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

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday. 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.

H.B. Fuller Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:FUL opened at $54.46 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $2.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.57, a P/E/G 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 current ratio of 1.81, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.10. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $58.55 and a 200 day simple moving average of $69.00.

H.B. Fuller (NYSE:FUL) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, March 26th. The specialty chemicals company reported $0.54 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.05. The company had revenue of $788.66 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.67 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that H.B. Fuller will post 4.07 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

H.B. Fuller Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 20th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 6th were paid a $0.2225 dividend. This represents a $0.89 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.63%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 6th. H.B. Fuller’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 38.53%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

FUL has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. 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 lowered their target price 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. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their price target on H.B. Fuller from $70.00 to $60.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Vertical Research downgraded H.B. Fuller from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, January 6th. Finally, Citigroup cut their price objective on H.B. Fuller from $78.00 to $68.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and one has given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, H.B. Fuller presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average 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.