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

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. 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.

H.B. Fuller Stock Up 6.1 %

Shares of NYSE FUL opened at $57.61 on Friday. H.B. Fuller has a 52-week low of $52.59 and a 52-week high of $87.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.94, a PEG ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 1.41. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $58.46 and a 200 day moving average price of $68.92. 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 (NYSE:FUL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 26th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.54 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.49 by $0.05. The business had revenue of $788.66 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $769.55 million. H.B. Fuller had a return on equity of 12.01% and a net margin of 3.65%. The business’s revenue was down 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.67 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that H.B. Fuller will post 4.07 earnings per share for the current year.

H.B. Fuller Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 20th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 6th were issued 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 1.54%. H.B. Fuller’s dividend payout ratio is currently 38.53%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have issued reports on FUL. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on H.B. Fuller from $70.00 to $60.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Seaport Res Ptn downgraded shares of H.B. Fuller from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft cut their price objective on shares of 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. Vertical Research cut shares of H.B. Fuller from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Citigroup lowered their target price on shares of H.B. Fuller from $78.00 to $68.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and one has issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $72.50.

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.