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. In the quarter to August 2026, revenue grew 5.17%, EPS grew 18.2%, free cash flow fell 58.4% and total debt fell 1.25%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for twenty-five consecutive years; insiders bought in the last twelve months.

51.27 0.30 −0.58%
Market cap
$2.8B
P/E
14.1×
Fwd P/E
16.8×
Dividend yield
1.89%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
2.16
Beneish M
−2.57
Dividend safety
79/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total buys 1.48
Total sells 1.01
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — 2 — — — — 7 1
Sell 1 — — — — — — — — 1 — —
Insider Ownership 1.15%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 2,780.00
Revenue 3,554.08
Net Income 197.76
Free Cash Flow 108.85
Net Debt 1,957.32
Current Ratio 1.82 (at or above 1.5: strong)
Debt/Equity 0.95
P/E ratio 14.09
Fwd P/E 16.80
P/S ratio 0.78
P/B ratio 1.28
Past 5Y EPS Growth 3.11%
This Y EPS Growth 14.35%
Next Y EPS Growth 7.32%
Next Y revenue growth 3.87%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 11.32%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 3.94%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 7.70%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 1.70%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 7.89%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 79.47%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.27
Annual Dividend Rate 0.97
Annual Dividend Yield 1.89%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.97
0.24
0.25
0.25
0.25
2025 0.93
0.22
0.24
0.24
0.24
2024 0.87
0.21
0.22
0.22
0.22
2023 0.81
0.19
0.21
0.21
0.21
2022 0.74
0.17
0.19
0.19
0.19
2021 0.67
0.16
0.17
0.17
0.17
2020 0.65
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.16
2019 0.64
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.16
2018 0.62
0.15
0.16
0.16
0.16
2017 0.59
0.14
0.15
0.15
0.15
2016 0.55
0.13
0.14
0.14
0.14
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 179 169 107 97
Receivables 578 558 564 648
Inventory 442 467 472 583
Other 113 104 120 158
1,312 1,299 1,263 1,486
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 440 491 470 537
ST’ Debt — — — —
Other — — — —
693 719 743 818

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 5.24% 4.48% (2.51%)
Cash Flow 2.27% (4.49%) 0.90%
Earnings 5.78% 4.20% (5.54%)
Book Value 8.66% 7.71% 7.54%

Revenue $m

Feb May Aug Nov Year
’26 771 950 938 — —
’25 789 898 892 895 3,474
’24 810 917 918 923 3,569
’23 809 898 901 903 3,511
’22 856 993 941 958 3,749
’21 726 828 827 897 3,278
’20 647 675 691 778 2,790
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Feb May Aug Nov Year
’26 (4) 121 65 — —
’25 (53) 111 99 107 263
’24 47 82 88 86 302
’23 6 103 108 162 378
’22 (18) 9 58 208 257
’21 36 44 81 52 213
’20 34 74 85 139 332
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Feb May Aug Nov Year
’26 (61) 79 28 — —
’25 (85) 80 68 63 126
’24 5 35 66 59 164
’23 (41) 70 83 153 264
’22 (67) (10) 29 176 128
’21 1 30 56 33 120
’20 0 51 66 123 240
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Feb May Aug Nov Year
’26 0.38 1.23 1.44 — —
’25 0.24 0.76 1.22 0.54 2.75
’24 0.55 0.91 0.98 (0.13) 2.30
’23 0.39 0.73 0.67 0.80 2.59
’22 0.69 0.86 0.84 0.87 3.26
’21 0.56 0.90 0.58 0.93 3.23
’20 0.19 0.61 0.79 0.77 2.36
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.3
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to November

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 32.49 46.93 39.61 39.22 23.68 49.80 57.36 62.57 66.46 47.56

