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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.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to November
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 32.49 | 46.93 | 39.61 | 39.22 | 23.68 | 49.80 | 57.36 | 62.57 | 66.46 | 47.56 |
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| 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 | |||||
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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% |
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.