H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL - Get Free Report) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.900-4.200 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of 3.970. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.4 billion-$3.5 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.5 billion. H.B. Fuller also updated its FY25 guidance to $3.90-4.20 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have commented on FUL. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price target on H.B. Fuller from $75.00 to $72.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Citigroup reduced their price target on shares of H.B. Fuller from $78.00 to $68.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. Vertical Research cut shares of H.B. Fuller from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Seaport Res Ptn lowered shares of H.B. Fuller from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on shares of H.B. Fuller from $60.00 to $50.00 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a research note on Friday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $70.00.

H.B. Fuller Price Performance

H.B. Fuller stock traded down $2.85 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $54.76. The company's stock had a trading volume of 825,133 shares, compared to its average volume of 355,714. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a current ratio of 1.81. H.B. Fuller has a fifty-two week low of $52.59 and a fifty-two week high of $87.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.97 billion, a PE ratio of 23.70, a P/E/G ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 1.41. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $58.31 and its 200 day simple moving average is $68.61.

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 26th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.54 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.05. H.B. Fuller had a net margin of 3.65% and a return on equity of 12.01%. The firm had revenue of $788.66 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $769.55 million. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.67 earnings per share. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts forecast that H.B. Fuller will post 4.07 earnings per share for the current year.

H.B. Fuller Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 6th were given a dividend of $0.2225 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 6th. This represents a $0.89 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.63%. H.B. Fuller's payout ratio is 44.50%.

H.B. Fuller Company Profile

H.B. Fuller Company, together with its subsidiaries, formulates, manufactures, and markets adhesives, sealants, coatings, polymers, tapes, encapsulants, additives, and other specialty chemical products. It operates through three segments: Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives; Engineering Adhesives; and Construction Adhesives.