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FUL vs. AVNT, EMN, GGG, ITT, ITW, MTX, PPG, RPM, SCL, and TKR

Should you be buying H. B. Fuller stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of H. B. Fuller include Avient (AVNT), Eastman Chemical (EMN), Graco (GGG), ITT (ITT), Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Minerals Technologies (MTX), PPG Industries (PPG), RPM International (RPM), Stepan (SCL), and Timken (TKR).

H. B. Fuller vs. Its Competitors

H. B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) and Avient (NYSE:AVNT) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and profitability.

H. B. Fuller currently has a consensus price target of $67.25, suggesting a potential upside of 19.71%. Avient has a consensus price target of $45.60, suggesting a potential upside of 38.87%. Given Avient's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Avient is more favorable than H. B. Fuller.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
H. B. Fuller
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.43
Avient
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

95.9% of H. B. Fuller shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Avient shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of H. B. Fuller shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Avient shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

H. B. Fuller has a beta of 1.13, meaning that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Avient has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Avient has lower revenue, but higher earnings than H. B. Fuller. Avient is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than H. B. Fuller, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
H. B. Fuller$3.57B0.85$130.26M$1.8530.37
Avient$3.25B0.92$169.50M$1.2825.65

In the previous week, Avient had 9 more articles in the media than H. B. Fuller. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Avient and 5 mentions for H. B. Fuller. Avient's average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat H. B. Fuller's score of 0.15 indicating that Avient is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
H. B. Fuller
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Avient
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

H. B. Fuller pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Avient pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. H. B. Fuller pays out 50.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avient pays out 84.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. H. B. Fuller has raised its dividend for 57 consecutive years and Avient has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Avient has a net margin of 3.65% compared to H. B. Fuller's net margin of 2.92%. H. B. Fuller's return on equity of 11.50% beat Avient's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
H. B. Fuller2.92% 11.50% 4.21%
Avient 3.65%10.57%4.17%

Summary

Avient beats H. B. Fuller on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FUL and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FUL vs. The Competition

MetricH. B. FullerCHEM IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.03B$15.44B$3.30B$20.63B
Dividend Yield1.67%2.07%5.18%3.65%
P/E Ratio30.3749.82114.0128.07
Price / Sales0.853.0631,322,622,491,733,100.0076.22
Price / Cash7.8413.1024.0017.60
Price / Book1.683.166.004.61
Net Income$130.26M$423.39M$148.72M$994.05M
7 Day Performance-0.28%3.62%3.35%0.54%
1 Month Performance-11.10%-2.02%2.54%-0.97%
1 Year Performance-29.06%9.62%37.19%14.31%

H. B. Fuller Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FUL
H. B. Fuller
4.3811 of 5 stars
$56.18
-0.3%
$67.25
+19.7%
-29.1%$3.03B$3.57B30.377,500
AVNT
Avient
4.5825 of 5 stars
$33.97
+0.5%
$45.60
+34.2%
-26.6%$3.11B$3.25B26.549,200
EMN
Eastman Chemical
4.9572 of 5 stars
$60.82
+3.5%
$90.00
+48.0%
-35.2%$7.02B$9.38B8.5414,000Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
GGG
Graco
4.1961 of 5 stars
$82.99
+0.5%
$94.50
+13.9%
+4.3%$13.75B$2.11B29.434,300Positive News
ITT
ITT
4.2353 of 5 stars
$166.88
+1.7%
$179.22
+7.4%
+23.8%$13.13B$3.70B26.2411,700Positive News
ITW
Illinois Tool Works
4.5832 of 5 stars
$253.56
+0.5%
$259.33
+2.3%
+7.4%$74.29B$15.79B22.2244,000Positive News
MTX
Minerals Technologies
3.8878 of 5 stars
$56.33
-0.3%
$84.00
+49.1%
-17.6%$1.77B$2.06B938.913,891Positive News
PPG
PPG Industries
4.6299 of 5 stars
$104.94
+0.5%
$129.82
+23.7%
-10.3%$23.68B$15.64B23.8046,000Analyst Revision
RPM
RPM International
4.1993 of 5 stars
$118.65
+1.0%
$131.40
+10.7%
+4.6%$15.23B$7.37B22.1817,778Analyst Revision
SCL
Stepan
3.955 of 5 stars
$49.82
-0.1%
N/A-31.8%$1.12B$2.18B19.612,396
TKR
Timken
4.0287 of 5 stars
$73.99
+0.7%
$79.90
+8.0%
-8.0%$5.15B$4.51B16.8219,000

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This page (NYSE:FUL) was last updated on 8/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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