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

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) issued an update on its FY25 earnings guidance on Wednesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.90-4.20 for the period, compared to the consensus 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

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on FUL. Citigroup cut 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 report on Friday, January 3rd. Vertical Research cut H.B. Fuller from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on shares of H.B. Fuller from $70.00 to $60.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 17th. 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, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their price target on H.B. Fuller from $75.00 to $72.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, January 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $72.50.

H.B. Fuller Price Performance

Shares of FUL opened at $57.61 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $58.46 and its 200-day moving average is $68.92. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 1.41. 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 one year low of $52.59 and a one year high of $87.67.

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 26th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.54 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $769.55 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.67 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities analysts anticipate that H.B. Fuller will post 4.07 EPS for the current year.

H.B. Fuller Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 20th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 6th were paid a dividend of $0.2225 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, February 6th. This represents a $0.89 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.54%. H.B. Fuller’s dividend payout ratio is currently 38.53%.

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.