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, July 29th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 30th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share on Wednesday, September 18th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.67%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 29th. View Fortune Brands Home & Security's Dividend History.

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

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc (NYSE:FBHS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August, 1st. The industrial products company reported $1.03 EPS for the quarter, meeting the consensus estimate of $1.03. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.51 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.53 billion. Fortune Brands Home & Security had a net margin of 7.22% and a return on equity of 21.81%. The business's revenue was up 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business 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 will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, October 23rd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Fortune Brands Home & Security updated 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 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.

10 analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Fortune Brands Home & Security's stock. Their predictions range from $44.00 to $64.00. On average, they anticipate Fortune Brands Home & Security's stock price to reach $52.8750 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

10 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, 3 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 headlines about FBHS stock have been trending negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Fortune Brands Home & Security earned a coverage optimism score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news 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 impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

Fortune Brands Home & Security saw a drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,092,800 shares, a drop of 18.3% from the July 31st total of 3,784,800 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,250,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 2.2% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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), 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), Micron Technology (MU) and Accenture (ACN).

Fortune Brands Home & Security's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (10.60%), BlackRock Inc. (7.42%), BlackRock Inc. (7.42%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (6.08%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (5.05%) and Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (2.53%). 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 Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Schroder Investment Management Group, M.D. Sass Investors Services Inc., Bank of America Corp DE, Allianz Asset Management GmbH and Invesco Ltd.. 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 Putnam Investments LLC, Holocene Advisors LP, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, WINTON GROUP Ltd, Point72 Asset Management L.P. and UBS Group AG. 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 $52.75.

Fortune Brands Home & Security has a market capitalization of $7.39 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]