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 50.92 58.74 59.58 52.40 55.28 81.73 81.55 83.64 87.67 65.46
People
People Employees 4,600 6,000 6,479 6,400 6,428 6,500 7,000 7,200 7,500 7,100
Revenue/emp, $m 0.46 0.38 0.47 0.45 0.43 0.50 0.54 0.49 0.48 0.49
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 2,095 2,306 3,041 2,897 2,790 3,278 3,749 3,511 3,569 3,474
Gross margin, % 28.92 25.97 27.23 27.85 27.12 25.79 25.70 28.74 29.75 31.11
EBT 163 61 157 173 158 217 252 234 183 215
EBT margin, % 7.80 2.63 5.15 5.97 5.68 6.62 6.72 6.67 5.12 6.20
Net income 122 59 171 131 124 161 180 145 130 152
Depreciation 78 87 145 141 139 143 147 160 175 178
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 41.78 45.78 60.11 56.89 53.62 61.98 69.97 64.62 64.97 63.62
Earnings 2.48 1.16 3.38 2.57 2.38 3.31 3.37 2.67 2.37 2.78
Cash flow 3.90 3.30 5.01 5.29 6.37 4.03 4.79 6.96 5.51 4.83
Capex (1.18) (1.08) (1.29) (1.00) (1.76) (1.76) (2.40) (2.10) (2.51) (2.51)
Free cash flow 2.73 2.22 3.72 4.29 4.61 2.27 2.39 4.86 2.99 2.31
Book value 18.71 20.88 22.79 24.01 26.55 30.20 30.06 32.32 33.31 36.69
Shares, m 50 50 51 51 52 53 54 54 55 55
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 19.02 49.19 14.23 19.27 21.99 23.91 23.83 28.45 32.34 20.91
P/S 1.12 1.24 0.80 0.87 0.98 1.18 1.15 1.17 1.18 0.92
P/B 2.51 2.71 2.12 2.06 1.97 2.42 2.67 2.34 2.31 1.59
EV/Sales 1.37 2.20 1.49 1.51 1.59 1.66 1.60 1.66 1.72 1.48
EV/FCF 21.06 45.29 24.06 20.03 18.45 45.38 46.92 22.03 37.24 40.82
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 196 166 253 269 332 213 257 378 302 263
Capex (59) (54) (65) (51) (91) (93) (128) (114) (138) (137)
Free cash flow 137 112 188 218 240 120 128 264 164 126
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital 419 653 544 491 490 484 594 619 580 520
Total debt 666 2,420 2,233 1,963 1,757 1,591 1,736 1,837 2,010 2,017
Net debt 524 2,226 2,082 1,851 1,656 1,530 1,656 1,657 1,841 1,910
Shareholders’ equity 938 1,052 1,153 1,223 1,382 1,597 1,611 1,756 1,830 2,003
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 5.94 1.85 4.01 3.21 3.08 3.88 4.13 3.15 2.70 3.00
ROIC 8.47 2.28 4.60 4.59 4.49 5.05 6.17 6.50 5.93 5.67
ROE 13.43 5.97 15.53 11.01 9.50 10.83 11.24 8.61 7.27 7.93
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Nov 2025 · latest quarter Aug 2026 · fundamentals updated 2 Oct 2026

Charts ten years each

H. B. Fuller Company vs peers in Specialty Chemicals (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
CBT Cabot Corporation $3.9B 20.9× 8.6× +6.39% (above 0%: growing) −93.58% (below 0%: shrinking) −77.02% (below 0%: shrinking) 18.74% 9.98% Compare
AVNT Avient Corporation $3.6B 21.0× 14.0× +5.83% (above 0%: growing) +24.56% (above 0%: growing) −16.67% (below 0%: shrinking) 33.54% 12.26% Compare
ASH Ashland Inc. $3.3B 62.4× 24.9× +7.34% (above 0%: growing) n/m +5.26% (above 0%: growing) 34.21% 8.65% Compare
FUL H. B. Fuller Company $2.8B 14.1× 16.8× +5.17% (above 0%: growing) +18.19% (above 0%: growing) −58.41% (below 0%: shrinking) 33.22% 12.07%
HWKN Hawkins, Inc. $2.8B 33.8× 36.3× +7.64% (above 0%: growing) −3.55% (below 0%: shrinking) +30.29% (above 0%: growing) 23.44% 12.25% Compare
KWR Quaker Houghton $2.7B 27.9× 25.2× +10.17% (above 0%: growing) n/m −43.19% (below 0%: shrinking) 35.53% 7.62% Compare
WDFC WD-40 Company $2.7B 30.3× 34.0× +24.35% (above 0%: growing) +45.45% (above 0%: growing) −13.28% (below 0%: shrinking) 56.59% 20.67% Compare
NGVT Ingevity Corporation $2.4B 45.3× 18.5× −5.25% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m −136.08% (below 0%: shrinking) 44.25% 19.13% Compare
IOSP Innospec Inc. $2.4B 19.7× 16.3× +11.76% (above 0%: growing) +32.98% (above 0%: growing) −63.16% (below 0%: shrinking) 28.14% 8.08% Compare
Median of peers $2.7B 29.1× 21.7× +7.49% +24.56% −29.93% 33.88% 11.12%

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H. B. Fuller Company (FUL) key facts

  • Concern: H. B. Fuller Company’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended November 2025) was $3.5 billion, down 2.67% from fiscal 2024.
  • H. B. Fuller Company (FUL) is a Specialty Chemicals company in the Basic Materials sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, FUL traded at $51.27, a market capitalization of $2.8 billion.
  • H. B. Fuller Company pays an annual dividend of $0.97 per share, a yield of 1.89%, with a payout ratio of 27.0%.
  • Return on equity was 7.93% and debt-to-equity 0.95.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 2.16 (grey zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations · fundamentals updated Oct 2, 2026.

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