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

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 Thursday, December 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 28th will be paid a dividend of $0.24 per share on Wednesday, March 18th. This represents a $0.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. This is an increase from Fortune Brands Home & Security's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. View Fortune Brands Home & Security's Dividend History.

Fortune Brands Home & Security declared that its board has initiated a share buyback plan on Monday, April 30th 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $150,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase up to 1.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually a sign that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc (NYSE:FBHS) released its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The industrial products company reported $1.00 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.97 by $0.03. The industrial products company had revenue of $1.47 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.49 billion. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 3.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.86 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, April 22nd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

Fortune Brands Home & Security issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Wednesday, January, 29th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.83-4.03 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.95. The company issued revenue guidance of $6.09-6.14 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $6.03 billion.

11 analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Fortune Brands Home & Security's shares. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $76.00. On average, they anticipate Fortune Brands Home & Security's stock price to reach $69.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.5%. 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, 5 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 stories about FBHS stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Fortune Brands Home & Security earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

Fortune Brands Home & Security saw a increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,530,000 shares, an increase of 15.5% from the January 15th total of 2,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Approximately 1.8% of the company's shares are short sold. View Fortune Brands Home & Security's Current Options Chain.

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Fortune Brands Home & Security's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.50%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (2.74%), FMR LLC (2.74%), Schroder Investment Management Group (1.21%), Eagle Asset Management Inc. (1.20%) and Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.89%). Company insiders that own Fortune Brands Home & Security stock include A D David Mackay, Ann F Hackett, 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 Eaton Vance Management, Robecosam AG, Lodge Hill Capital LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, KBC Group NV, PGGM Investments, Stifel Financial Corp and Westpac Banking Corp. Company insiders that have sold Fortune Brands Home & Security company stock in the last year include A D David Mackay, Ann F Hackett, Brian C Lantz, Christopher J Klein, 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 AJO LP, FMR LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, AQR Capital Management LLC, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 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 $72.99.