Stocks · Basic Materials · Chemicals - Specialty
H.B. Fuller Company FUL
$50.20 -0.06% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $2.70B
Inexpensive vs sector
Next earnings report: Jan 13, 2027
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Three things to know
- The shares trade at 14.0× trailing earnings, lower than 94% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 7 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +3.1%).
- Net debt is 3.6× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Basic Materials sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 33%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 44%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 48%
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 43%
- Gross marginTop 35%
- Operating marginTop 39%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 23%
- Interest coverBottom 39%
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 13%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 19%
- Sales / enterprise valueTop 33%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 14%
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 26%
- 6-month returnBottom 32%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 33%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 48%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 26%
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 49%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 5%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 43%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 43%
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 18%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 34%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 42%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 23%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | -0.6% | 1.5% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 30.7% | 32.8% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 11.5% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 1.5% | -0.6% | ↑ | Bottom 33% |
| Gross margin | 32.8% | 30.7% | ↑ | Top 35% |
| Operating margin | 11.5% | 10.0% | ↑ | Top 39% |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 3.3% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 6.6% | — | Top 43% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | -2.5% | — | Bottom 44% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +13.5 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 3.62×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 2.9×
Shareholder returns
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.7%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Aug 29, 2026 (filed Sep 24, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 7
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 7 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +3.1%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.5%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 7
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $64.67
- Target vs current price
- +28.8%
- Analysts with a rating
- 15
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 60%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | +3.4% | -1.7% | -2.9% | — | — |
| Jun 24, 2026 | +2.9% | +2.3% | -7.7% | -10.9% | -20.1% |
| Mar 25, 2026 | +2.7% | +6.5% | +15.9% | +18.4% | +21.8% |
| Jan 14, 2026 | +3.2% | -2.4% | -10.3% | +0.9% | -3.9% |
| Sep 24, 2025 | +1.6% | -0.6% | -0.6% | +1.1% | +2.2% |
| Jun 25, 2025 | +7.3% | -1.6% | +8.9% | +6.3% | +8.3% |
| Mar 26, 2025 | +9.4% | +0.9% | +6.2% | +0.8% | +1.4% |
| Jan 15, 2025 | -25.8% | +0.6% | -3.1% | -6.8% | -18.6% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2026 | $1.52 | $1.47 | +3.4% | $938.2M |
| Jun 24, 2026 | $1.41 | $1.37 | +2.9% | $950.3M |
| Mar 25, 2026 | $0.57 | $0.56 | +2.7% | $770.8M |
| Jan 14, 2026 | $1.28 | $1.24 | +3.2% | $894.8M |
| Sep 24, 2025 | $1.26 | $1.24 | +1.6% | $892.0M |
| Jun 25, 2025 | $1.18 | $1.10 | +7.3% | $898.1M |
| Mar 26, 2025 | $0.54 | $0.49 | +9.4% | $788.7M |
| Jan 15, 2025 | $0.92 | $1.24 | -25.8% | $923.3M |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 14.0× | 22.5× | 6th | Top 13% |
| P/E (forward) | 10.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 8.6× | — | — | Top 19% |
| EV / Sales | 1.31× | — | — | Top 33% |
| Earnings yield | 7.15% | — | — | Top 13% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 13.9× – 29.7× since Aug 28, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -4.6%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.2%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -9.0%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -15.5%
- RSI (14)
- 37.8
- Relative volume
- 0.84×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 29.3%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 58th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.93
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.40
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -25.6%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -43.8%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -43.8% | 172 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Jul 18, 2022 | -28.2% | 137 days | 356 days (Dec 14, 2023) |
| Jun 1, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | -14.4% | 78 days | 24 days (Oct 25, 2021) |
| Dec 19, 2023 | Apr 25, 2024 | -11.4% | 87 days | 54 days (Jul 15, 2024) |
| Jan 6, 2021 | Jan 25, 2021 | -10.4% | 12 days | 10 days (Feb 8, 2021) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $2.70B
- P/E (TTM)
- 14.0
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $3.59
- Revenue (TTM)
- $3.55B
- Dividend yield
- 2.40%
- 52-week range
- $46.70 – $68.63
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.28B | $3.75B | $3.51B | $3.57B | $3.47B |
| Gross profit | $845.1M | $963.5M | $1.02B | $1.07B | $1.10B |
| Operating income | $255.7M | $322.3M | $379.5M | $368.9M | $399.1M |
| Net income | $161.4M | $180.3M | $144.9M | $130.3M | $152.0M |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.97 | $3.26 | $2.59 | $2.30 | $2.75 |
| Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $923.3M | $788.7M | $898.1M | $892.0M | $894.8M | $770.8M | $950.3M | $938.2M |
| Net income | -$7.4M | $13.2M | $41.8M | $67.2M | $29.7M | $21.0M | $67.8M | $79.2M |
| EPS (diluted) | -$2.43 | $0.24 | $0.76 | $1.22 | $0.54 | $0.38 | $1.23 | $1.44 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $213.3M | $256.5M | $378.4M | $302.4M | $263.5M |
| Capital expenditure | -$96.1M | -$130.0M | -$119.1M | -$139.2M | -$142.3M |
| Free cash flow | $117.2M | $126.5M | $259.3M | $163.2M | $121.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$34.9M | -$39.2M | -$43.4M | -$47.6M | -$50.3M |
| Net share buybacks | -$2.7M | -$4.0M | $12.1M | -$3.6M | -$50.9M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $97.2M
- Total assets
- $5.43B
- Total liabilities
- $3.26B
- Total debt
- $2.05B
- Net debt
- $1.96B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $2.17B
As of Aug 29, 2026 (filed Sep 24, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2026 | $0.25 | Oct 29, 2026 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $0.25 | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | $0.25 | May 14, 2026 |
| Feb 5, 2026 | $0.24 | Feb 19, 2026 |
| Oct 16, 2025 | $0.24 | Oct 30, 2025 |
| Jul 31, 2025 | $0.24 | Aug 14, 2025 |
| Apr 29, 2025 | $0.24 | May 13, 2025 |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $0.22 | Feb 20, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 2,926,989
- Days to cover
- 4.85
- Change vs previous report
- -3.7%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Aug 7, 2006
- 2-for-1
- Nov 19, 2001
- 2-for-1
- Jun 2, 1992
- 3-for-2
- Jun 18, 1984
- 2-for-1
- Apr 29, 1977
- 2-for-1