H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) Issues FY25 Earnings Guidance

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL - Get Free Report) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.90-4.20 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.97. The company issued revenue guidance of $3.43-3.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.46 billion. H.B. Fuller also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.900-4.200 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FUL has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. 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. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price objective on H.B. Fuller from $75.00 to $72.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 22nd. Vertical Research downgraded H.B. Fuller from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on H.B. Fuller from $60.00 to $50.00 and set an "underweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Finally, Citigroup cut their price objective 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. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $70.00.

H.B. Fuller Price Performance

Shares of H.B. Fuller stock traded down $2.85 on Friday, hitting $54.76. 825,133 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 355,714. H.B. Fuller has a 12-month low of $52.59 and a 12-month high of $87.67. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $58.31 and its 200 day simple moving average is $68.61. The company has a market cap of $2.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.70, a P/E/G ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 1.41. The company has a current ratio of 1.81, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10.

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results 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 company had revenue of $788.66 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $769.55 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.67 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts expect that H.B. Fuller will post 4.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

H.B. Fuller Dividend Announcement

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

About H.B. Fuller

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.