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) Return on assets

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H. B. Fuller Company's return on assets over the twelve months to 31 August 2026 was 3.73%, up 0.7 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (3.00%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 1.85% (fiscal 2017) to 5.94% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 27% of that period. That is above the Specialty Chemicals industry median of 0.45% and above the Basic Materials sector median of 0.00%.

Return on assets, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on assets Change (points)
FY2025 3.00% 0.30
FY2024 2.70% (0.45)
FY2023 3.15% (0.98)
FY2022 4.13% 0.25
FY2021 3.88% 0.80
FY2020 3.08% (0.13)
FY2019 3.21% (0.80)
FY2018 4.01% 2.16
FY2017 1.85% (4.09)
FY2016 5.94% 1.51

Against its own ten years

Low 1.85% High 5.94%
Ten-year median 3.21%
Current reading's percentile 27

Return on assets against peers

Company Return on assets
WDFC WD-40 Company compare 16.9%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. compare 8.60%
CBT Cabot Corporation compare 5.41%
FUL H. B. Fuller Company 3.73%
KWR Quaker Houghton compare 3.39%
NGVT Ingevity Corporation compare 3.16%
ASH Ashland Inc. compare 0.09%
CC The Chemours Company compare −2.07%
CLMT Calumet, Inc. compare −4.90%
Specialty Chemicals industry median 0.45%
Basic Materials sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on assets is

ROA tells an investor how much profit a company earns for shareholders from the assets it uses to run its business.

Annual: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets; TTM: Net Income Allotted to Shareholders ÷ Average Assets (latest quarter)

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