,110,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's stock are sold short. View Fortune Brands Home & Security's Current Options Chain.

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Fortune Brands Home & Security's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.91%), Robecosam AG (0.45%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.41%), Alta Capital Management LLC (0.30%), Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (0.29%) and Arvest Bank Trust Division (0.23%). Company insiders that own Fortune Brands Home & Security stock include A D David Mackay, Brian C Lantz, Christopher J Klein, Danny Luburic, David Randich 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 Alta Capital Management LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Arvest Bank Trust Division, Delphi Management Inc. MA, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Jacobsen Capital Management, Oakbrook Investments LLC and Cerebellum GP LLC. Company insiders that have sold Fortune Brands Home & Security company stock in the last year include A D David Mackay, 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 Artemis Investment Management LLP, Robecosam AG, Fenimore Asset Management Inc., IFG Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Calamos Advisors LLC, Gradient Investments LLC and DNB Asset Management AS. 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, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of FBHS stock can currently be purchased for approximately $58.47.

Fortune Brands Home & Security has a market capitalization of $8.19 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]