H. B. Fuller Company

FUL Basic Materials Specialty Chemicals

H. B. Fuller Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended November 2025) was $3.5 billion, down 2.67% from fiscal 2024.

Revenue
+5.17%
EPS
+18.2%
Free cash flow
−58.4%
Total debt
−1.25%

Quarter to August 2026, against a year earlier

50.18 2.39 −4.55%
Market cap
$2.7B
P/E
13.8×
Fwd P/E
11.7×
Dividend yield
1.93%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.16
Beneish M
−2.57
Dividend safety
79/100

H. B. Fuller Company (FUL) Gross margin

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H. B. Fuller Company's gross margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 32.3%, up 1.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (31.1%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 25.7% (fiscal 2022) to 31.1% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 27.8% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 25.0%.

Gross margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
FY2025 31.1% 1.36
FY2024 29.8% 1.01
FY2023 28.7% 3.04
FY2022 25.7% (0.09)
FY2021 25.8% (1.33)
FY2020 27.1% (0.73)
FY2019 27.9% 0.62
FY2018 27.2% 1.26
FY2017 26.0% (2.95)
FY2016 28.9% 1.66

Quarterly newest first

Period Gross margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 33.2% (0.42)
May 2026 33.6% 3.02
Feb 2026 30.6% (0.91)
Nov 2025 31.5% (0.43)
43 more quarters

Against its own ten years

Low 25.7% High 31.1%
Ten-year median 27.3%
Current reading's percentile 100

Gross margin against peers

Company Gross margin
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 55.3%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 41.1%
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 35.8%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company 32.3%
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 32.3%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 22.4%
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 21.6%
CC The Chemours Company compare 15.1%
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 6.57%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 27.8%
Basic Materials sector median 25.0%
Market median 45.1%

What Gross margin is

Gross Margin tells an investor how much of each sale a company keeps after paying the direct costs of making or buying what it sells.

Gross Profit ÷ Revenue

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