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 announced 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.54%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 27th. This is a boost from Fortune Brands Home & Security's previous quarterly dividend of $0.22. View Fortune Brands Home & Security's Dividend History.

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

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc (NYSE:FBHS) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 29th. The industrial products company reported $1.00 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' 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. Fortune Brands Home & Security had a return on equity of 21.74% and a net margin of 7.49%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 3.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.86 EPS. 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 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Fortune Brands Home & Security's shares. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $80.00. On average, they expect Fortune Brands Home & Security's share price to reach $69.40 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.4% from the stock's current price. 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.

Headlines about FBHS stock have been trending very negative on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Fortune Brands Home & Security earned a news sentiment score of -3.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect 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 decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 14th, there was short interest totalling 2,120,000 shares, a decline of 16.2% from the January 30th total of 2,530,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,140,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.5% 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (4.50%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (2.74%), FMR LLC (2.74%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.70%), Schroder Investment Management Group (1.21%) and Eagle Asset Management Inc. (1.20%). 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, Robecosam AG, Lodge Hill Capital LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Janus Henderson Group PLC, KBC Group NV and PGGM Investments. 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., York Capital Management Global Advisors LLC and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. 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 $62.30.

Fortune Brands Home & Security has a market capitalization of $8.67 billion and generates $5.76 billion in revenue each year. The industrial products company earns $431.90 million in net income (profit) each year or $3.60 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]