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) Operating margin

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H. B. Fuller Company's operating margin over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 10.7%, up 0.5 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (10.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 5.18% (fiscal 2017) to 10.2% (fiscal 2025) — the current reading is the highest in ten years. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 5.64% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 2.88%.

Operating margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
FY2025 10.2% 0.46
FY2024 9.76% (0.36)
FY2023 10.1% 1.51
FY2022 8.61% 0.90
FY2021 7.71% (0.11)
FY2020 7.82% 0.02
FY2019 7.80% (0.02)
FY2018 7.82% 2.64
FY2017 5.18% (4.28)
FY2016 9.46% 1.28

Quarterly newest first

Period Operating margin Change (points)
Aug 2026 12.1% (0.27)
May 2026 12.3% 5.65
Feb 2026 6.69% (4.31)
Nov 2025 11.0% (1.35)
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Against its own ten years

Low 5.18% High 10.2%
Ten-year median 8.18%
Current reading's percentile 95

Operating margin against peers

Company Operating margin
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 15.8%
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 12.7%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 11.8%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 11.1%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company 10.7%
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 7.61%
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 5.64%
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare 1.03%
CC The Chemours Company compare 0.39%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 5.64%
Basic Materials sector median 2.88%
Market median 0.00%

What Operating margin is

EBIT Margin tells an investor how much operating profit, before interest and taxes, a company keeps from each unit of revenue.

EBIT ÷ Revenue

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