H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) Issues 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 (EPS) guidance of 3.900-4.200 for the period, compared to the consensus 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.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Seaport Res Ptn lowered shares of H.B. Fuller from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on shares of H.B. Fuller from $70.00 to $60.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 17th. Vertical Research lowered shares of H.B. Fuller from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, January 6th. 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. Finally, Citigroup decreased their price objective on H.B. Fuller from $78.00 to $68.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Friday, January 3rd. One investment 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.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $72.50.

H.B. Fuller Stock Performance

FUL stock traded up $0.63 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $54.46. 701,698 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 335,140. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $58.75 and its 200-day simple moving average is $69.10. The firm has a market cap of $2.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.57, a PEG ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 1.41. H.B. Fuller has a 1-year low of $52.59 and a 1-year high of $87.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10, a current ratio of 1.81 and a quick ratio of 1.16.

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, March 26th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.54 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.04. H.B. Fuller had a return on equity of 12.01% and a net margin of 3.65%. The firm had revenue of $788.66 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $769.55 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.67 EPS. H.B. Fuller’s revenue for the quarter was down 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, analysts expect that H.B. Fuller will post 4.07 earnings per share for the current year.

H.B. Fuller Dividend Announcement

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