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. Investors of record on Friday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.24 per share on Wednesday, March 18th. This represents a $0.96 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.32%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 27th. This is a positive change 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 authorized a share buyback plan 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 purchase up to 1.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans 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 results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The industrial products company reported $1.00 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.97 by $0.03. The industrial products company earned $1.47 billion during 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%. Fortune Brands Home & Security's revenue was up 3.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm 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 updated 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 earnings per share 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 1 year price objectives for Fortune Brands Home & Security's stock. Their forecasts range from $53.00 to $76.00. On average, they expect Fortune Brands Home & Security's share 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.

Press coverage about FBHS stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media 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 -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Fortune Brands Home & Security earned a coverage optimism score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the industrial products company a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Fortune Brands Home & Security.

Fortune Brands Home & Security saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume of 1,100,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.3 days. Currently, 1.8% 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 Masco (MAS), Lennox International (LII), A. O. Smith (AOS), Owens Corning (OC), Trex (TREX), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), Builders FirstSource (BLDR), Universal Forest Products (UFPI), AAON (AAON), American Woodmark (AMWD), Gibraltar Industries (ROCK), Patrick Industries (PATK), PGT Innovations (PGTI) and Griffon (GFF).

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), Accenture (ACN), AT&T (T), Broadcom (AVGO) and Wells Fargo & Co (WFC).

Fortune Brands Home & Security's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 purchased 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.

Fortune Brands Home & Security has a market capitalization of $10.16 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]