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. Investors 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 27th. View Fortune Brands Home & Security's Dividend History.

Fortune Brands Home & Security declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback plan on Monday, April 30th 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $150,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 1.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign 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 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the 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 return on equity of 21.81% and a net margin of 7.22%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 5.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period 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 earnings per share 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 12 month price objectives for Fortune Brands Home & Security's shares. Their forecasts range from $44.00 to $64.00. On average, they anticipate Fortune Brands Home & Security's stock price to reach $52.88 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.3%. 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 headlines about FBHS stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. 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 coverage optimism score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

Fortune Brands Home & Security saw a decrease in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,770,000 shares, a decrease 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 currently 2.5 days. Currently, 2.0% of the company's shares 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), Accenture (ACN), United Rentals (URI) and American Airlines Group (AAL).

Fortune Brands Home & Security's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Douglas Lane & Associates LLC (0.91%), Robecosam AG (0.45%), Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.41%), Arvest Bank Trust Division (0.23%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.08%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.06%). 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 Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank , Arvest Bank Trust Division, Delphi Management Inc. MA, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Oakbrook Investments LLC, Cerebellum GP LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Artemis Investment Management LLP, Robecosam AG, IFG Advisors LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gradient Investments LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Douglas Lane & Associates LLC and Pacer Advisors Inc.. 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 $58.92.

Fortune Brands Home & Security has a market capitalization of $8.25 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]